Have you seen some people around you, who are very health and active in all the aspect of life? These people make us wonder how they manage to achieve such balance in their life. I personally feel that it possible for everyone with a balanced lifestyle and self discipline.
What is lifestyle?
Lifestyle generally refers to the way in which you live your life and also it is a reflection of your values or attitude towards life. Lifestyle is the keyword for well-being. I believe lifestyle affects every aspect of our life.
The foundation of a healthy life is entirely based on a healthy lifestyle. Need to understand that being healthy is not just about being free from disease; it covers all the aspect of your physical, mental and Spiritual well being.
“Lifestyle is orientation of individual which is based on interests, opinions, behaviors, environment and social factor.”
A lifestyle includes our changeable habits and ways of living such as working, sleeping, eating, exercising, and hobbies. These all function have potential to affect our health and well being.
Your lifestyle completely depends on your choices. World Health Day is held once a year, but it is always necessary to remember the importance of a healthy lifestyle.
What is the importance of lifestyle?
A healthy lifestyle allows you to accomplish many opportunity in your life. Either it is achieving the goals or living happier life. In order to improve your life, you must improve your way of living by make necessary changes by eliminating all those habits which are threat to your health, weather physically or mentally.
Surely it is not so easy to overcome bad habits, but anything great comes with strong commitment and persistence. By determining and choosing good and healthy habits gives you countless rewards regarding your health. Here are some of them.
- Better coordination between body and mind
- Improves emotional health and helps in being better mood
- Reduces the risk of chronic diseases
- Improves sleep
- Increased energy level for daily activities
- Better health management
Here are some tips to build and maintain a healthy lifestyle.
- Eat healthy. A healthy diet is a first step towards creating healthy lifestyle. Try to adopt healthy eating habits and more balance diet. Each day, try to eat a balanced and varied diet. Never forget to add vegetables, fruit and nuts in your diet.
- Be active. Move your body. Doing any kind of physical activity or exercise regularly, you can also practice Asana can help you to keep your body fit, balance, flexible, strong, reduces stress and highly beneficial for your mind.
- Create balance. One of the biggest challenges anyone can face in creating health lifestyle is balance between family and work obligations. Maintaining proper separation between them is very important. Try not to overlap them.
- Do Pranayama (breathing exercises). Breathing is the most essential and powerful activity of life but very less focused. There are many great health benefits of Pranayama practice.
- Don’t neglect personal well being. Living healthy should enable you to have the time to take care and enhance your personal well being.
- Maintain the distance from toxicity, either people or habits. Always try to surround yourself with positive people who respect and support you. Quit all those habits which can be risk to your health and can spoil your relation with great people around you.
- Do yoga. Yoga is not just the physical practice rather it is a lifestyle. It is a holistic approach to life with the principle of yogic lifestyle. Meditation is a very important part of healthy life.
Life is a most precious gift. It should be enjoyed and respected by living it in a fully healthy and prosperous way.
