Mind, Body, and Soul

In order to maintain a balance between your mind, body, and soul we have to nurture your whole self which includes your physical, mental, emotional and spiritual needs. Let's take a look at  how we can achieve overall wellness by cultivating a mind, body, and soul balance.

Let's take a look at our mental health. When we speak of brain stimulation, physical exercise plays a key role in staying sharp. It increases oxygen to your brain and decreases the risk for conditions that lead to memory loss, such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Exercise also heightens the effects of helpful brain chemicals and reduces stress hormones. 

Learning new information and skills across your lifespan can also help keep your brain strong, even in your later years. Activities that challenge you the most will yield you the strength and brain power needed to remain healthy in the mind going forward. 

Now our mental and physical health are connected in a lot of ways, let's take a look. A clear difference is often made between the mind and body, poor physical health can lead to an amplified risk of developing mental health problems. Likewise, poor mental health can adversely impact physical health, leading to an increased risk of some conditions. The World Health Organization defines health "as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity". They also state that "there is no health without mental health".

This means that our thoughts, feelings, beliefs and attitudes can positively or negatively affect our natural operation. In other words, our minds can affect how healthy our bodies perform. 

Exercising also increases our energy levels, sense of well-being, sleep and brain health. Engaging in consistent exercise also lessens the risk of depression and anxiety. 

Many of us think that being spiritual means we have to be religious, quite the contrary. The whole idea of spiritual mindfulness is all about linking with a higher divine power, but also connecting with nature and yourself. Once you have acknowledged this connection, you'll see life from a whole different perspective. People with an extreme advance sense of spiritual awareness are often less prone to depression, addiction, manipulation, and control. In addition, they most often understands what it means to be truly happy and at peace with life and themselves. 

Your soul is an energy entity that holds part of your awareness, learn how to calm your mind so that you can hear the delicate voice and feeling inside you. A great way to do that is with breathing exercises and meditation, which strengthens your ability to communicate to your soul. 

Getting 6-8 hours of sleep is also important, it allows your body to recuperate from exhaustion. It also makes it easier for you to stay focused on your thoughts which allows you to stay in control and is important for increasing spiritual awareness. 

Spiritual awareness and nature are highly connected, when studying nature it helps you understand and live in harmony with it. When your connection with nature increases, so will your spiritual awareness. When you become more aware of your natural environment, you'll start to see things differently and understand why things happen as they do. Spiritual awareness helps you to understand who you truly are and the reason you were put here on this earth.

In closing, the mind, body, and soul are connected in such a way that we cannot live a healthy balanced life if either are out of sync. We must strive daily to consciously work on how we treat and speak to ourselves, how we allow others to treat us and make sure that we live a positive lifestyle that is conducive to love and happiness.