Spring has officially arrived and there is no better time than now to embrace new rituals for enhancing vitality in life!  Align yourself with nature and renewed life energy through cleansing.  Cleansing at its most basic level involves removal of something unwanted or unpleasant.  Personal cleansing can happen on many different levels, both internally and externally.

One great way to cleanse internally and clear the mind of mental debris is to embark on a media cleanse.  For one hour, one morning, afternoon, day, week, or month, remove yourself from all media sources where negative energy is regularly and unwittingly downloaded into your conscience.  This includes the news, voices of critics, and ads with fear-based marketing to name a few.  Repeated exposure to negative programming affects our mental state on a subconscious level.  Mindfully choose healthy positive energy to increase vitality in life!

When it comes to experiencing more vitality in life, choose activities that engage more of your senses.  This is a key tip!  Look for things that allow you to not only see and hear, but also feel, smell and taste life! … rather than passively participating in it.  Focus on what enlivens you.  An example of a popular activity that enlivens many people is spending time in nature.  Conversely, an example of a popular activity that drains many people is binge watching hours of television series or movies.  The big difference is how you feel afterwards.  If you find yourself feeling tired and apathetic, it is time to create positive change!

Engaging activities naturally inspire health and overall wellbeing.  Vitality is a choice we can make at any time in our life.  Take control of your life today.  Let go of life draining activities and replace them with life enhancing habits.  You are worth it!!!

Choose foods that nourish your capacity to flourish.  Mindfully cut back on those that lead you on an emotional roller coaster, alternating peaks of high energy with dips of low engagement in life.  If you regularly find yourself feeling lethargic midday, you may want to revise your breakfast or lunch habits, and even look at your eating schedule.  Do you delay eating when you feel hungry?  Do you make healthy choices that sustain vital life energy?  Make positive changes as needed for experiencing more vitality in life!

Here is a refreshing tip for vitality that involves not inner work, but outside actions!  Surround yourself with joyful relationships that bring out the best in you.  Spend more time with friends and acquaintances who are uplifting and positive.  Hang out with people who inspire you and reflect qualities you most admire.

Take the challenge!  Mindfully  step into healthy environments that nurture and champion the natural expression of your true self.  Relationships are vital to living well and the healthier they are, the healthier and more vital you will be!

What inspires you?  What brings you joy and delight?  What energizes you physically?  Whatever it is, bring more of these into your life!

When you are inspired, vitality comes naturally.  You step into flow with passion and ease.  It is an invigorating and energizing process, like putting your life on a super-powered battery charger.  Your life gets a boost of energy that naturally fuels wellness.

Vitality can be simply defined as life energy.  We were all born with this and it came very naturally to us as children.  We played and explored the world in ways that brought continued wonder, joy and enthusiasm in life.  As adults, many of us have lost touch with this due to the demands of everyday living but rest assured, vitality may be brought back anytime we choose!

When energy flows freely through us, we are strong and engaged in life.  Conversely when energy is stuck, we are not operating at full capacity and limit our potential in life.  In order to keep energy flowing, we must bring awareness to the sources that drain us and one of the biggest is suppressed emotions.

Emotions are energy and a natural part of the human experience.  They are neither good or bad.  In fact, emotions are essential since they help us to cope with life.  The trick is to catch and release emotions like fish!  Whenever you feel an emotion rising within, take time to acknowledge it and then LET IT GO!.  If you ignore or suppress the emotion, it will linger in the form of stuck energy.  To maintain a clear flow of energy, you may consciously say to yourself in the moment “I feel really annoyed.” or “I feel so sad” and then release it in a healthy way.  A good choice would be to connect with nature.  Here you could dispel emotional energy and refuel yourself with the beauty of your surroundings.

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Vitality is in the air.  Nature is revealing this everyday with an increasing number of buds and blossoms.  These hints of Spring forthcoming bring renewed energy and hope for the future.  All we need to do is look around and see what resources are available.

Mind Master Training will be at the Healthy Living Fair in Port Coquitlam this Saturday, February 13, 2016, from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 pm.  Stop by our booth to say hello and catch our free 20 minute talk starting at 11:30 a.m. on ‘3 Keys to Vitality!’

This bi-annual event is free for all ages.  Discover the array of resources available in the community, enter to win a door prize, participate in activities and join other free health and wellness talks throughout the day.  Hope to see you there!

Wilson Centre, 2150 Wilson Ave., Port Coquitlam   604-927-7970

As we approach the middle of Winter, the days are getting longer with increasing daylight, buds are erupting through the ground and on trees, and songbirds are returning to fill the air with sweet sounds of nature.  This is a time of rebirth and renewal.

We can synchronize ourselves to the cycles of nature if we embrace our own personal  transformation in the moment.  Bring awareness to subtle changes in the environment around you.  The finer details can be easily missed as we go about our daily activities.

This is also true with our own personal transformation.  There may be a subtle shift in your pattern of behaviours or thought processes you are not aware of.  Perhaps you sense a heaviness has lifted or you are feeling much lighter and freer.  Celebrate any changes you notice!

The final tip for positive transformation involves acceptance.  Accept the fact there will be some form of loss.  This is inevitable.  In order to make room for something new, we must release something from our past.

Loss may involve relationships, routines, or beliefs that were a part of your life.  Perhaps there is a relationship that no longer serves you well or a habit of daily living that is not aligned with your current values.  Perhaps loss involves dreams, ideals and expectations that keep you locked in pain.  There is a sadness that comes with growing even though growth feels good.  It is important to acknowledge the past for the lessons they provided.  After all, each and every experience is a stepping stone to positive transformation!