Let’s talk healthcare…. But not healthcare as you hear about it in our media and politics (in my opinion, that debate is about medical care, NOT true healthcare!) I’ll begin by asking you a simple question: Do you feel “in charge” of your health?
I ask this, because I find more and more people have the impression that something or someone outside of themselves (a medical doctor, a surgeon, a therapist, etc.) is going to “fix them”. We as a society have relinquished our responsibility for our own health.
Being a massage therapist as well as yoga instructor/coach, I frequently hear clients say things like “I want you to fix my back” or “Can you fix my neck?” To these type of questions, I usually reply, “I don’t fix anything…. YOU do your own healing. I’m here to facilitate and support you in that process.” That’s what all healthcare and medical care professionals are here to do.
And don’t misunderstand me… when I speak of us healing ourselves, I’m not talking about some “voodoo”. I am talking about each individual taking responsibility to take the committed actions necessary to be healthy. And depending on what you are dealing with, that may require having surgery or some specific treatment. However, how healthy we get or feel goes beyond a surgery or treatment – these are things that come after–the-fact. I’m speaking more about healing and taking care of ourselves in a preventative way.
I guess my point is that we must take back our power when it comes to how we feel – feeling and BEING healthy in mind, body and spirit comes from our own committed effort to feel GREAT each and every day. It comes from inside of us when we choose to take daily actions to
- eat well through nutritious foods
- move well through physical activity that suits our bodies and
- think well by keeping an empowered mindset.
Unfortunately, many of us lack the proper knowledge to do one or more of these things. In my own experience, I felt I wasn’t eating well enough despite the fact that most people would consider my diet to be a healthful one. I have been learning more and more about the kinds of foods that work best for me – that I can best digest and give me the most energy. So I’m re-training my body to eat differently.
Similarly, many of us lack the knowledge of how to “move” in ways that suit us best and “think” in ways that are empowering. Now in these areas, I do have some knowledge and experience! 🙂 Yoga has so many practical techniques to offer us when it comes to learning how to “move well” and “think well”.
To that end, I’ve developed a new workshop called The “ABC”s of Yoga Self-Care. In this workshop, my intent is to not only teach yoga techniques but to advise on how to practically apply them to our daily lives. In doing so, we begin to create better habits of moving well and thinking well… we begin to take daily actions to feel good in body and mind… and we begin to reclaim our power for creating our own good health.
So if you answered my question at the beginning with anything but a resounding “YES”… I invite you to contact me and learn more about how to TAKE CHARGE of YOUR HEALTH!