Last part of this months series of posts on the topic of daily practices that have really helped me improved my life and heal myself over the years is something so obvious, so easy, so often ignored or just taken for granted, that its sometimes even hard to believe it has so many benefits, its all about daily walks. We are creatures of movement and any form of movement that we can do and that is in sync with our own unique bodies and body compositions is going to bring us lots of benefits. Movement, on a day to day basis, is not only good for the body as we all know, but also very nourishing for the mind and soul. Maybe we already have a daily or weekly or some sort of regular practice when it comes to our bodies, maybe we dont and we are just looking for a place to start and build up some momentum from there. No matter what the case or the situation might currently be, daily walks are affordable and accessable. Its also good to be in nature, to reconnect with the nature within ourselves, get some fresh air, go to a park or just take yourself for a walk around the block. It does not have to be fancy and it does not have to be something complicated, its just there for us, walking has always been a part of our existence over the years, it used to be the way in which we would stay healthy and it would contribute to our daily bussiness from picking up things to going places, walking for sure plays an important role in the history of humanity and in the last decades, as technological improvement have given us sometimes more effective ways towards acchieving our tasks and doing our jobs, our bodies natural desire and need towards movement is still there, waiting to be nourished, acknowledged and taken care of.
My own journey with walking has been just as much taken for granted for a while, as it would be for any other matter that as long as we keep doing it, even if we do not acknowledge it, it does the body good and we will not experience any down side effects. It is when we do not do something that the body naturally craves, that the negative effects start to show up. For me it was somehow in the form of depression and distorted body image. I was stuck inside the house, feeling guilty and trying to be perfect. It was hard to do something, anything, because I wanted to do it perfectly and in order for that to happen I had to be in the perfect state and so on and so forth. But walking somehow helped me break those disfunctional patterns. Or, actually, more accuratelly would be to say that it has started to help me break disfunctional patterns, because it was so easy to acknowledge that after a walk, and sometimes that was the only thing that I could convice myself to do in order to move my body, I would definitely feel better. Of course, healing is a journey not a destination. Sometimes I felt way better and sometimes, just a bit, but I would always feel an improvement and I could feel myself being moved towards a better feeling. With practice it became a daily intentional practice, it took some time, but it helped me grow other health supporting practices as well over the years simply because when you go through the steps of making something a habit and you see that you have succeded and already transformed your life for the better you just become more willing to see what else you can do to be healthy and feel healthy. At least this is how it has worked for me. Its a compounding effect that in and off itself its amazing, but not just that, it also inspires you to take action on other practices that might present an interest to you personally as a unique and amazing human being.
For me personally, the walking practice done on a regular basis, on a daily basis, in a state of consciousness and deep connection to my truth, my body, my being, in a holistic matter has literally helped me walk from a state of disease and suffering into a state of constant improvement, learning and growth. Letting go of trying to make things perfect or even the expectancy or the wait for something to be perfect has been really powerful, as well as just learning to enjoy the experience as it is, basically more in tune with the present moment. Most importantly this amazingly simple practice has transported me towards personal mental and physical healing and tunning in to a sense of truth, meaning and purpose, within myself so that I can then show up into the world, speak and live my life from a place of truth, meaning and purpose. For me it was very important to overcome that state of discomfort that has been very painful to be living in and I have noticed that in connection to the journaling practices, that I have described in the begginging of this months series of posts, the daily walks really helped me build some momentum, step into being my true self and living a life that is true to mysef, both practices have deeply resonated with me from the beggining and it also felt so natural to adopt them and turn them into mindfulness routines. As already described in the two other posts of this month, the yoga practice and the meditation practice have also been two matters that I have deeply and I continue to resonate with, it was just a matter of timing and commitment that I got to happily integrate all of them and do them on a regular, daily basis. All those four practices are extremely valuable to me up to this day, I am super grateful for them and for integrating into my life and I am really looking forward towards what developments, improvements or healing processes might unfold next. Life is such an awesome and amazing journey to be lived in tune with ourselves and by manifesting our truthful, most beautiful selves we are then more able to serve and inspire others to do the same and find their purpose and meaning along the way so that we can all live happy, healthy and fulfilling lives.
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