of physical balance include
• Eating nutritious foods
• Avoiding toxins
• Practicing relaxation
• Exercising regularly
• Getting enough sleep
• Practicing meditation
Listen to your body; it is always giving you clues about what it needs to be healthy. Paying attention to these subtle signals is a powerful way to improve your physical balance.
When we neglect ourselves physically, we don’t have the energy and vitality to excel in the other areas. How can you be your best if you’re taxing your body with poor nutrition, lack of exercise, inadequate sleep, excessive toxins, and unmanaged stress? Without physical balance, it will be difficult to live a life you love.
One of the most common reasons people give for not attending to their physical needs is a lack of time. Overcoming this obstacle simply requires applying some problem-solving skills to make it a part of each day. By bringing awareness to your daily habits and routines, you are taking the first step toward meaningful change. And remember that a positive change, even a small one, in one point of balance tends to produce positive changes in all the others.
Start laying the foundation for your optimal physical state, beginning with acceptance of wherever you are right now, and acknowledgment of what you can and cannot change.
My Physical Plan: Warming Up You can begin to strengthen your foundation by examining where you are now and how you feel about it, then looking at some goals you would like to achieve. You can think of this as the “warm-up phase” of your physical balance journey.
Begin where you are. Check off each item based on how you feel about it today. Use the blank boxes to add any physical concerns you have that are not listed.
My Five-Year Plan Goals Your goals can be simple or lofty, as long as they are your goals and no one else’s.
Five years from now I’d like (fill in the blank next to the physical item listed.)
My Overall Health to Be _______________________________________
My Diet to Be _______________________________________________
My Fitness to Be _____________________________________________
My Strength to Be ____________________________________________
My Flexibility to Be ___________________________________________
My Endurance to Be __________________________________________
My Body Type to Be __________________________________________
My Energy to Be _____________________________________________
My Weight to Be _____________________________________________
My Skin to Be _______________________________________________
My Teeth to Be ______________________________________________
My Hair to Be _______________________________________________
My _____________ to Be ______________________________________
My _____________ to Be ______________________________________
My _____________ to Be ______________________________________
If you’re not happy with your physical life today, what would you like to change or improve?
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Whether or not you are happy with your physical state today, please list the top five things you would like to either change or maintain about your physical existence as it is today.
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5. _________________________________________________________
What can you do today to start to change or to maintain those five items?
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Your physical being can include your physical and material life (i.e., what you have, your external possessions) circumstances. Are you happy with your physical life today? If so, why? (Use the spaces below.) Remember, recovery teaches us to be grateful for what we have today. This exercise is not about being ungrateful; rather it is about examining the aspects of your physical life that may be within your control to build on and improve.
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