SOMETHING HELPFUL FOR YOU: We've added more tools to help your exercise and fitness with balanced life ideas that include, physical fitness, diet ideas inspired by Jay Robb, social dancing, inspiration and hobby ideas from experts in the field.

  BACKGROUND: We felt the combination would be a welcome edition to continue the half point of this year by giving you a compatible variety of tools so you can better achieve and maintain your fitness goals because as you are aware fitness is not just about your physical fitness although we feel it's an important part of the overall picture.

   HOLISTIC INFLUENCE: To realize a more balanced lifestyle takes a holistic approach, I'll stop on that for now and introduce you to one of our team members for 2008 their purpose will in part be to inspire you to be the best you can be from their own success and experience in the field they specialize in by sharing their tried and proven tips:

   MEET THE TEAM: Janice is our resident dance teacher and Feng Shui Decor practitioner, she teaches classes in the San Diego area and brings 17 years of experience to our team: links to her dancing in the Nineties. She started using the two minute workout

We'll Introduce you to our other team members in the next issue of our e-newsletter.
 

Spiritual Fitness

 
 

Summer Season
By Janice Montgomery

According to Feng Shui keeping your environment free of clutter is the first step in improving your environment.  In the winter time it is easy to collect clutter because the weather keeps you indoors. That is why there is spring cleaning. Why wait until spring? Clean up your clutter! And remember if you make a mistake you can always start over as many times as needed until you are satisfied starting with small steps and giving yourself credit when you deem it do.

Now that we have your environment free of clutter  (almost free) we can start on the inside.  What would you like to improve in your life and how can you facilitate that:  Maybe take a course in meditation?  How about self-help books?  You could join a support group?

There are many options available to you, but first try to do it with a sense of humor.   For example you might gain inspiration from watching something like the Steven Seagal movie “Exit Wounds”. Related Plot: He is sent to a support group by his boss and his first night at the class for anger management there is humorous group scene.  If you are not into action movies, you don’t have to watch the whole movie, but that scene at the support group might get you in the right mood if you would enjoy a good laugh. 

Another popular way to make changes in your life is physical fitness, which includes dancing.  Partner dancing has taken a new interest lately.  Dancing not only can get you into shape, but you will be forced to work on your social skills.  Okay now you are looking better on the outside and you are starting to improve your social skills and doors are starting to open up for you.

Maybe this is the time to watch the Dali Lama movies for a little spiritual fitness?  You can believe me, they are not boring.  You will feel better after watching them.   Action movies are my favorite so at first the idea of watching a documentary of the Dali Lama was not appealing.  Think again; you will feel better.  Maybe you won’t feel better on a physical level which you probably relate to but on a psychological level.  Surprise! We are working on the inside!  

You can’t make a mistake because what you do now will take you to the next step which you might think is the right step, but the step you took before that right step got you there. 

Wouldn’t it be cool if they had groups of philosophers discussing their ideas like in Plato’s time?  What was that like?  Did it expand their minds? 

Okay, start with the Two minute workout or dancing; either may take less concentrating for now. It is said that Yoga was a form of exercise to begin with and helped the Monks lesson their body concern to facilitate meditation.

I'll give you some ideas to enhance body - mind exercise in another article to super charge your FLOWBAR workouts. I take mine with me during my busy days it's been helpful  to make it easier to fit in a decent workout with my busy schedule which includes caring for my mother.

As many of you know I was a fashion model in the sixties for a line of swimsuits my honey bunny has put a photo slide show together for your enjoyment using mostly black and white photos from my portfolio. I'll write more about what I learned from modeling and the effect it had on my overall fitness in another issue.

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E-mail me with your positive comments if you find this corner is helpful.

Love,
Janice