What is Nourishment?

When most people think about nourishment they think about the food that they will put into their mouth to nourish their body.  While I agree that food is a very important part of nourishment, there are 8 areas of nourishment that are considered to be important for full body nourishment in the realm of Holistic Nutrition:

Food

Eating whole foods from nature whenever possible.

Taking time to eat in a peaceful and uninterrupted setting.

Being thankful for your food.

Enjoying whatever you are eating.

Eat only when you are truly hungry.

Tailoring the size of your meal to embrace these ideas.  This may mean eating smaller more frequent meals, choosing to eat some fruit or vegetables in a quiet place for 10 minutes before returning to what you need to do knowing that you can return for a “full meal” in an hour or so once the task at hand is complete.

Emotional Poise

Having the mental clarity and stability to maintain your composure at all times

Learning to respond rather than react in any situation

Choosing to pick you battles, where and when

Sleep

Get 7 – 8 hours quality sleep a night

Try to be in bed before midnight, 10:00pm is best

Your body detoxes itself between the hours of 10:00pm and 2:00am, sleeping as much during this timeframe is essential for your overall health and wellbeing

No electronics for an hour before you go to bed, the blue light in the display limits the production of melatonin needed for a good and restful sleep

Water

Drink pure filtered water

Consume 8 – 10 cups of water a day

Learn to know when your body needs more hydration due to activity, illness, environmental factors

Activity

Be active in your day

Take brief 5 – 10 minute walks and stretches throughout your day if you are sedentary in your job

Walk in nature

Find an activity that you enjoy and participate in it a couple of times a week

Touch and Love

Humans need physical contact, build relationships to give and receive love and physical contact

Seek out relationships where you can bring love and joy to those who really need a boost

Conduct yourself in a way where your love and joy will shine on anyone you meet

Sun

Our bodies need exposure to the sun’s rays to absorb Vitamin D

Take time each day to spend 10 – 15 minutes in the sunlight, without any sunblock or clothing that will inhibit the sun hitting as much of your body surface as possible

For those of us in the Northern Clime’s it is necessary to supplement with Vitamin D because we do not get enough daylight hours or strength from the sun in our late Autumn and Winter months

A Daylight lamp can help with the mood factors that can evolve from lack of sunlight

Breathe

Make time in your day to stop, relax and take 4 – 6 deep breathes

This is great do to in times of stress

It allows our body and our brain to take a brief “time-out” and will provide a sense of calm

As a society we have so many stressors bombarding us all day every day, learning to stop and breathe is a great tool to combat this

I am available and happy to talk to anyone about how to add more full body nourishment to your life.  Send me an email, natalie@beepicwithnatalie.ca

Fill your life with wonderful moments of complete nourishment and feel wonderful!