Modern Techniques For Next Level Wellness (Complete Guide)

What Does ‘Holistic’ Living Mean?

It means living your best life by being mindful and conscious of how your actions, routines, behaviors and surroundings effect your overall health and wellness.

Living ‘holistically’ improves the parts of life we hold to be most important such as family, career, social life and relationships.

It is the understanding that our best quality of life is directly proportional to our overall well-being of mind, body and spirit.

Making choices in life that are aligned with our overall well-being is the superpower that allows for you to live your best possible life.

Some of the most common benefits associated with living a healthy ‘holistic’ lifestyle are:

• Reduced Stress
• Reduced Pain
• Happier And More Satisfied
• Inner Healing
• Greater Balance
• Self Growth
• Spiritual Development
• Longevity

Nutrition and Clean Eating

• The mindset of eating is a perfect place to begin.
• It’s time to start thinking about food as fuel and replenishment and less about it as pleasure.
• Toxic, unhealthy foods are proven to cause inflammation which in turn is a common precursor to many diseases.
• You won’t be able to live a healthy lifestyle if you are not putting good clean foods and nutrients into your body.
• Once the learning curve of nutrition and clean eating has been overcome it will become like second nature to maintain.

Green Chef organic meal kits for eating clean

The issue of eating right consistently can be best solved by sticking to a clean meal plan that is deliciously chef-crafted and personalized to your lifestyle.

Food sensitivity testing from Everlywell

Unknown sensitivity to various foods such as gluten or dairy can keep you from reaching dietary goals and cause headaches, joint pain and gut issues.

Eat Well Guide’s food scores to assess food toxicity (free)

The EWG helps you find locally grown and sustainable options in the grocery store. The app rates over 80,000 foods for nutrition, ingredients and amount of processing.

Core Or Power Yoga

• Strength, flexibility, cardiovascular training, mindfulness, improved spiritual wellness, better posture, back and neck pain relief, detoxification and stress relief are just some of the many benefits associated with yoga.
• We recommend mixing up your power yoga routines with a yin/restorative session to stretch and lengthen the muscles you will build in power sessions.

Hiking And Nature Walking

• This is an easy but often overlooked part of a wellness lifestyle.
• You should schedule at least (1) nature outing per week (weather permitting) at a park, recreation area or other wilderness spot.
• Being in nature resets your human biological clock and improves biorhythms to a more natural state.
• This helps relieve stress and let go of any over active thinking or worrying.

Proper hiking gear

There couldn’t be anything worse than heading deep into nature without proper gear. It not only makes the hike less enjoyable but can be extremely dangerous as well.

Hiking tracker app AllTrails (free)

It’s important to always have a map of your trail handy when hiking. AllTrails boasts the largest collection of hand-curated trail guides, so you can explore the outdoors with confidence.

Rebounding On A Mini Trampoline

• Underrated and not widely known, the mini trampoline can provide a wellness seeker with just the right amount of physical activity especially during weather that isn’t conducive to being outside.
• It can be a great cardiovascular workout that has detoxification benefits you can feel because it supports lymphatic drainage.
• The mini trampoline is also great for strength conditioning of the legs and glutes.
• If you incorporate some resistance bands with your routine you can get an intense full body workout that’s also fun!

Sleep Tracking

• Many adults don’t get the minimum requirement of sleep or even rest for that matter.
• Whether you think you get enough sleep or are not sure you should start to track your sleep patterns.
• Even though you may reach the minimum required amount of sleep a tracker also monitors sleep quality which has been determined to be a more accurate indicator.
• Sleep and relaxation are so important in many ways for maintaining wellness, and stress-related disease prevention.

Relaxation

• If you are super busy, like most people you most likely suffer from burnout often.
• You will actually be more productive and effective if you take the time to unplug and relax when you need to rather than to mindlessly soldier on when you aren’t at your best.
• You should make and schedule time each day to unplug briefly and do absolutely nothing for a minimum of at least 15 minutes.

Mindfulness Meditation

• Here’s another crucial aspect of the overall wellness lifestyle.
• If you haven’t heard about the now scientifically proven benefits of meditation, then you’re not paying attention.
• It should be noted that the most important factor for receiving the most benefits of meditation comes through practicing consistently.
• There are many ways to meditate so our recommendation is to find a style that resonates with you and stick with it.
• Or if you prefer to mix things up then go ahead and bounce around to several different meditation techniques and stick with the ones you enjoy the most.
• Whichever way you decide is the best for you to stay consistent with your practice keep in mind it should be done for at least 10 minutes on a daily basis (yes daily).

Headspace meditation app (free trial)

A great place to learn how to meditate and live mindfully in the modern era is with the help of a proven meditation app such as Headspace.

Muse wearable meditation headband and app

“Muse meditation device gives you real-time feedback on your brain activity as you meditate to help make it easier for you to stay focused while you meditate.”

Digital Detox

• If you stare at a computer screen for work or school all day or you absentmindedly scroll through your social media profiles for hours on end or if you are one of those people who is always watching T.V. or streaming videos then it’s very important to offset this behavior with a digital detox periodically.

Digital Detox Retreats (free subscription)

If you find it difficult to stay unplugged from digital media for any length of time or just need a longer break from it, then a digital detox retreat might sound like the perfect get away.

Energy Healing

• At a minimum of at least once per month schedule an appointment with an energy healing practitioner such as a certified reiki master.
• If there are not any reiki therapists nearby where you live then a deep tissue massage would work as well.
• In most areas nowadays you can find a reiki share circle, gong healing or drum circle nearby that will meet periodically.
• These are especially great if you enjoy more of a group energy healing vibe.

Ways to bring energy healing into your everyday life (online class)

Bringing a more positive vibe into your everyday world may not be as easy as it sounds. This class teaches you some techniques on how to do it.

Find a Reiki practitioner near you (free service)

Locate a great energy healer near you and schedule an appointment. The International Association Of Reiki Practitioners (IARP) website offers therapists that are vetted and licensed.

Chakra Balancing Using Crystals

• This therapy should also be done at least once per month and can be done in conjunction with other energy healing techniques.
• This process can be done on your own or with an energy healing practitioner as like the one’s mentioned above.
• Using chakra crystals or stones is a very important part of this process.

Affirmations and Mantras

• Write out affirmations and mantras for yourself and repeat them daily.
• These can be written and changed weekly, monthly or as often as desired.
• Ideally mantras and affirmations should be said aloud for greatest effectiveness.
• Mantras and affirmations are a very powerful technique for rewiring and training your thought patterns to be more positive so that you may manifest your goals and intentions.

Hidden Chemicals

• Recognize and reduce unwanted chemical toxins in the home.
• Harsh chemicals, many of which are carcinogens, are found in many common household items such as cleaners, air fresheners, personal hygiene products, flooring, furniture and bedding.
• Toxic chemicals and ingredients found in these items in the home are absorbed into the body through contact with the skin which has been proven to cause inflammation, allergies, chronic fatigue and other unwanted health conditions.

Air Purification

• Unfortunately it has been discovered that indoor air pollution can often times be worse than the air outside.
• Continually inhaling toxic air can cause many chronic issues such as asthma, allergies and other bronchial conditions.
• Take the following steps to help clear the air in your home:

1. Change your air filters regularly (at least once per season)
2. Have your air ducts cleaned if possible
3. Use an indoor air pollution sensor
4. Use an indoor air purifier if necessary

Water Purification

• It has been well documented that the public water coming into most homes contains varying amounts and types of toxic chemicals, many of which are carcinogens.
• Have the tap water in your home tested to determine its contaminants and install a good whole home water filter if possible.
• Other options for detoxifying drinking water can be used as well.

EWG Tap Water database (free)

You can find a list of the known contaminants found in the water in your own neighborhood on the EWG water database.

Home tap water test kit from Lowe’s

A simple kit purchased at Lowe’s can give you a wealth of knowledge about the toxic substances that could be in your own home’s tap water.

Whole home water filtering system from Aquasana

Remember that purifying just the drinking water in the home does not rid all sources of exposure. Most toxic substances are absorbed through the skin while bathing or showering.

Improve The Energy In Your Space With Sage Smudging 

• The last but certainly not least recommended step for creating the holistic home is cleansing it of negative energy.
• Lingering negative energy can be detrimental to the overall vibe of the home.
• Having good positive energy is more conducive to positive thinking, abundance and overall wellness.
• To cleanse the energy in your home simply light a sage bundle and waft it in the air throughout every room at least once per month.
• Even if you don’t feel any negative vibes in your home to begin with you are sure to sense more calm and serenity in the home after a sage smudging is performed.

How to do a sage smudging ceremony in your home (free video)

An easy to follow video guide that will show you exactly how to perform a sage smudging in your own home.

Energy Clearing Kit from Energy Muse

Energy Muse offers a highly effective energy cleansing kit you can use to perform a more in depth ceremony that includes sage smudging.