Mindfullness Used to be called “Paying Attention” (1-hour lecture on Tai Chi)

Years back, mindfulness was called paying attention.

Some smart marketers decided that “paying attention” could be re-branded into “mindfulness” and a billion dollar industry was created. Seminars, retreats, classes, phone apps and a plethora of other events and items have come about to help people learn to pay attention or be more mindful.

However, Eastern philosophy and its methods of yoga (qigong), tai chi and others, have been around for thousands of years and have already been proven to improve mental and physical health. Better fitness, health and well-being usually help the body’s innate (natural) immunity to combat illness, disease and injuries.

Mind, Body & Spirit. Many people talk about this but how do you actually be more present. Watch my video below of my introductory Tai Chi & Qigong class at the University Club of Winter Park to learn how these methods help us to pay better attention to what is most important in our lives.

Physical Exercise (body)

Regulated Breathing (mind)

Self Awareness (spirit)

The former are key components to a healthy lifestyle. However, more important is the quality or specificity of how you exercise for your abilities and limitations. How deep and the frequency of your breaths is more important than just being able to breathe. What you think about determines the quality of your thoughts being positive or negative with both affecting the emotions and consequently the nervous system and blood chemistry.

It really is that simple. Our health, good or bad is the manifestation of our lifestyle. What we eat, what we think and how we move our bodies – all our reflected in our well-being. Our health is ultimately our own individual responsibility. Obviously some people’s individual situation requires help and/or assistance from within our society. Socioeconomic issues effect many. But mostly, people have choices in the US regarding their own lifestyle and how it affects their own health. People usually are not forced to eat low nutritional junk food, smoke or live a sedentary lifestyle. We make our own decisions and live with the causes, effects and results of our choices.

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is an option.

It is often very difficult to live a comfortable life, when someone has so much pain and suffering within it.

The keys to happiness are truly in our own hands. Self-discipline is the master key to do what we know needs to be done:

– maintain a nutritional diet

– consistently exercise and/or be active- prioritize sleep quality

– nurture healthy social interactions

– get fresh air and some sunlight everyday

– be more positive than negative in your outlook and input

I teach and encourage people how to live a healthy lifestyle. Learn how this works and relates to your health and well being.

Be well, be healthy, be wise!

Jim Moltzan

407-234-0119

http://www.MindAndBodyExercises.com

https://www.youtube.com/c/MindandBodyExercises

https://mindandbodyexercises.wordpress.com/

News Flash – Our health is ultimately our own individual responsibility!

For at least the last few decades, we have known that in order to maintain wellness we need a healthy mind, body and spirit. The state of our health directly impacts our body’s innate (natural) immunity against disease, illness and injury.

Eat quality food, be active, avoid stress, sleep soundly, drink alcohol responsibility, don’t smoke, maintain positive relationships, enjoy life – these are known and science-proven components to maintain wellness. Why did these concepts lose popularity and credibility?

For whatever reasons, our society for the last year and half, has pretty much disconnected the key components of health, fitness and wellness from personal responsibility. We have grown accustomed to blaming somebody, anybody, and everybody for our health issues, when we ultimately make the decisions of what we put into our bodies and the lifestyle we live.

Obviously not everyone’s socioeconomic situation allows for the Utopia of the perfect society many seek. But overall, our US citizens possess the freedom and ability to change the exact things that make us sick and dis-“ease”d.

“Normal” in the US:

– 12.2% of adults meet the daily fruit intake recommendation (CDC 2018)

– 9.3% of adults meet the daily vegetable intake recommendation (CDC 2018)

– 23% Exercise regularly (CDC 2018)

– 42% vitamin D deficiency (CDC 2018)

– 73% overweight (CDC 2018)

– 42% obese (CDC 2018)

– 18% obesity age 2-18 (CDC 2018)

– 70% on prescriptions (CDC 2019)

– 60% have chronic issues (CDC 2019)

– 40% have more than one chronic issues (comorbidities) (CDC 2019)

– 14% Smoke (CDC 2019)

These are the reasons why the US spends the most $$$ of all nations on healthcare but does not even rank in the top 30 nations for quality of life.

I am adamantly pursuing opportunities to share and teach methods of mind, body and self-awareness to open and willing health-conscious individuals. I teach and encourage people how to live a healthy lifestyle. Learn how this works and relates to your health and well being.

Be well, be healthy, be wise!

Jim Moltzan
407-234-0119
http://www.MindAndBodyExercises.com
https://www.youtube.com/c/MindandBodyExercises
https://mindandbodyexercises.wordpress.com/

A Healthy Spine Makes a Happy Person

Why do most people not take care of their spine, until they have back issues?

Not having back pain, does not necessarily mean your spine is in great shape! If not disease nor illness is a goal, we need to focus on being fit, well & healthy. Good health usually comes at a cost of time, effort, sacrifice and resources; or a combination of the prior. Most people don’t care to make the investment into taking care of themselves until after they are injured. even then, most people with back issues often choose pain medicines or sometimes surgery over exercise or lifestyle changes that can improve their situation. Traumatic injuries are often best treated with emergency surgery and that is really not the topic of this post.

In 2019, 20.4% of adults had chronic pain and 7.4% of adults had chronic pain that frequently limited life or work activities (referred to as high impact chronic pain) in the past 3 months.

Chronic pain and high-impact chronic pain both increased with age and were highest among adults aged 65 and over.

Non-Hispanic white adults (23.6%) were more likely to have chronic pain compared with non-Hispanic black (19.3%), Hispanic (13.0%), and non-Hispanic Asian (6.8%) adults.

Source: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db390.htm

Western (allopathic) Medicine mostly tries to fix spine/back issues once the ailment, injury or disease presents itself. Medications, physical therepy and surgery are common treatments for spinal issues.

Chiropractic Medicine sees the spine as a major part of the nervous system, mostly treating the imbalances and subluxations (misalignments of the spinal vertebra) to improve health.

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) views the spine as part of the whole body, where each component of the mind, body and spirit affect the components.

The tai chi, yogi or qigong practitioner might realize that the spine is a conduit to reach higher levels of self-awareness, spirituality in additional to the mental and physical benefits of a healthy spinal column.

The spinal vertebrae house and protect a vast amount of the body’s nervous tissue. When the muscles, ligaments, bones, veins/arteries or nerves throughout the back are injured, weakened or tight issues of “dis-ease” can manifest. Issues with the nerves or energy meridians can affect organs or areas located distally from the root cause. Tai chi, yoga/qigong are methods to maintain good health of the spine as well as most other areas of the body.

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is an option.

It is often very difficult to live a comfortable life, when someone has so much pain and suffering within it.

The keys to happiness are truly in our own hands. Self-discipline is the master key to do what we know needs to be done:

– maintain a nutritional diet

– consistently exercise and/or be active- prioritize sleep quality

– nurture healthy social interactions

– get fresh air and some sunlight everyday

– be more positive than negative in your outlook and input

I teach and encourage people how to live a healthy lifestyle. Learn how this works and relates to your health and well being.

Be well, be healthy, be wise!

Jim Moltzan

407-234-0119

http://www.MindAndBodyExercises.com

https://www.youtube.com/c/MindandBodyExercises

https://mindandbodyexercises.wordpress.com/

Is Returning to “Normal” Really a Good Thing?

Is Returning to “Normal” Really a Good Thing?

If not being sick is the goal, we need to focus on being fit, well & healthy.

Not being sick, does not make someone healthier.

However, Western (allopathic) medicine and modern science have already proven that being in better mental and physical health usually helps the body’s innate (natural) immunity to combat illness, disease and injuries.

From the CDC (Center for Disease Control):

Chronic Diseases: Often Preventable, Frequently Manageable Many chronic diseases could be prevented, delayed, or alleviated, through simple lifestyle changes. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that eliminating three risk factors – poor diet, inactivity, and smoking – would prevent: 80% of heart disease and stroke; 80% of type 2 diabetes; and, 40% of cancer.

Obesity steals more years than diabetes, tobacco, high blood pressure and high cholesterol — the other top preventable health problems that cut Americans’ lives short, according to researchers who analyzed 2014 data.

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is an option.

It is often very difficult to live a comfortable life, when someone has so much pain and suffering within it.

The keys to happiness are truly in our own hands. Self-discipline is the master key to do what we know needs to be done:

– maintain a nutritional diet

– consistently exercise and/or be active- prioritize sleep quality

– nurture healthy social interactions

– get fresh air and some sunlight everyday

– be more positive than negative in your outlook and input

I teach and encourage people how to live a healthy lifestyle. Learn how this works and relates to your health and well being.

Be well, be healthy, be wise!

Jim Moltzan

407-234-0119

http://www.MindAndBodyExercises.com

https://www.youtube.com/c/MindandBodyExercises

https://mindandbodyexercises.wordpress.com/

Root Causes of Illness

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is an option.

It is often very difficult to live a comfortable life, when someone has so much pain and suffering within it. The keys to happiness are truly in our own hands. Self-discipline is the master key to do what we know needs to be done:

– maintain a nutritional diet

– consistently exercise and/or be active

– prioritize sleep quality- nurture healthy social interactions

– get fresh air and some sunlight everyday

– be more positive than negative in your outlook and input