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Step 8Increasing our health and relaxing
Next, something for ourselves. Being an environmental activist is a demanding and important job and requires of us to remain in a healthy condition. Remaining lean and muscular, and increasing our physique will help us in being able to perform to the upmost of our capabilities, hereby giving us the edge required to campaign against environmental polluters. As such, we'll introduce some muscle and breathing exercices which will
- allow ourselves to get our minds of things, relax and clear deep thoughts/thinking. Hereby, we will keep things into perspective and also simplify our lives aswell
- increase, as mentioned, our physical capability and hereby the efforts we can put in place for the environment and community
We will commence with the muscular and breathing exercices. Aldough you may want to create your own set of exercices, a general exercice-plan which could be followed is provided at the pictures added with this instructable. Plan them in the morning so that you may include additional exercices (if needed for you to feel good) at the late afternoon. Changing the way of eating (amount of meals, portion sizes..) and what you eat (tofu instead of eg porkchops; see step 3) may already increase your physique and you may feel already in well enough shape to no longer need these exercices. However, generally some extra exercices are still required to remain fit or to achieve the best results (atleast if you have a desk job).
Depending on your own physical charisteristics (metabolism, muscles and longs, ...) the muscular/breathing exercices shown in the pictures may or may not give you increased physique and resilience. If they are for some way not proving to give you any such result, change the exercices or perhaps look for other ones (eg Tai Chi Chuan-exercices, yoga-exercices, ...)
In addition we may:
- start breathing deeper (in your regular breathing) during the course of the day; this will give you even more energy. Refer to the drawings for more info.
- stop using couches and chairs. Practice knee-sitting and the use of a pillow (to sit on) instead. We may use a low-table in the house for eating and other day-to-day practicalities (as sometimes seen in TV-documentaries on Japanese traditions). Practising knee-sitting is not only better for our back, ligaments and general health, but also limits financial costs tremendously (no more expensive leather couches or other seats required !). Note that a dozen of sitting positions may be used (hereby thus not being a gimmick, but an actual alternative)
-attain a good walking position during the coarse of the day (see pictures)
-attain a good sleeping position: getting a good sleeping position increases your body's long capacity and allows your body to recover after a hard day
- allow ourselves to get our minds of things, relax and clear deep thoughts/thinking. Hereby, we will keep things into perspective and also simplify our lives aswell
- increase, as mentioned, our physical capability and hereby the efforts we can put in place for the environment and community
We will commence with the muscular and breathing exercices. Aldough you may want to create your own set of exercices, a general exercice-plan which could be followed is provided at the pictures added with this instructable. Plan them in the morning so that you may include additional exercices (if needed for you to feel good) at the late afternoon. Changing the way of eating (amount of meals, portion sizes..) and what you eat (tofu instead of eg porkchops; see step 3) may already increase your physique and you may feel already in well enough shape to no longer need these exercices. However, generally some extra exercices are still required to remain fit or to achieve the best results (atleast if you have a desk job).
Depending on your own physical charisteristics (metabolism, muscles and longs, ...) the muscular/breathing exercices shown in the pictures may or may not give you increased physique and resilience. If they are for some way not proving to give you any such result, change the exercices or perhaps look for other ones (eg Tai Chi Chuan-exercices, yoga-exercices, ...)
In addition we may:
- start breathing deeper (in your regular breathing) during the course of the day; this will give you even more energy. Refer to the drawings for more info.
- stop using couches and chairs. Practice knee-sitting and the use of a pillow (to sit on) instead. We may use a low-table in the house for eating and other day-to-day practicalities (as sometimes seen in TV-documentaries on Japanese traditions). Practising knee-sitting is not only better for our back, ligaments and general health, but also limits financial costs tremendously (no more expensive leather couches or other seats required !). Note that a dozen of sitting positions may be used (hereby thus not being a gimmick, but an actual alternative)
-attain a good walking position during the coarse of the day (see pictures)
-attain a good sleeping position: getting a good sleeping position increases your body's long capacity and allows your body to recover after a hard day
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