creating healthy society

Living in a healthy and balanced society is a great advantage. It is like living in a clean and healthy home verses where there are clutter and germs and disease. Of course every one would love to have the best living environment and as much as we might blame health care system,economy , stress or anything else it all starts from us. Since society is made up of individuals just as our bodies is made up of individual cells. Now if each cell and organ does their job perfectly and keep the balance then our body is in balance and is healthy.

It is true about society as well. If each individual is healthy and live a balanced life , then the whole world would be in balance and healthy. When each person takes responsibility for their health and happiness then there wouldn’t be as much diseases therefore much need for so many trips to Doctor’s office or hospitals and so on. It will not only affect the emotional health of individual and in turn the whole society but all those expenses for problems that could be prevented can be used for growth and in turn for growth of our community . This eventually would help the economy as well.

We need to start from within. If we want peace we need to have peace inside and then in our family and community so we could have peace in the world. Having a healthy and balance world starts with us. Then it can extend to our community and then the world. Each one of us plays an important role in accomplishing this important task. Each of us is like pieces of puzzle that needs to fit or like parts of the machine that if one piece is missing it wouldn’t work.

We are all not only affecting our environment but are responsible for it for the way we are contributing to the cleanliness, health , balance and peace and happiness in our planet. Beginning with ourselves then we can help others as well to achieve the balance in their life . We need to ask ourselves what are we creating? If we are creating health for ourselves and others then we are playing our part for creating healthy society. It is as simple as that. And we can do it. We could all have a life of Supreme balance.

Love,

Shohreh

prevention is the best cure

One of the advantage of having a life of balance or Supreme Balance is prevention. while we are moving toward health and vitality and take action in that direction , we are in fact preventing from future imbalance. Here comes the importance of true healing. Although it sometimes looks like nothing is happening while we are taking action by eating the foods that are designed for our body and keeping our mind clear of clutter of dwelling on negative and follow our heart desire to nourish our soul , we are changing the direction we are moving toward and therefore the destination . We will have more peace of mind and feel more balanced.

Any kind of disease or disharmony in body or mind is the sign that somewhere we are out of balance. In fact there is a saying in Chinese  medicine that when the body is sick it is already too late to treat. Since it all happens at the energetic level before it manifests in the body. So waiting to have any problem in the body then start treating or even rebalancing energetically is like start digging a well after you become thirsty. So prevention is the only way to prevent the problem.

There are so many ways to prevent from imbalances. One is Acupuncture that clears the blocks in the body by smoothing the free flow of Qi or vital energy through stimulating the certain point along the meridians. It can also have detoxifying effect by releasing the biochemical to rebalance the body. Medical qi gong is another powerful way to clear the blocked emotions.  I recommend one or two rebalancing visits a month to maintain the balance. If it is not possible for you to do it on a regular basis you could do self Acupressure sometimes.

For the mind, practicing mind body exercises like  qi gong and tai chi and most important for your soul doing something that brings you joy could be helpful. Find your joy or as Joseph Campbell stated ” follow your bliss” . Make your intention the life of  “Balance” and you will be happy since happiness is the result of” Supreme Balance” rather than what you have or do.

love,

Shohreh

Spring and Renewal

Spring has arrived and everywhere we see signs of Renewal and New life . Every where the grass is growing , the flowers blooming and we hear birds singing and celebrating. We see new life is emerging where it seemed no life. How can we learn from nature and how can we renew our lives . what do we need to let go and what do we need to embrace. How successful we are in our Spring cleaning . Although this is the term more used to clear clutter from the house it can be used as well for our mind and our body.

What do we need to declutter from our mind. What kind of thoughts we are thinking . Are our actions new followed by our thoughts. We could let go of what doesn’t serve us as we let go any item that we no longer use or is useful for us. We can clear our emotions as well as clean our body by having balanced cleaned foods that help our body get stronger rather than the ones that clutters our body and blocks our health.

We can move our body with practices like Tai Chi , Chi Gong and Yoga which helps us to realign with nature and strengthen mind body connection . In addition we could harmonize the meridian system with Acupuncture as part of total body spring cleaning and tune up or use energetic healing.

We can fill our mind with good thoughts  Thoughts of love and peace and be channel of peace in our relationships and give love so it can disolve negative emotions and create peace for our inner space so we could have a positive impact in the world with the peace we are radiating . And above all forgive ourselves and others and live in the now rather than in the past. Since we are all mind , body and soul we need to address all aspects so we could be healthy , happy and live a life of Supreme Balance.

Love,

Shohreh

Living in Balance

Everyone wants to live a happy and fulfilled life and this is possible through balance in mind , body and soul. Each aspect needs to be nourished in order for us to feel at peace. we need to understand and accept each so we could live healthy life and be happy. For this our thoughts and feelings and actions need to be in harmony  . Many times we do something that is not what we feel or we think something and then do something else. This is because all parts are not integrated. They are not going together. Sometimes we want to do something while other part  is resisting and wants the opposite. This is also creating stressful condition in our body and eventually end up with discomfort and disease. A good example is autoimmune disease which immune system is too active and works against the body and it shows the inner conflict at cellular level.

To address the root cause of such problems while getting any treatment for that is to see where we are not in harmony. Are  mind ,body and soul aligned? Are we accepting ourselves or one part is against the other part? What are we resisting? What are the blocks to our health and peace of mind.  If it is not clear I believe energetic healing is a great way to clear those blocks and bring harmony. You see inner harmony brings outer harmony . Our body reflects our thoughts and feelings .  when mind , body and soul are in harmony then we can be whole and live in balance.

Love,

Shohreh

Health Through Balance

Creating a healthy balanced life could be challenging at times but it is possible. In fact the more we are balanced the healthier we are in every aspect of our lives. When we are balanced we are at peace and feel joy inside. Every time we are not feeling joy or peace is because somewhere we are out of balance. Even when we get sick is a call for balance and our body creates the detox through sickness so we pay attention to where we are out of align. Are we eating right , resting enough, relaxing to release daily stresses,or moving enough. Our body could show signs of stagnation and block in so many ways, with aches and pain or feelings of frustration that comes when we are not connecting with our true nature.

So instead of waiting for our body to force us to do something , why don’t we take care of it on a regular basis. To create balance in the body we need to nourish it with healthy foods that is for our body types. Certain foods might be good for one and not for the other . Since that could by itself stress our body. We could tune in to our body or seek expert help to find out more about our type. For example some fruits like watermelon may not be the best for someone who feels cold all the time. Nature guides and help us to balance by creating seasonal food like walnut in late fall so we have warm food for winter or raspberries and watermelon in summer to balance out the heat. So every time we want to eat something we need to ask is this helping my body ? Is it balanced ?

To your health and balance,

Shohreh

Change, A Call For Balance

How we are contributing ?

As we are celebrating the new time and new President , everyone is excited for the change that will follow. Although all may not be comfortable with the word change , it is always for better and is about growth.  Nothing stays the same any way and we could see that in nature. The question is asked much these days is , how we can contribute and help the change.

The truth is that we are always contributing in one way or another. For better or worse, in positive or negative way. Since  we are all connected and with our energy , our thoughts and actions we are affecting all  just like a ripple does. So the best way to help is starting with ourselves.

Keeping our inner and outer space clean and clear , creating peace for ourselves we contribute to the peace of the community, country and collective humanity. Feeling responsible for our physical health by eating and drinking and breathing consciously , we are contributing to the health of our community . Since communities are made of individuals just like the whole body is made of individual cells.

Choosing the right thought  , thoughts of truth , love and compassion and letting go of the beliefs that does not serve us any more will keep our mental space in balance and we feel joy so we could contribut to the joy of  our community. Since all minds are one in essence and even our thoughts affect others. Also by sitting still every day and hear the voice of silence is a way to create more peace in our envionment.

 Treating others with love and respect  , seeing their essence which is love  and looking for something good in them instead of judging them affects the energy we are sending out and how we are contributing and affecting others .

Connecting to our source through meditation and keeping our mind clear and our body healthy and more than anything creating balance and therefore happiness in our lives we are contributing since we can’t give what we don’t have.

Calling for change is for everyone . Everything that happened was only preparation for the ultimate growth . It is about changing values for higher  more meaningful ones with higher vision for our world. Choosing love rather than fear, peace over war , cooperation over competition as well as being giving Vs. taking , accepting Vs. rejecting , understanding than blaming , appreciating than criticising , conscious than unaware , kind and powerful than forceful , opimistic rather than pessimistic .

Above all it is about creating Balance . Every problem including the economy, war or even natural disasters are all effects  of imbalance . With Creating balance in our body, mind and soul, we will enjoy a life of balance and we could act in balanced way , balance in giving and recieving , activity and rest as well as balance of  head and heart , our inner and outer relationships so we can be a living example for others and could help them in a better way and be of a better service to others . We can start by being a little more kind , a little more generous and little more understanding in our realations and bring a little more awareness to our choices.We can’t change the world unless we change ourselves first.

Love,

Shohreh

New Year,New You

Happy New year ! 

New year is usally exciting time of the year since it is about starting new again. Besides setting goals toward our dreams and resolutions, I believe  it is about renewing our mind , body and soul. All three needs to be in balance in order for us to feel happy and fulfilled.

It is about renewing attitudes toward life itself by changing our mind from negative to positive , to  be grateful for what we have instead of focusing on what we don’t have . To evaluate and let go of the limiting beliefs that hold us back by focusing on what is possible.

It is about renewing our relationships by looking at everyone with new eyes and see their essence as well as trying to understand , rather than being understood since understanding opens the door for another for understanding and  to renew our heart by letting  go of resentments and open our heart with the gift of forgiveness.

It is about new choices and decisions to build new habits that are empowering and life enhancing . It is about using new words of encouagement and uplifting for ourselves and others. It is about thinking in a new way that brings joy to our life and life of others. Thinking thoughts of love , compassion and faith. It is about new acts of kindness to make someone happier than they were before.

It is about looking at ourselves in a new way and appreciate and celebrate our successes . Also  accept and love ourselves for even our failures . It is about sharing our time , resources and money in a new way that changes lives for better and bring happiness to our life for the joy of giving.

It is about sharing our gifts of inspiration  and love in a new way .  It is about renewing our body by putting life supporting food and renew our soul by finding our passion and do what we love to do . It is about approaching life in a new way by focusing on solutions rather than problems , knowing that problems only make us stronger .

It is not limited to once a year . We could make everyday a new beginning by looking at life in a New way . Since life is everyday and it matters how our attitude is day to day and every moment. We don’t have to wait another year to celebrate , we can celebrate  life every day by the way we live that day. Everyday we could be happy by being enthusiastic and think new happy thought and say new happy words and love and live in a new fresh way. Above all we can choose peace and feel renewed and make every day New year’s day with  reconnecting to our source and feel at one with the supreme by being still and have quiet moments.

Happy New year !

Happy New you !

Shohreh

Holy-Days vs. Holidays

Happy Holidays !

In the month of December specially,  our minds could get busy  around planning our holidays, shopping and  preparing the gifts and food for special gatherings. but what is really the meaning of Holidays ?

While I was writing Holiday messages I noticed everytime I read Holidays Holy-days instead. That brought the idea of Holyness of Holidays  along with questions of how we can make it as much Holy as well.

How can we make family gathering truely Holy time rather than just having a good prepared party? How can we give a gift of love and appreciation rather than just some thing wrapped beautifuly which has no meaning by itself .There is nothing wrong with gifts but could we give the gift of our heart which is unconditional love to every one . Could we release judements and see everyone as they really are in truth? Could we release the belief in good and bad and see perfection in everyone and everything including imperfections in our lives?

Could we take our time and truely listen to someone , either in our close relationships or at work , could we listen with our heart not just hearing their words while our mind is on something else . Could we give words of upliftment , love and appreciation to everyone who appeared in our path somehow , for being part of our journey ? Or when looking at them could we look in their eyes and connect to  see their true self beyond their physical eyes , the one soul that is in all.

Could we make a difference in someones life and help them to get something that they wouldn’t or couldn’t do on their own ?Could we release and forgive the past and visit someone who we have disconnected for any reason ?Could we forgive our parents for what they did or didn’t do since they didn’t know any better .

Could we share what we have with someone else and make them happy so they will remember that they are not alone. Or could we visit someone we don’t know or someone in the hospital that have no visitor , so they don’t feel forgotten?Could we bring smile to someone’s face by our gift of humor , joy by our gift of love and hope with our gift of faith?

Could we be a friend to someone lonely , a parent to someone who doesn’t have one and a cheerleader to someone who feels inadequate and not enough and help for someone who needs it.

Also could we give our selves gift of love as well and listen to our body , our mind and our soul. Could we take some time for ourselves and take care of ourselves as well. Could we take time to be still and  communion with our source and Higher power and recieve gifts of guidance from our creator. Could we take some time to listen to yearning of our soul and do at least one thing that we love to do that we haven’t done so far.

In order to have Holy-days we need to be Holy and to be holy is to think and act Holy.To act Holy is to act from the heart and that is love. We need to treat everyone as Holy including ourselves since we are all one . We need to move beyond appearance and see the essence of one whole  life in all.

Although it could be challenging but we could do our best and make our holidays Holy as well. In what ways  are you going to make yours more Holy?

Happy Holy-days !

Shohreh

Beyond Uncertainty

We all go through times that we experiece fear and uncertainty which could be intimidating . A lot of times it is not as easy to overcome it or release the fear or think positive at those times and there is tendency to worry.

One day that I was going to watch the sunset by the ocean I came up  with this idea as I was walking. It was a heavy fog and I could barely see in front of me . At the same time I had a good feeling since it was different from other days. I realized as I was walking and moving through the fog it disappeared . Although there was a sense of uncertainty but as I stepped into it , it disappeared. Still I could see faded colors from  sunset which was covered by the heavy fog.

I recognized it is the same with fogs of fear . It may look intimidating , but as we keep moving and step into it , the fear dissipates. This could be true for any situation that makes us worried or fearful. If we look at it as fog then there is no power to it. When we look at the fog from distance it looks like a thick layer or a block but moving through it shows it is nothing but fog.

It is the fear of unknown. Only because we don’t know or we can’t see , we are afraid. As the unknown becomes known it loses its effect . Just as the fog disappears as we move forward , so does the fear as we step into it.

I also knew that beyond the fog was clear sky with beautiful sunset and I could see it as I was driving from the coast to home. It was just an illusion of block .I could also hear the sounds of waves even if I couldn’t see the ocean. Later the moon came out with the two stars next to it. It was so beautiful and magestic . I realized it is the  same in  life . Beyond the fogs of fear or any negative emotions is always clear sky of peace . The sun is always shining even if we can’t see at the moment. The stars always sparkling in clear sky.

Walking through the fog not only was insightful but I felt that universal energy even more . I felt I was embraced with love . Since fog, moon , stars and sun are all expressions of one life in form. Just as how we are. We too are expression of the same life in form. That life of truth, beauty and love. This is who we are . And if that life is everywhere , then there is no fear . The unknown becomes  known by our knowing the truth that there is only” love”. There is only light.

Let us remember that there is always peace beyond the fogs of fear , clarity beyond confusion and light beyond uncertainty even if we can’t see it at the moment. Let us see through the impermanence of fog. Let us recognize the Supreme life in everything including ourselves.

Let your light  Shine !

Shohreh

Thanksgiving and everyday life

Happy thanksgiving to all !

Although thanksgiving day is once a year , we can always give thanks every day throughout the year. I am sure everyone experiences feeling of gratitude in different way but it always feels good.  Saying “thank you” to someone who helped you  or did something for you and counting our blessings and being grateful for them and so many other ways are all ways that we could raise to that high frequency of gratitude . I believe that it is all about appreciating life and there are so many ways that we would know that we are being grateful. 

When we give someone sincere complement that is uplifting we are giving thanks since you are appreciating them for who they are and their quality . We are  appreciating their life and therefore all life including  your life since that invisible supreme energy is everywhere and in everyone and what we give to others we give it to ourselves. For the same reason when we think of someone in loving way , we are appreciating life .

Feeling of joy in our heart and  being happy  is another way of appreciating life . Since we know when we are not in- joy  we are not grateful for life and we couldn’t  be happy if we weren’t  grateful.

Taking care of our physical body is a sign of appreciating life. When we give our body good quality , healthy food and we feed our mind with good healthy thoughts while loving and accepting ourselves for who we are , we are appreciating life. When we release judgement about ourselves and others and fill our heart with love and our mind with peace we are being thankful.

When we are in the moment and feel the supreme life beyond all physical appearances we can’t be anything but grateful. Even being open and positive to the challenges that life has to offer or lessons we learned , we are appreciating the one life that brought them to us for our growth and evolution. Since where  there is no growth there is no life.

Above all what is important is feeling of gratitude in our heart . let the word ” thank you” be the mantra of everyday. And the more we appreciate life  the more connected we are and the more connected we are we make better choices. In what way do you know that you are appreciating life?

gratitude for all,

Shohreh