Natural Living Tips

Over the years I have dabbled in natural health and living in balance with nature. This meant being conscious of pollution and trying to avoid causing it. But it was all a half hearted affair.

I would turn off the lights when leaving a room. Separate, from way back, the different types of waste. Eat plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables, with a few exceptions - like spinach…

When the children began to arrive, breast feeding was the order of the day as were linen nappies. We make our own muesli and cereals. We have five hens and six quails for our egg requirements.

All in all a reasonable state of affairs that would have probably stayed that way except that nine years ago I was on the receiving end of a bus coming the wrong way.

After months of agony and slow recovery I came up with a terrific bone infection which I took home with me from the hospital. A sort of going away present, and very persistent as well.

The colossal amount of pain killers and worse, antibiotics, started to reap its benefits and I was beginning to go down hill.

But after the storm the sun shines.

Two very important things happened.

The first is that with the help of alternative natural remedies my body managed to overcome and eliminate all the after effects. This was based on a series of juices and recipes involving all sorts of things, such as garlic, broccoli, - spinach- , lime, ginger and various others. Natural remedies came to the rescue.

(I am looking them up as it has been a while).

The other good thing is that I suddenly found myself with a lot of time on my hands while bedridden for so many months. I started thinking, which wasn’t a bad idea.

This is the short version of what I came up with.

Living in balance with nature is more than the physical side, whether it is the food we eat, the care we take not to pollute or even alternative products we use. What makes it all fit in is to search for the overall balance.

We are more than our bodies, let alone individual organs and body parts. We are more than our minds, than our psychological make up, more than our spiritual side. More than our capacity to love and relate.

We are the sum of all that and the result is larger than expected.

Living a natural life is the adventure as long as we see ourselves a whole persons and living in balance with others, including the surrounding world.

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We need to be aware that there are several factors that are connected to one another that create the health and well being that we should experience.

An adequate and varied diet containing the nutrients our bodies require should be the important part of our daily intake.

On the other hand, even our eating environment (at home or out, for example) and how we feel at the time, has great influence on our digestion.

The physical and emotional settings surrounding us at home, at school or at work, have a strong effect on our bodies by either strengthening or weakening it.

Pollution, poor hygiene, inappropriate living conditions, as well as emotional tension gradually wear down our vitality making us more susceptible to disease.

Our emotions: joys, sorrows, worries, anxiety and nostalgia, affect us when they are very intense or prolonged, causing a drop in our vital energy.

In a weakened body, bacteria, viruses and microorganisms become aggressive and proliferate.

Knowing and educating ourselves about health issues, together with our own experience, allows us to prevent illness or to recover from it, before our capacity for a full life is impaired.

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Our health is important, so why is it many people avoid taking an active part in bettering or even maintaining it?

In the western world the attitude to health seems to be based on finding solutions and not in preventing ill health. The other thing is that many times the solutions are based on so called diagnosis that are only identifying the symptoms of the real illness.

If you have a headache it stands to reason that you want a fast acting solution to make it go away. But in the long run it is much more important to identify and then act on what is causing this pain.

If you have a fever or have caught a bug it is interesting to note that others have been exposed to the same environment but have gotten off scot free. So perhaps there are other factors involved; a period of stress with a corresponding weakening of natural defenses?

There are times when you seem to be accident prone in a small way. A small cut on a finger, or a bruising. Well your body is always talking to you and sending signals and many times a small cut is your body’s way of activating its own defenses. It is time to pay more attention to what your body tells you.

You are what you eat, but also what you think and what you feel.

Your spiritual side, your psychological side and your physical side are all you. You are a whole person and that is where natural health focuses on. Not just the symptom but the complete person.

When applying a holistic point of view illness prevention takes on a new meaning. It implies your overall well being, and this includes the food and nutrition, the environment, the personality and the current life you are leading. Whether you are exercising, your moods, your social contacts, your professional life as well as your family life.

The good news is that there is a change in attitude going on and this also means we have many more resources on hand to be able to enjoy our right to natural health.

And yes, the end result is that in the long run this is preventive and not corrective.

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Natural living is about a balanced life, which means that charging like a bull in a china shop to make an overnight change in your life style will probably not last very long and with the same results as the proverbial bull.

So you should begin with small steps and build up from there. These steps should be positive doing things, like eat more fruit, and not negative not doing things, like stop smoking (although that is always a good idea).

1. Reduce your energy bills and save money. The positive outlook would dictate that you have your lights turned on only when you are in the room and turn them off when you leave. Unplug electrical appliances when they are not in use.
2. Conserve water. Turn off the water taps when brushing your teeth, washing your hands or shaving. You can also turn off the tap water while washing dishes. The long term benefits, aside from the savings involved, is that water will become scarce in the future if the current wastage is anything to go by.
3. Recycle as much as you can. This includes old clothes which can be donated to charities (providing a helping hand) as well as recycling organic and inorganic waste.

Once you begin you will find many other ways of actively ensuring a natural life.

One of the lovely things about this is that aside from the many resources you can find, your own creativity will produce great results. For example you can invent games with yourself or your family such as singing a short song while showering and turning the water off when you end it.

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