Take time to unwind during your vacation

Take time to unwind during your vacation

Are you also bombarded right now with flyers about how to get in top shape and the like during the holidays? It can certainly be a great time for many to focus on training and health, but it can also become another stress factor and then only increase the amount of cortisol (stress hormone) and thus the training only has a negative effect. It is easy to actually become more stressed during the holidays, lots of expectations, travel, children around you all the time, dinners to be arranged, thoughts about the appearance of your body and the performance requirements increase as the weather may not be perfect... PUHHH!

Get into a very good habit that can make a big difference in your health and stress level.
- Did you know that 70% of your energy comes from your breathing, if you don't breathe deeply for a whole day, your body misses 5,000 liters of oxygenated blood - a day! Imagine 5,000 milk cartons of oxygenated blood that your organs need to function optimally!

You can do this exercise anywhere.
Make sure you get away from the noise for 10 minutes every day.
Sit or lie down comfortably. This is YOUR luxury therapy, time for yourself for the soul and mind that also need a little vacation.
Focus on your breath
Take deep breaths throughout the day, inhaling through your nose and counting to 3 and exhaling through your nose and counting to 6.
Think of something you are grateful for and something you are looking forward to.
Place your hands on your stomach so that you feel it rise and fall, not on your upper chest.
In addition to this, take long walks by the water or in the forest 3 times a week.
Did you know that just walking can increase your lifespan by several years and keep your brain young and healthy?

Facts Cortisol & Adrenal Glands
The adrenal glands have several tasks, one of which is to produce enough of the stress hormone cortisol. Cortisol is released during stress, when we eat things that increase our blood sugar, when we exercise and when we wake up in the morning. Cortisol also helps to keep inflammation down and controls bowel movements. With prolonged stress and excessive release of the stress hormone cortisol, we strain the function of the adrenal glands, and eventually they can no longer release the amounts of cortisol that are required. At this stage, we often have difficulty waking up in the morning, are tired in the morning, are tired in the afternoon and/or are energetic in the evening. We also have a poorer ability to cope with inflammation, and if inflammation occurs in the body, cortisol needs to be supplied from outside as cortisone, as we are unable to release enough on our own.

Aromatherapy to help our organs
Essential oils are both fragrance and function and have been used since ancient times to create perfumes and for their natural medicinal effects. You mix them yourself in neutral body oil, in a sauna tub, in the bath or in an aroma lamp.
Essential oils are extracted from the leaves of a flower, the peel of a fruit or other plant parts and are packed with healing energy and give the plant its fragrance, as well as protecting the plant against attack by bacteria and fungi.
100% genuine essential oil blends for optimal effect!