Added Vitality
Raise Your Energy Level
Photo by Don Pierce.
Key Assertions
One needs to raise one’s energy level so that one can become the light one seeks, the happiness one desires, or the change one needs.
There are lots of things you can do to raise your energy level, including: meditate; eat mostly fruits, vegetables, and nuts; refrain from alcohol and unnecessary drugs; and spend time outdoors.
When recalling nighttime dreams, focus most on an image that right off seems to point toward a nature-centered, ecological origin.
One needs to raise one’s energy level so that one can become the light one seeks, the happiness one desires, or the change one needs. One raises one’s energy level by being conscious of thoughts; by meditating; by eating mostly high-energy foods that are high in alkalinity, such as fruits, vegetables, and nuts; by refraining from alcohol and unnecessary drugs; by spending time outdoors; by listening to soothing music; by praying; by painting; by turning off the television; by maintaining self-respect; by making amends with adversaries; by showing gratitude; by viewing pleasing photographs or other works of art; by hanging out with positive people; by doing something kind for others without asking for anything in return; by affirming one’s intentions; by forgiving; by listening to your heart rather than the opinions of others; and by placing a check on your Ego.
To More Energy…
Photo by Don Pierce.
HumaNatureConnect Activity
Raising Your Energy Level
For this activity, raise your energy. To help with this activity, I refer you to a book by Jonny Bowden, PhD. C.N.S, entitled The 150 Most Effective Ways to Boost Your Energy. The following table, filled with ideas from Bowden’s book, will help you plan out how to get more energy.
Ways To Boost Your Energy
Eat protein at every meal for consistent energy.
Eat the whole egg. Ordering egg white omelets and sandwiches rob you of the energy production capabilities of the yoke.
Eat 40 percent carbohydrates, 30 percent protein, and 30 percent fat to stable and sustained energy.
Eat low-glycemic-load foods such as apples, carrots, cashews, pears, and strawberries.
Eat bee pollen, which is loaded with vitamins, minerals, enzymes, and amino acids.
Add more fiber to your diet to keep you regular.
Drink green drinks such as wheatgrass.
Eat the good fats in olive oil and egg yokes.
Cut out carbs from white sources such as white bread and sugar.
Do not add sugar or salt to your food. Learn what real food tastes like. Experiment with spices. Do not overdo fat-free foods (fat keeps you full longer). Read labels. Cut sugar cravings with a spoonful of powdered glutamine. Sweeten your food with lo-han (a Chinese fruit) or Xylitol.
Drink tea of any color.
Try the following energy boosters: Celery and almond butter, whey protein shakes, and hummus.
Drink Yerba Mate Tea which has caffeine and antioxidants.
Eat nuts.
Reboot your brain with a good breakfast.
Eat hot peppers, which have capsaicin and antioxidants.
Stop drinking diet soda. It raises blood pressure which drains energy. Many contain Aspartame which turns into formaldehyde in the body.
Stay hungry. It promotes energy.
Stay away from foods you are sensitive to and drain your energy. This means to eat more unprocessed foods, and depending on your sensitivities, possibly you may want to avoid sugar, soy, chocolate, citrus fruits, dairy products and wheat.
Stay away from energy drinks. They are loaded with sugar or Aspartame. Try purple fruit juices instead (not cocktails). Ingest less coffee than it takes to make you jittery or forces you to stay awake at night.
If you are going to eat grains, eat oatmeal, quinoa, and amaranth.
Eat more beans and lentils.
Put Maca in your smoothies.
Go to sleep an hour earlier.
Take a nap in the afternoon to increase performance.
Exercise early and often.
Clear your mind by writing down your worries and your To Do list and then put these notes away.
Enforce a prohibition on drinking alcohol excessively and before bedtime.
Stop smoking. Nicotine disrupts sleep.
Stay away from caffeine. It makes it hard to fall asleep.
Do not drink water before bedtime if doing so is disrupting your sleep.
Create a bedtime ritual.
Keep the bedroom off limits to work.
Do not sleep with the TV on.
Get up and do something if you cannot sleep.
Turn out lights and turn away the glowing alarm clock when you are trying to sleep. To help you wake up in the morning, try a dawn simulator that gradually turns up your lights.
Take inositol before bed.
Buy a better mattress and pillow.
Keep moving as much as possible during the day.
Do cross training mixed with running, walking, or biking.
Get some exercise daily.
Take Co-enzyme Q10, ENADA, D-Ribose, gingko, fish oil, a B-complex vitamin, probiotic-rich yogurt, and milk thistle with 80 % silymaran, and carnitine.
Drink a cleanse consisting of lemon juice, maple syrup, cayenne pepper mixed in heated water like tea.
Treat yourself to an infrared sauna which stimulates your pineal and pituitary glands and thus releases healthful hormones essential to your entire endocrine system. Additionally, it feels great, reduces stress, and thus increases your energy.
Detoxify your home by installing fans vented to the outdoors, lowering the humidity, cleaning drains, and maintaining dust-free floor and furniture.
Use home-made natural cleansers.
Breathe with your belly.
Practice Qi Gong.
Engage in aromatherapy.
Engage in ecotherapy outdoors, such as hiking in nature.
Listen to good energy-stimulating music. You will know it when you hear it.
Practice Yoga.
Check out Emotional Freedom Technique for emotional energy.
Get a massage, perhaps with reflexology.
Dance.
Take a day off.
Try acupuncture.
See a chiropractor, not a quacktopractor.
Improve your posture.
Get your Thyroid checked, your Estrogen checked, and/or your Testosterone checked.
Get some Sun, at least ten minutes worth a day. Do not overdo it. And try light therapy.
Take Vitamin D supplements.
Finish all “incompletes,” stay active, organize your work spaces, de-clutter, process mail daily, recycle all non-essentials.
Sit on an ergonomic chair.
Have a powerful conversation.
Make a promise and tell the truth.
Answer these questions: What did I accomplish today? Why is accomplishing these tasks important? What further progress is warranted? And what further steps are needed?
Acknowledge someone daily.
Forgive.
Volunteer.
Exercise with a partner.
Do something creative.
Shift your attention to something alive, a plant, or an animal.
Apply Feng Shui to your living and working spaces.
Release negative feelings.
Take a cool shower.
Make a gratitude list.
Make peace with your Inner Critic.
Dress up. Change the colors of your wardrobe.
Perform a random act of kindness.
Have more sex and tasty sex, eating or playing with almonds, avocados, celery, chili peppers, chocolate, oysters, figs, and nutmeg.
Work with a life coach.
Change a negative habit.
Write down your goals.
Be in the moment. Practice it.
Stay connected.
Compose your own last lecture.
Activate your Third Chakra--the power center.
Photo by Don Pierce.
Nocturnal Pilgrimage
In your present dream, or in your recollections of your dreams recorded in your journal, look for Indigenous Images and use these images to determine what intelligence is coming forward.
Indigenous dreams will feel profoundly resonant, feel essential, and point toward a nature-centered origin. Make a list of such images.”
