Experiences that Enhance Balance

I attended this workshop at a conference for my work. It seems that I must constantly remind myself to relax, breath, and enjoy life. Here are some ideas that the keynote speaker brought up.

• Spend time with someone who makes you laugh.
• Instead of eating lunch inside, take a short walk and find a quiet place to sit outside and enjoy your meal.
• Ask someone to rub your back and shoulders.
• Put on your favorite music and dance until you can't catch your breath. Let your body find its own rhythm.
• Go for a walk. Alone or with a good friend you can be silent with.
• Buy yourself flowers the next time you are at the grocery store. Take a moment to feel gratitude for all of the ways that you show up for yourself and your beliefs.
• Think of ten things you are grateful for.
• Tell someone what you appreciate about them.
• Spend ten minutes finding shapes in the clouds.
• Take a long bath.
• Do something you've never done before.
• Learn one new thing about something that has piqued your curiosity.
• Breathe, breathe, breathe, breathe, breathe.
• Watch a sunrise/sunset.
• Wear clothes that feel good rubbing against your skin.
• Give yourself a foot massage.

~ Cindy Ewing


"Every human being possesses an effective internal health maintenance system, one guided by pleasure. Indeed, there is good scientific evidence that we are built for pleasure. Deep brain centers respond directly to pleasure sensations. Many of us are not getting our daily requirement of sensual pleasure."
~ Dr. R. Ornstein