Health is a relationship you have with your body.
Powerful and interesting way to look at it.
Are you treating your body with respect? Are you being supportive of its needs? Are you protecting it from harm? Are you nourishing it? Are you showing it love?
"We are what we repeatedly do"
-Aristotle
Habits make up a portion of our day, while we are running on auto-pilot. More of these are good and some not so good. In reality, one does not quit a habit, without replacing it with another.
The challenge is to identify the triggers for the bad habit and incorporate new ones with healthier choices.
Trying to quit smoking? Trying to cut back on or quit sugar? Trying to drink more water? Trying to exercise more?
For many its a physical addiction to the bad substance. For many its a stress relieving or social habit. For many unfortunately it maybe both.
We have our good days, and our bad days…
We have our healthy choices and our not so healthy choices.
We have episodes of resilient wellness and experience periods of illness.
It’s not a perfect path… but that is part of what strengthens us in mind, body, spirit and soul.
#health, #wellness, #itsajourney, #itsaprocess, #resilience, #strength, #bodybewellsolutions
Have gratitude and laugh frequently -they’re both contagious and fountains of youth
A body in motion, stays in motion -take a walk, try yoga, just move
You are what you eat -eat your veggies, drink your water, nourish your body…don’t just feed it
Use it or lose it -have a purpose and stay connected, get out there… you’ve got good stuff to share
#healthyaging, #yourchoice, #ageisjustanumber, #bodybewellsolutions
DIEt Focuses mentally on
Food as Enemy
Deprivation
Short-term, Quick Fix
Numbers and a Scale
One Size Fits All
HEALth Focuses mentally on
Food as Fuel
Healthy Choices
Lifelong Healthy Habits
Wellness from Within
Your Choices, Your Habits, Your Wellness
Do you know the impact of what you are eating?
Understanding how our bodies respond to what we put into them, and making even minor changes can significantly alter our energy levels and overall health.
Each of our bodies is like a chemistry beaker, everything we put in causes some sort of a reaction.. some good, some not so good and some really awful.
The reason one vitamin can promote so much benefit in the body, is because the deficiency of one vitamin can negatively effect so many bodily functions.
Understanding the Benefits of taking vitamins is based on 3 factors
Quality of Product
Consistency of Use
Your Body's Ability to Absorb
The Isotonix delivery system is different, and important to understand with so many people today having compromised digestive systems. An isotonic solution (liquid) delivery means that the body has less work to do in obtaining maximum absorption. This allows nutrients to pass directly into the small intestine and be rapidly absorbed into the bloodstream. Minimal nutritive value lost, making the absorption of vitamin highly efficient while delivering maximum results. While getting the most product for your dollar… not unnecessary and unknown fillers.
Schedule a session to understand the best options for you personally.
Many thoughts come to mind when you do yoga for the first time…
As you stand in the back of a class, or unfurl a yoga mat at home, it can all seem like a lot of wobbling on one foot as you struggle to figure out a pose. But even if… Read more
Curious if there is a yoga out there for you? Just a beginner? Have some chronic restricted mobility or pain? Check out Mindful Movement ~a yoga inspired program
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It's about Balance. Even the most "practiced" yoga instructor cannot hold a tree balance pose "constantly". Its about making small adjustments on a regular basis to "re-steady" our Balance. The more practiced you are at "re-steadying" yourself.. for Balance... the more habitual it will be. Take your time... and practice some Balance.
Learn to release the old
What beliefs and emotions do you need to heal? Look around at your life right now. What are you thinking? What are you talking about? What issues are cropping up in your life? Who are you talking about? What are you remembering? Who is coming back into your life? What hurts? Is that feeling familiar? When have you felt it before?
Once you’ve identified what you’re feeling and thinking, release it. Let the energy go. Let it leave your body. You can chatter all you want about what’s going on with you, but that doesn’t release the energy from your system anymore than talking about a splinter takes it out. Sometimes the process will sting just a bit when you pull out the splinter. But don’t worry. It won’t hurt for long. And soon you’ll feel better than you felt in a long time.
Often the process of releasing all toxins can be as gentle and natural as the way a flower or a tree grows with sunshine and rain, a little bit of fertile soil, and a little pruning and weeding.
Growth can be gentle now. Growth can be fun. Breathe in new air. Breathe in new energy. Exhale the past, it’s feelings, beliefs and toxins. Let it go. Let yourself be transformed.
Adapted from Journey to the Heart by Melody Beatty
#releasetheold #springishere #bringinthenew #healthychoices #healthyhabits #bodybewellsolutions
How are you breathing?
Years ago, my chiropractor mentioned I was not breathing with my belly... my upper body was a disaster of chronic tightness and pain.
As I’ve focused on breath regularly through my yoga practice... there has been a significant change in my body tension and my overall sense of well being.
#healthychoices #healthcoach #youneedahealthcoach #bodybewellsolutions
Most of us know what we should be doing to improve our health and prevent disease… but we are not doing those things. The amount of conflicting information is down right overwhelming.
Health Coaching can be a single session or a series of sessions, offered to an individual, a couple or for a family. A session could be as simple as a Grocery Shopping Tour; to truly learn what the packaged food labels are saying and not saying.
This article provides a great overview of what a Health Coach can offer you… especially now that your New Year’s Resolutions to get healthy, are nothing but a frustration.
Bottom-line, as much as we are all similar we are different. Being healthy is not one size fits all. There are definitely a set of “healthy foundations” to build from… but after that, the Healthy Choices need to fit YOUR life-style and interests.
A Health Coach can guide you through this process. The intent of working with a Health Coach, is to discover YOUR own set of choices that will keep YOU healthy going forward… and not have you tied to a boring structured program… that can become very expensive over time!
My story is quite simple… I'm very blessed and grateful that a life changing event in my health "pushed" me to make major changes over a decade ago. Those major changes were made One Choice at a Time, and they are now Healthy Habits which keep my Body Well.
Keep in mind, as I age and my life continues to change, I am regularly adjusting my Choices and Habits to maintain ongoing Balance. This includes what I eat, drink, listen to, read and the activities I participate in and people I associate with.
I'm a former smoker, caffeine junkie, binge eater of sugar free, fat free, low calorie packaged food of all sorts. I have been overweight, experienced terrible mood swings, slept very little, had low energy, major brain fog and very poor self-esteem. Eventually all these poor choices and self-perceptions caught up with me and then ...CRASH.
My first step was to quit smoking and begin exercising. Additionally, I significantly reduced my caffeine consumption. I began to recognize there were other ways to relax and unwind without alcohol. Soon after reducing the caffeine and alcohol, I started to understand and appreciate the value of a good night's sleep and how my body felt when properly hydrated by drinking water.
Overall, I began to feel better; these Healthy Choices were moving me in the right direction... but I still had more chronic daily pain than I should at that my age and continued to generally feel sluggish. I was still over weight; even though I was exercising regularly.
My next step on my journey to Health Habits had the greatest impact of them all. I took the approach of “clean low glycemic eating” and began taking high quality vitamins and supplements. This is when things really began to change... and they did so quickly. I lost inches everywhere, especially around my waist. My percentage of body fat dropped into a very healthy range for my age. I lost the "extra pounds and sluggish brain-fog" I was carrying around. More importantly... my daily aches, pains and stiffness diminished significantly, my muscle tone improved and so did my strength and flexibility.
What was so different about this Healthy Choice? By eating clean low glycemic foods, my body was no longer in a constant state of unhealthy inflammation. As a bonus the high-quality vitamins and supplements I began taking with consistency enabled my body to "heal" some of the damage I had caused with so many years of prior poor choices.
As a massage therapist for almost 15 years, I specialized in helping my clients manage chronic pain. After experiencing these changes in my own health, I decided to share this approach of Healthier Choices with my clients. I chose to become a Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, through the Institute of Integrative Nutrition. During my training at IIN I studied over 100 different dietary theories, practical lifestyle management techniques, and innovative coaching methods with some of the world’s top health and wellness experts.
I do not believe there is one approach to being Healthy for everyone. However, an essential first step toward Making Healthy a Habit, One Choice at a Time is to understand how our food and beverage choices affect our health. Once we have this foundation, we can begin to find our personal BALANCE of healthy nutritious food and fun and interesting physical activity.
I have been practicing yoga for 5 years and doing so has changed my life on so many levels, it’s difficult to put into words. Physically as a massage therapist, yoga has saved my career, through my body awareness of movement, stillness and strength. I personally believe in myself and my value more than I ever have in my life. Yoga has been the outlet and provided the awareness I needed to understand and navigate through many difficult situations and relationships. Yoga is not just about physical movement; it can be so much more to those who want it. In a sense, the movements of Yoga can offer many of the same effects as massage therapy. Through the guidance of my yoga teachers I’ve experienced a level of connection and comfort within myself. As a Certified Trauma Informed Registered Yoga Teacher, I am sharing this through my Mindful Movement program.
We all have a story. We all go through experiences and relationships that will always be a part of defining who we are. The key is ...they are just one piece of our story... those experiences and relationships are lessons -they do not define who we are as a whole. Acknowledge they happened, forgive yourself if you feel some sort of guilt, take the lesson and “let go and begin to grow”
#change, #letitgo, #lessons, #grow, #healthychoices, #bodybewellsolutions
There is a difference between feeding your body and nourishing it. Learn more about your choices and their impact. How do you start? Take a few days to stop consuming processed, sugary convenient foods and beverages... alcohol, sugar, processed grains and dairy... if you feel as though you have a hangover or are getting the flu... that’s your body naturally detoxing the “garbage” you were “feeding” it.
#understandyourbody, #food, #strategy, #payattention, #changeisgood, #nourishyourself, #observe, #BodyBeWellSolutions
We are not going to agree with everyone. We are not going to have the same beliefs. We are not going to have the same goals. We are not all going to have the same experiences. Yet, if we look for and recognize the good in another... we will find the absolute best in ourselves.
🌀 Healthy Mind, Healthy Body, Healthy Spirt… Making Healthy a Habit, One Choice at a Time.
#look, #respect, #value, #itshealthy, #beyourbest, #change, #bodybewellsolutions
TLS (Transitions Lifestyle System®) is a customizable, science-based program designed to fit you and your unique lifestyle. Weight-loss is personal, which is why there are multiple personalized programs to help you reach your goals. While other programs tell you what they think works; with TLS, and an experienced personal Health Coach it’s all about what works for you.
As a Health Coach, I typically rely on the TLSslim.com site for the hard knowledge through educational videos and downloads, and access to weight loss support supplements and vitamins.
My Health Coaching session time with you as a client (or couple) is spent in understanding your current day to day routines, activities and mindset regarding healthy eating and weight loss beliefs. We are then able to dedicate time to customizing and determining what works and does not for you personally. This increases your ability to be successful long-term and hold yourself accountable after working with me.
I have spent the past 15 years working through the highs and lows to personally gaining an understanding of the need for balance for healthy aging, managing weight and reducing chronic pain.
Interested in speaking with me about how I can support you in
Making Healthy a Habit, One Choice at a Time…
and guide you down the Road to Good Habits?
716-316-2511 or rebecca@bodybewellsolutions.com
#youbeyouandillbeme, #bestversionofyourself, #justbloom, #nojudgementshere, #wealladdvalue, #healthyselfimage, #bodybewellsolutions
#ownit, #createyourreality, #healthychoices, #itsyourchoice, #spendyourtimewisely, #bodybewellsolutions
Body Be Well Solutions owner Rebecca Albert, LMT CHHC
is hosting an Open House / Welcome Info Session
Monday, January 7th
630pm-730pm
