Renewing The Spiritual Self

I blogged a couple of months ago about the importance of renewing the physical self and I listed several techniques one can use to assist with starting a healthy regimen for renewal. In addition to being physically fit one must also remain spiritually healthy as well. We have to renew our spiritual selves to maintain healthy and harmonic balance in our daily life.

There are just as many ways to renew your spiritual self and continue to maintain a healthy spirit as there are ways to maintain physical health. Popular renewal techniques for spiritual health include meditation and prayer, yoga and deep breathing exercises. Other options for renewing spiritual self are listening to music that soothes you or that gives you a good vibe (feeling), laughing out loud, doing something for others, and thinking positive thoughts and speaking positive affirmations, like quotes, throughout your day.

Daily meditation and prayer are popular and easy ways to relieve daily stress and maintain positive harmonic flows through your body. Meditation can be performed in various ways, and I encourage you to find time to meditate daily. It is most effective if done in quiet places, free from distractions. The website, Meditate in London http://www.meditateinlondon.org.uk/, has an informative article titled, “How to Meditate”, and there are several other helpful articles on this site related to meditation, which is a reliable spiritual health renewal technique.

Doing yoga and deep breathing exercises will increase your physical and mental health and thereby increasing overall spiritual health. Yoga and or deep breathing should be done in addition to your regular physical exercises. While yoga is best performed in comfortable clothing and a relaxing setting, breathing deeply can be done anytime and anyplace.

Take time each and every day to do something that satisfies your soul. Listen to your favorite playlist, or take time to unwind by reading a good book. Find humor in your daily life by looking at things from a different perspective. Don’t walk through the day being angry at yourself or others. This will only drain you and leave you feeling tired. Instead, use that precious energy to change that which is causing you to feel angry. Solve the problem, at the root, and don’t just continue to react to it with negative vibes. From positive thoughts come positive solutions.

Renewing your spiritual self will create positive energy for your mind to use to be more creative and to tap into your God-given talents and abilities and then you will find the tools necessary to use those talents and abilities to their fullest potential. When the light of your spirit is shining, nothing and no one can put that fire out. You and only you can continue to renew, continue to feed the fire, with new fuels, to keep that light shining so bright, that it becomes an eternal flame.

I cannot in this blog alone express the importance of renewing your spiritual self. It may be the single most critical action you can take toward being at peace inside and out.