Ridiculously Simple Steps to Transform Your Health (and Life) by Karen McMinn at Chiropractic Life

How should (could) we proceed implementing positive changes to make them permanent in our life?

Over coming weeks we will be sharing some insights about taking some Ridiculously Simple Steps that will positively change your health and therefore your life.When it comes to implementing changes that really last - even one ridiculously simple step can change our health and life. The Japanese call it Kaizen - originally used in factories and production lines. However, by applying it to our everyday lives, over time, we can produce profound results.

If we make and maintain this one commitment to ourselves, by committing to take continuous (ridiculously) simple steps towards self improvement it will naturally help to overcome fears and other psychological barriers often associated with change, such as procrastination and familiar feelings of resistance. It is so natural to want to take big steps, but instead, our challenge should be quite the opposite. Just focus on taking the next ridiculously simple step, and in every step of the way we should aim to ask ourselves the following question :

"How can I take a step so simple and so small that it is impossible for me to fail?"

• By focusing on making the steps as tiny as possible , we guarantee small successes along the way which we can build on and gain momentum from.

• By focusing on continuously answering the above question, the foundation is laid to transform the change into a new habit  - which is the best way to implement effortless and sustainable life and health changes.

We introduced the idea of taking Ridiculously Simple Steps To Transform Your Health (and Life) to improve our health and life; taking steps so small that it was impossible to fail. Ridiculously Simple Step Number Four is certainly just that.

We subscribe to Dr James Chestnut's ideas for creating the health we were born to have. We believe his programme of Eat Well, Move Well, Think Well is the road map to better health and vitality.

Your regular Chiropractic Care is contained within the Move Well part of the map and our Ridiculously Small Step Number Four is also about moving.

Did you know that stretching can contribute to bone health?

Gently stretching can also:

• Relax the mind and tune the body
• Stimulate the flow of nerve, lymphatic fluids and energy currents in the body
• Reduce muscle tension
• Increase your range of motion
• Help prevent injuries
• Develop and increase body awareness
• Help you to feel fantastic!

... all for just a few minutes of your time.

Cats know all about stretching. Cats stretch slowly and gracefully.

Stretching like a cat is about becoming conscious and aware of all parts of your body individually. Stretching can be done at any time but is particularly beneficial first thing in the morning.

Open your hands and and flex your fingers, stretching them wide - just like a cat opening her claws - then stretch your arms out wide. Arch your back and flex your toes and ankles and then rotate your feet - first one way and then the other. The Chinese believe this one action (rotating your feet from your ankles first one way and then the other) when done daily, will increase your longevity!

Even after having a short nap, cats always stretch.

Many of us spend long hours sitting at computers. By gently stretching our legs, arms, wrists and back every hour or so will help to prevent many of the problems caused by sedentary jobs. Rotate shoulders forwards and backwards to help free up stored tension. Begin by using the Ridiculously Small Step Number Four today, to continue along the road to improving your health slowly, gently and naturally!

If you are really serious about stretching you can find more gentle stretches at:

http://www.healingdaily.com/exercise/yoga-for-healing.htm

For the rest of the series of Ridiculously Simple Steps please click here

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Chiropractic Life holds the prestigious PPQM (Patient Partnership Quality Mark) award from the College of Chiropractors and was recently voted Most Loved Chiropractic Clinic in the Whole of the UK by BestOf.

We are a family owned and run clinic and care for all ages of people from pregnancy and birth through to old age. Our purpose is to help as many people as possible avoid needless drugs and surgery in their search for health and vitality. Through our "Natural First" philosophy, we educate people on the principles of eating well, moving well and thinking well. People often think Chiropractic is just for backs and necks, however your spine which houses the nervous system controls every other cell, tissue, muscle, gland and organ in the entire body and by keeping the spine free of nerve interference the body is able to heal itself naturally, as it was designed to do.

Dr Richard and Karen McMinn have five children who were all born at home and raised with the natural first philosophy which means they have never been to a medical doctor, no vaccinations, no antibiotics, no medicines of any kind. These children are now 22, 24, 26, 28, 30 and have had chiropractic care since the day they were born, so they are our best proof that it works!