Emotions and Physical Wellness
Human
emotions, in particular, affect the physical body. In Woody Allen's
movie Annie Hall, Diane Keaton would like to know why he
wasn’t angry. "I don't get angry," he humorously replied, "I
grow a tumor instead." Indeed, toxic emotions can lead to a toxic body.
According to
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), human emotions are the major underlying
causes of many diseases and disorders because for centuries Chinese physicians
have believed that certain body organs are related to emotional activities; for
example, the heart is related to joy, the liver to anger, the spleen to
obsessive thoughts, the lungs to anxiety, and the kidneys to fear. Therefore,
excessive emotions may disrupt the free flow of qi, the life-giving
energy that flows through the body, and thus causing imbalance and disharmony
that may lead to diseases and disorders.
In addition, human
behaviors—often a byproduct of human emotions—affect the mind, just as emotions
of the mind affecting the body. According to a study at Ohio State University
The
interconnection between the body and the mind is further evidenced by the indisputable
notion that a healthy heart produces a healthy brain by pumping sufficient
oxygen and nutrients to nourish the brain through its bloodstream.
Consciousness
of Physical Wellness
At the physical level, your
wellness is basically affected by what you eat, what you drink, and what you do
with your body. It’s just that simple; its complexity is no more than
distractions from your consciousness of doing the right things for your
physical body.
Just be conscious of the right numbers:
your body weight, your blood pressure, and your cholesterol levels. If you take
good care of these numbers, which are inter-related, the rest of will take care
of themselves. There is only one indisputable fact, with no exception: a
centenarian is never obese. If you wish to live longer, not necessarily to one
hundred years and beyond, you must do something about your body weight now, and not later.
Stephen Lau
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