Page 55 - The Holiday Issue San Diego Woman Magazine

Pearls of Wisdom

during the day. You’ll find already, while fares are The relatively new field Your Five Keys to Radiate
your energy soar and your still reasonable and seats of chronobiology is validat- Bliss This Holiday Season
tastes spontaneously shift available. ing many of these ancient Keep warm in your heart
towards healthier choices. • Ayurvedic ideas about opti- and cool in your emotions
• For an extra im- Tip #4: Follow a Routine in mal timing for daily activities this holiday season with these
mune-boosting “kick” to Tune with Your Biorhythms through modern research and simple tips:
your digestive fire, drop a Keeping to a regular daily studies. See San Diego Wom- • Maintain your balance with
slice of fresh, peeled ginger routine during the hustle and an, September 2018 for more wholesome, regular, warm-
root into the thermos, bustle of the holiday season details on the healing effects cooked meals.
and drink this “ginger tea” can help you feel grounded, of “going with Nature’s flow.” • Drink hot water to increase
throughout the day. rested and resilient – just how your energy and immunity.
• Add a few green carda- you want to feel to enjoy the Tip #5: Practice meditation • Plan ahead—it’s never too
mom pods, a sprig of special events and festivities or other stress-relieving late!
fresh organic mint, and a you have planned. practices daily. • Follow a healthy routine in
pinch of coriander seeds As Ayurveda described The holidays are a great tune with your biorhythms.
(for detoxing). This combo 5,000 years ago, our body has time to up your practice. My • Practice meditation and
gives you a refreshing, specific rhythms, and certain patients often tell me that yoga regularly.
stress-relieving alterna- times of day are better for they get more than twice the
tive to the congesting, various activities. Here are the benefit when they meditate
immune-busting, highly three most important rec- for 20 minutes twice versus
caloric nogs and grogs that ommendations for your daily once a day.
abound this time of year. routine: Another reason to do your
• Take your main meal at meditation and yoga regularly
Tip #3: Plan Ahead—It’s noon. during the holidays (rather
Never Too Late! • Go to bed by 10:00 p.m. than reaching for the alcohol,)
Here’s my favorite! It • Exercise during the hours is that cardiac and non-cardiac
sounds so simple, but not for of 6:00 to 10:00 a.m. and death increases at Christmas
those feeling time challenged. p.m. and New Year’s. One theory
Plan ahead. It’s December points to stress hormones,
already, but it’s never too late Here’s a holiday bonus to coupled with overconsump-
to plan. keep your weight in check: tion of alcohol and foods that
If you haven’t already, Eating your main meal in the can suppress the body’s detox
make a list and pace yourself middle of the day has been enzymes---i.e., more stress
so you can have the energy shown by modern research to hormones, plus less ability to
for all you need to get done. support weight loss. A study eliminate them, is the perfect
Last-minute, stressful shop- of 420 subjects, published in storm for sudden heart attack
ping, packing, and preparing the International Journal of death, the “Holiday Heart
late into the night also weak- Obesity, showed that those Syndrome” among others. Holidays are such wonder-
ens immunity and can put you eating the majority of their Transcendental Meditation ful times to spend with loved
at risk of cold or flu. calories before 3:00 p.m. had has been shown to be very ones. The best gift we can give
There’s still time! more and quicker weight loss effective at countering the those we love is ourselves—
• Order or make a note in than those consuming the effects of stress on the heart, blissful, radiant, healthy, and
your calendar when to majority of their calories after which is one of the stress-re- loving.
order the special foods you 3:00 p.m. duction practice endorsed by Here’s wishing you and
want this year. Research also shows that the American Heart Associa- your loved ones the happiest,
• Make sure your favor- going to sleep by 10 PM, and tion. While the holidays can healthiest, and most magical
ite holiday wardrobe is exercising in the early morn- be extra busy, don’t skimp of holidays yet!
ready—freshly cleaned, ing or early evening is most on your meditation and yoga
intact, or new ones or- beneficial. When we eat, sleep, practice. To bolster your heart References
dered in time to alter or and exercise at the “right and immunity this season, be 1. Hillard JR, Holland
exchange. time” that matches our body’s gentle on the alcohol, take JM, Ramm D. Christmas and
• Purchase or make any natural biorhythm, we feel our things in stride and double psychopathology. Data from a
gifts early. best and naturally dissolve down on the daily health psychiatric emergency room
• Make your travel reserva- stress and support our body’s practices that keep you feel- population. Arch Gen Psychia-
tions now, if you haven’t healing on a daily basis. ing your best. try. 1981 Dec;38(12):1377-81

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