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20 SIMPLE WAYS TO ACHIEVE MIND, BODY AND SOUL BALANCE
1. Express gratitude: Simple gestures like showing appreciation for the tiniest gifts like offering smiles or
even a compliment to a stranger on the elevator, is one of the best ways to achieve happiness and
keep those feel-good hormones flooding your system.
2. Get quality, restorative sleep: Having adequate hours of sleep every night is regenerative for your
body because it promotes overall health and improves mood. For the brain, a good sleep translates
to better cognition and mind clarity. You can be sure to maintain a balance in your life by getting the
sleep that your spirit, mind and body requires!
3. Reflect: With life’s daily pressures, it is often hard to take some time to recognise the beauty
surrounding us. Throughout the day, we tend to forget how rewarding it is to wake up to a new day
or notice the beauty in the morning’s sunrise. I challenge you by the close of each day, to jot down a
moment you are most grateful for throughout your day.
4. Stop for a while and breathe: Taking a break from time to time isn’t bad at all. If you’re looking to reduce
stress and to boost productivity and prevent feeling bogged down by work pressure, stop for a while and
breathe. Perhaps enrolling in a yoga class would be beneficial in learning various breathing techniques.
5. Use essential oils: Can’t sleep? Relax and keep your brain from wandering at night and sleep well with
essential oils. Essential oils like lavender and peppermint can promote sleep and reduce stress.
6. Practice deep breathing: It is one of simplest ways we can connect our mind, body and soul. Learn
how to breathe consciously with awareness and to restore balance. You can also reduce depression
and anxiety by focusing on breathing.
7. Exercise regularly: Be sure to look for one you enjoy so that it will feel less like a chore and more of
an interest. Ultimately, this lifestyle change will flood your system with endorphins.
8. Try grounding: Another simple way of cross-training your mind, body and soul is planting your bare
feet on the ground as often as you can. Also called earthing, grounding reduces inflammation and
increases antioxidants. And the best part, it also calms our mind because it improves the relationship
among the planet’s natural charge, the earth’s electrons and our bodies.
9. Choose and eat organic foods: Crops treated with pesticides and herbicides and grown with chemical
fertilizers are not good for your health. Avoid them. Instead, load your diet with plant-based and
organic foods, such as nuts, fruits, vegetables and whole grains that can support healthy cell function and
energise your system. It also improves mental health and keeps you spiritually inspired and enlightened.
10. Use a shower filter: One thing I also discovered that actually helps in restoring balance is installing a
shower filter to keep chlorine and other toxins from damaging your skin.
11. Smile more. Frown less: Don’t take life too seriously. Or else, you will miss many good times it has to
offer. Simply smiling in front of a mirror or alone, can make you feel great and reduce wrinkles and
the fine lines caused by frowning.
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