Journey to Wellness

 August 2017 was the last time I ate bacon. If you knew me 4-5 years ago then you knew I loved bacon. I had made the conscious decision a year prior to 2017 to give up beef and pork, but bacon was my favorite so weening myself off of it was a process. As much as I loved bacon, I have never reverted back to eating it. In 2018 I started on my vegan journey, and by 2019 had gone strictly vegan. By the end of 2019 and into 2020 I started eating chicken and fish again; as I've said before beginning a life of veganism is a process. Eating and cooking with my other half was the gateway to eating animals again. Last year during the quarantine I ordered food because of the convenience, and I was eating wrong! I ate cow's cheese, chicken, and fish, and stopped working out. I'm always highly motivated in the beginning of any practice, but somewhere along the lines I lose motivation.

Wellness can be equated with Wholeness. You're not completely well until you're completely whole. What I mean by that is, in order to be well you must heal and practice wellness in every area of your life. For optimum health we must practice healthy eating habits, exercise, yoga(stretching), meditation and mindfulness. Wholeness focuses on us becoming well rounded people. Health and wholeness means a healthy mind, spirit, and body. We want the whole person to be well and healthy. Many people make new year's resolutions to exercise or lose weight, and many resolutions fall through the cracks by February. Wellness is a journey, it's not a lifestyle change overnight. As I've said before, we are taught our eating habits by the family and household we grew up in. It took years of conditioning to eat these foods, therefore it will take years of conditioning to eat healthy foods.

Designing an exercise regimen that fits your individual lifestyle is key. Some people wake up extra early to workout in the mornings, while others workout after work or in the evenings. Everything is tied together, what you eat, what you drink, exercise, and spiritual practices. Meditation is one of the best things to uplift a tired soul. Going within helps you to see what is blocking you, and what next steps to take. Yoga opens up your joints and allows for flexibility and mobility. What you put into your body is very important; from the foods you eat to the supplements you take. Illness can not reside in an alkaline body. Alkaline water and foods help bring the body into optimal health. If you're vegan right now and eating alkaline foods, drinking alkaline water, and taking organic natural supplements you are giving your body what it needs on the inside. Meditation is also a form of giving your body what it needs on the inside. Introspection and quieting the mind help to bring you back into balance with yourself and the Universe.

Make your practices your own, your journey is your own personal journey. Move at your own pace. To begin your wellness journey you may start by cutting out certain foods as I did. Meal planning and meal prep are also great ways to stay organized and on track. Also as a form of spiritual self care, is smudging your home and space with sage, lavender, or incense. Smudging purifies the air and removes staleness and negative energies. Yoga and stretching opens up the spine for flexibility of joints; and also opens up breathing passageways. We want the Whole person to be well. Choose some form of daily self care to boost your mood and motivation.

Illness becomes Wellness when I is replaced with We. We are in this together! Wellness is Wholeness, we treat and heal the Whole person. We want to be whole and complete in everything we do.

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2020 The Year of Change

 

Growth is painful but it's necessary. The year 2020 was a year of growth for a lot of us. The year brought many changes around the world and the U.S. I was quarantined at home for 7 months, and for the first 2 months I woke up every day and cried. I was going through a spiritual transformation and didn't really know what to do. Most of us have never been in a pandemic, so we didn't know what to expect. At the onset of the Coronavirus Pandemic I was going through separation anxiety from my soulmate. While trying to make sure my parents, children, and siblings were alright; I neglected to properly take care of myself. I wasn't depressed, but spiritually I was going through this metamorphosis. By the third month I had began having weekly tarot readings. Every reading pretty much said the same thing. I was on my way to gaining control of my life. I started doing shadow work, and I had my first Distance Reiki Healing.

After The Reiki session I felt lighter and I had gained a lot of insight on my situation and life. After a couple more months I attained more clarity and direction. I instituted working out daily and implemented more self care. Many days I woke up feeling overwhelmed, not knowing what the day would bring. Each day I tried filling my time with exercise, reading, cooking, and tarot readings to try and make some sense of what was going on in the world. For months I would hear about people dying because of the Coronavirus, but no one I was close to. To take my mind off of death, sickness, and Covid-19, I decided to continue to work on myself. I conducted tarot/oracle readings on myself as a form of self care, and to seek insight into what I needed most in my life.

Shadow work, tarot readings, and meditating helped to relieve anxiety over the unknown. I decided to surround myself with positivity and positive people, or I spent most of my time alone. I was alone in the house for months, but the alone time aided in me healing from past life traumas. Working on myself during this time of crisis was the best thing I could've ever done. I learned a lot about myself; I learned what I want in my life and what I definitely don't want. I learned that I have a strength and power in me so strong, that I can actually overcome anything. I fought for myself! I grew in areas I never knew existed. I acquired knowledge of what deal breakers are for me. I became intuned with my soul. The year 2020 brought hurt, pain, death, and grief but it also brought learning experiences, evolution, change, and growth.

I started school at Shaw Academy for a diploma in Alternate Therapies while I was quarantined at home. I learned new ideas to enhance my businesses. In August I returned to work after 7 whole months. In those 7 months I became whole. In July my publishing company began the work of publishing an anthology written by 7 dynamic ladies. This anthology also opened up doors to healing for myself and these great authors. The year 2020 brought so many changes our way, some welcomed and some not so much but we made it through. Change, Growth, Evolution, are all inevitable and they are much needed to take us to the next level on our journeys through this life. As the old cliché expounds, "no pain no gain". In order to move to the next level or advance in this life we must endure some pain beneficial to growth. Many people don't accept change easily, but its needed to advance as spiritual beings. With that being said, I am all the more better for having gone through this pandemic the way I did. So many changes in me transpired over the 7 months I was home. In 2021 I'm rolling out new services and products for my businesses. Who would've thought that a Global Crisis could change our lives for the better???

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