Health Tips: Balance During the Holidays
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Secrets to Body, Mind, and Spirit in Balance for the Holidays
This health tip is brought to you by Kay Judge, MD and Maxine Barish-Wreden, MD, Co-Medical Directors of Sutter Downtown Integrative Health Care

5 Secrets for Keeping Your Body in Balance:

• Move your body every day – jog, cycle, do yoga, lift weights, swim, etc.
• Eat lots of fruits and veggies – especially the holiday colors – red and green!
• Take your multi-vitamin and vitamin D every day.
• Get plenty of rest.
• Drink lots of warm liquids, including green tea.

5 Secrets for Keeping Your Mind in Balance

• Set an intention for what you want this holiday season and visualize it in great detail – make a collage of what you see.
• Write out and release what’s been stressful.
• Give up perfection and enjoy what’s right in front of you.
• Reframe the difficult stuff – redefine it as a learning experience that has made you stronger and more compassionate.
• Meditate, do yoga, breathe deeply – bring yourself into the present moment, in your body, in the now.

5 Secrets for Keeping Your Spirit in Balance

• Keep a gratitude list everyday and take stock of all of the good that comes into your life (hint: it FAR outweighs the “bad”). Say “Thank You” – a lot!
• Stop and notice all of the beauty all around you – it only takes a second or two.
• Listen to the guidance from your inner teacher, and follow her directions!
• Sing, laugh, and dance as much as possible.
• Answer this question: What would make this the best holiday of my life? Then, go for it!