If you want to prevent dis-ease, you have to exercise, meditate and eat well. You can’t expect to take a pill or even receive a holistic treatment and heal yourself just like that. Without taking care of yourself completely, you’ll end up sick again if you don’t start giving your body and mind what they need to function at their best to keep you healthy.
When you eat well, work out and spend time in nature, you have a better chance of recovering from those hidden evils that sneak up on you like a ninja in the night. If you’re not taking care of your health, you’re living in a state of ignorance. Yes, there are things that the medical profession can do to keep you alive. But the quality of your life will likely deteriorate with conventional medicine.
As you open your heart and bring in respect for yourself and others – be honorable in all of your actions – you’ll start improving the fire element – and your heart. During winter, people forget to drink water and nourish the kidneys. Winter is associated with the kidneys. If you’re eating potatoes, eat sweet potatoes. Start putting plums and pears into your diet… have more soups. Keeping ourselves balanced this time of the year is very important because our energies internalize. More than normal, we need meditation and lots of sleep. Go to bed early and wake up early.
