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Reduce Anger In Your Body

Recently, a patient told me about his angry feelings regarding his illness. After he settled I asked if the thoughts and feelings that he just expressed held his attention most of the time. He answered, “Yes”. I was concerned. Long-term anger harms our body and slows down healing.

Our body cells are neither isolated nor separated from the effects of our mind and emotions. We know that this is true because our emotional state directly affects our immune, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular and respiratory systems. It alters our sleep patterns, energy levels and state of peace.

Whilst it can be particularly difficult during illness to maintain a positive outlook, it is essential that we try and do so. Many studies show that a happy mood speeds up our body’s natural healing processes. There are many things we can do to lift our mood during illness. Here are some suggestions.

Take in sunlight and fresh air daily. If it’s cold and wet outside, look at beautiful images of nature in books or on the internet; play uplifting music; get up and about as soon as you can; eat healthily; supplement the medical treatments that you are undergoing with complimentary therapies such as Reiki or reflexology; set yourself small goals each day and rejoice when you reach them.

Try the following prescription: Set aside two minutes, three times a day. During this time sit still and focus on your breath. Take a breath in, hold for a second then slowly release the breath. As you do so mentally repeat, “I nourish my body with good thoughts and feelings”; smile as you recite this. These calm moments will bring welcomed relief from the worries of the mind.

The key to helping ourselves during illness is to participate in constructive activities that boost our sense of peace. When our thoughts and feelings are calm and positive we help ourselves heal.

Thank Your Body. It Is The Only One You Have!

“Your body is a temple, but only if you treat it as one.” —Astrid Alauda

More often than not when I ask clients to tell me what they like about their body, rarely do I get a positive response! Most people find it much easier to list the things that they don’t like about their body and physical appearance.

Our body is absolutely amazing. Each day, on average, 200 litres of blood will flow through our kidneys, our heart will beat about 100,000 times and 3 million red blood cells will be produced by our body every second. These few examples are only some of the automatic functions that our body carries out daily.

It’s an intricate machine, yet rarely do we thank it for the incredible work that it does in maintaining our health and life. Imagine if you had to work 7 days a week, 365 days a year and during that time, no one appreciated your efforts. How would you feel?

To ‘thank our body’ may appear to be an odd thing to do but it actually increases our state of wellbeing. When we appreciate the workings of our body, we feel better and we become motivated to look after ourselves well. The act of ‘thanking’ has a positive effect on our mind and emotions and more importantly, on the cells of our body.

Our body cells receive nourishment from a variety of sources: oxygen, the food we digest and the energy we feed them through our thoughts and feelings. Every single thought and feeling we have has an effect on the life and health of our body cells. When we thank our body the good feelings associated with the positive thoughts fuel our cells, improve our mental state and bring peace.

Health education programmes advise us to eat balanced diets and perform regular exercise. These things are vital for good health but the benefits are reduced if, energetically, we constantly hold negative thoughts and feelings, if we have little respect for ourselves. Being thankful and appreciative of our body sends a positive message to the cells – and to our mind and spirit – that we value who we are.

Get into the habit of thanking your body daily and acknowledging its tireless efforts. Your body is incredible. Love and honour it for it’s the temple that houses YOU.

Call to action

Firstly, watch my short video on how to appreciate your body and then, over the course of the next 7 days, either before you go to bed in the evening, or first thing in the morning on awakening, talk to your body and thank it for its hard working efforts. Take the time to hold appreciative feelings for your body. This practice is a great way to start and/or end your day.