A healthy life starts first and foremost with acceptance and love for self.

A healthy life starts first and foremost with acceptance and love for self.  
We are all very complex beings and are a product of what we think, feel, focus our attention on, take into our bodies and bring with us on a soul level.  In any discussion of healthy lifestyles, we should remember that our thoughts and feelings are often the primary directors in how we feel and choose to live our lives.  To have positive thoughts and harmonious feelings allows one to make lifestyle, exercise and dietary choices that energize the body and enliven the mind and spirit.

The first step begins when we acknowledge our intent to live a more positive and healthy life. Our willingness to let go of old habits sets the process in motion. The next step is to educate ourselves with the highest wisdom we can find on the subject and then put it into practical application to experience the benefits. It is important to discern clearly what information is presented to you and whether or not it rings a note of truth. If it sounds too good to be true or implies wonderful results with little effort, be cautious. Today's health fad can be tomorrow's illness. 

When faced with change, we often feel we are having to give something up in order to embrace what is new. Although this is part of the process of letting go, it is also helpful to recognize we get so much more from the new experiences that it is worth the effort to change.  We are actually embracing a new reality of greater balance and quality of life.

If we approach change with love we can decide to make a lifestyle change and in doing so we set up a permanent and sustainable way of living. In other words, when we love ourselves enough to let go of old, unhealthy habits and allow new ones to form, we benefit with better health and well being for all!

The amazing thing about our  body is that it goes to health unless impeded – if you cut your finger the body heals, get a cold your body heals. The body is designed to be youthful and healthy.  It is only stress that ages the body and stress can be triggered by our thoughts, feelings, food, drugs, smoke, negative relationships, and the like.

Find ways to exercise the mind and body and you will be amazed at the vitality and energy you will have. You may wish to join a yoga group, practice meditation or just sit and enjoy a light lunch of greens at your favorite restaurant. You will be glad you did. 

Please bear in mind that The Love Foundation, Inc. does not claim to be an authority in these matters and is in no way responsible for your personal health. You should always consult your physician in health matters that you are unsure of. We merely wish to share some research and common sense. Our hope is to inspire you to find ways to love and nourish your mind, body, and spirit. 

 

“Food that is grown with love, picked with love, prepared with love, and eaten with love has a different quality than food that goes through those stages with a different consciousness relating to it.” 
- Gabriel Cousens, MD from his book Spiritual Nutrition.

“For many of us, meditation is indeed the answer – a moving up into higher consciousness – but this form of meditation is not to heal, change, or improve something in the physical world.  The intention is to experience the Presence of God.  While in the Upper Room we contemplate the Wholeness, the Reality, the Perfection of our Holy Self, not praying or asking for anything, but focusing only on the light, the energy, the essence of the that Infinite Mind.”

- John Randolph Price, from Angel Energy

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