Category Archives: Natural and Holistic Wellness

Providing you with resources and recommendations for the natural and holistic side of health and healing.

07 Apr

Feed each other, and may I add….

FEED EACH OTHER, AND let’s go a step further and say, “feed each other good, wholesome, real food that heals.

Our PRIMARY foods are Relationships, Spirituality, Physical Movement, and Career.  Our Secondary food is our plates. Lets get balanced together.

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27 Mar

Stress Awareness MONTH

April is Stress Awareness Month

Spring is new beginnings. Spring is cleansing time for creation, including humans. Creation has cleansing built in for purpose.  Let’s make a goal to tune in and clean out our lives this spring.

Stress. Tension. Worry. Pressure. Anxiety. Panic attack. Many words describe it; it is important to find ways to deal with it. I have some tips from various sources on how to manage stress (a few of my own lines thrown into each point also).

  1. Unplug. Don’t let the technologies that help you do your word get in the way of your leisure time. Consider turning off work cellphones when you are with family or friends. Avoid checking work email while away from work. Try a “turn off” time of day, or one day a week, and turn attention on the things you did before handy device news and communication.
  2. Be realistic. Remember that everyone has good days and bad days at work, home, leisure, etc. Avoid negative self-talk.
  3. Reward yourself. When you finish a difficult task, or a simple one, celebrate. Enjoy a snack at your desk, take a short walk, call someone, or visit with a coworker or friend. Make a list of the things you enjoy, and have it handy when it is time for a reward. Your social network is one of your best tools for handling stress. Talk to others — preferably face to face, or at least on the phone
  4. Schedule time for fun. This is vital. If you spend every second of your day getting things done, you may resent never having time for yourself. Make a point to allow yourself some time for active rest and relaxation. I personally have made a schedule for break times in the day, and I have scheduled time for hiking and or other outdoor activity during the day or in the week and make it a priority that is not exchanged for work projects like (unless that is fun J ). A good belly laugh doesn’t just lighten the load mentally. It lowers cortisol, your body’s stress hormone, and boosts brain chemicals called endorphins, which help your mood. Lighten up by tuning in to your favorite sitcom or video, reading the comics, or chatting with someone who makes you smile.
  5. Practice breathing and relaxation techniques. You can do these at home or in a quiet place at work. Techniques include deep breathing, meditation, rhythmic exercise and yoga. I have a specific place, or places, in the day for these things when I know I will not be bothered, and know I have the free time consistently. A few minutes of practice per day can help ease anxiety. Research suggests that daily meditation may alter the brain’s neural pathways, making you more resilient to stress. Deep breathing counters the effects of stress by slowing the heart rate and lowering blood pressure. Be present. Take 5 minutes and focus on only one behavior with awareness. Notice how the air feels on your face when you’re walking and how your feet feel hitting the ground. Enjoy the texture and taste of each bite of food.
  6. Get moving. All forms of exercise, including yoga and walking, can ease depression and anxiety by helping the brain release feel-good chemicals and by giving your body a chance to practice dealing with stress. You can go for a quick walk around the block, take the stairs up and down a few flights, or do some stretching exercises like head rolls and shoulder shrug.
  7. Be grateful. Keep a gratitude journal or several (one by your bed, one in your purse, and one at work) to help you remember all the things that are good in your life. Use these journals to savor good experiences like a child’s smile, a sunshine-filled day, and good health. Don’t forget to celebrate accomplishments like mastering a new task at work or a new hobby.
  8. Enjoy good food. Eat well. Eat healthy. Incorporating the right foods into your lifestyle can reduce the amount of stress you currently suffer from. One of the main issues with stress is that it can cause unhealthy eating habits. The opposite can also be true, that unhealthy eating habits create stress. Additionally, stress makes the body crave foods that are high in fats and sugars. This flaw in eating, in time will inflict a greater stress on the body, plus other problems that pose a threat to your physical and mental health. Cravings are interconnected with food nourishment that does not appear on your plate. One way to create good habits in food is to balance the two categories of “foods”: Primary and Secondary. Primary are Relationships, Physical Movement, Career, and Spirituality. Secondary foods are the foods on your plate. “Eating healthy” is balancing within your bio-individuality. Nutrition on your plate can be one of your greatest healers to stress.

Jeana Anderson

Health Coach, Massage Therapist, Infant Massage Instructor, Holistic guidance, Youth services, Herbal Education, and Survival Education

jeana@besmiley.com

18 Mar

Clarification

As I venture into this world of trade and business, and take my hobbies and services to a new level, I am learning to create focal points.  The direction of services I intend to focus upon include, but are not limited to:  Holistic guidance in all areas of natural wellness, youth services in massage and health coaching, baby and infant massage instruction and health coaching, herbal education, and survival education for outdoor and everyday life.  I intend to create an open door or window, a stepping stone, or a bench, on your path to better wellness awareness.

09 Feb

the big “oil” trend….

I have a few things to share this day about oils that many do not know and are not being taught by the big companies.

1) Learn, research, about plants as you are learning about oils. Oils come in many forms, depending upon the process; and, oils have properties of the plants. It is very important to learn about the whole plant, and not just a name on a bottle that one person suggests a couple uses for. Learn where the plant grows, what it does, where the oil actually came from (because most oils cannot be grown here in this country, especially in the abundance needed for companies).
2) Research the differences between food grade, diffused, essential and other oil processes. There are great differences and uses. One big difference is the absorption in the body of oils. Please take care in researching this out carefully instead of listening to sellers in companies, who have listened to those above them, and have no clue except what they have been told. In other words, please prove all things in all things. Oils do not absorb well in our systems…this is a fact. Essential oils are even less absorbent in the digestive tract because they are even more concentrated than squeezed oil. The oil ends up in the digestive tract where it has to pass through the stomach and small intestine before it reaches the bloodstream; and from there, the oil molecules which, by now have been chemically altered by the materials they have come into contact with in the stomach and intestine; will reach the liver, pancreas, reproductive organs and eventually be excreted via the kidneys, bladder and large intestine.
There are REASONS we have teas, tinctures, tonics, oils, and more, from one plant tells us much about the creator’s amazing uses of a plant’s components. In the bible, and in solid research of oils best uses, the absorption is the greatest through the skin and air (nose). Essential oils SHOULD NEVER be ingested without complete knowledge of the oil and the plant and careful supervision for very specified things, and even then, it is questionable. This is not my opinion. It is science. Use a tea or use a tincture/concoction, to get peppermint or chamomile, or clove, etc…and USE an oil topically only. The oil will be 90 percent or better absorbed and used by the body topically through the skin, nerves, and even into the bloodstream.

NOTE: Any oil in a supplement/capsule, unless it is food grade (not essential or concentrated), will pretty much be wasted)

NOTE: Please understand there are food grade oils that are squeezed oils and are very good to take internally, for they are not concentrated: oregano, garlic, etc. Use the food grade companies, not the essential oil companies.