By Mayo Clinic Staff — 2020
Caring for a loved one strains even the most resilient people. If you’re a caregiver, take steps to preserve your own health and well-being.
Read on www.mayoclinic.org
CLEAR ALL
Some people harbor the illusion that rest is a luxury they do not have time for, but the reality is that rest is a necessity.
1
Stressing the body makes you stronger—as long as you have time to rest and recover.
Within the world of agriculture, there is a vital part of crop growing known as letting land “lie fallow.” To fallow a piece of earth is to leave it Irene Glasse writes that we need to look to the land to teach us how to approach this time of spiritual, emotional, and psychological exhaustion.
You have to “turn it off” to “turn it on” when it matters most.
Some of the most effective methods people can use to improve their health are also the most accessible. The following six practices demonstrate how valuable it can be to go back to basics when it comes to well-being.
Ask any physician and they will tell you rest is essential for physical health. When the body is deprived of sleep, it is unable to rebuild and recharge itself adequately. Your body requires rest.
You may have heard of guided imagery as a stress management technique, but do you know how it works, why it's useful, and how it measures up against other stress relievers? Guided imagery is an effective stress management technique and has remained popular for several reasons.