March Forth

It's old news that daily exercise is healthy for your mind as well as your body. If you are like me and have a full dinner plate (and salad, bread, and dessert plates for that matter...), negative energies accumulate within. In spite of efforts to supress or deny them, this negativity expresses itself later in seemingly unrelated, unhealthy ways.

Backaches, headaches, irritability, illness, self-hatred, problems with just about any body part. Toxic build-up needs to be dissipated in some way. The wrong way is denial or attempting to push the negativity back down as if overstuffing a bag of rags with one's foot.

Emotions pop up again and again like a Jack-In-The-Box. Only this kind is anything but cute and funny.

There are many articles devoted to the effects of exercise on the mind and emotions, so I will leave any research you may need in your hands. Let me simply say that March is almost here, outside days are nearer, and the best thing we can do for ourselves is get out there, greet the day, appreciate the beauty.

Walk and observe.
Don't just breathe...smell the fragranced air.
Open your ears to intentional listening. What sounds do you hear?
Simplify your experience.
Get out your boots or trail shoes. Walk in mud! Splash in puddles (of melting snow at the moment!).
Find a plant you've never seen.

Leave a comment on how it went for you.

How did you feel after your walk?

March 4th is the day I always start something healthy; it's a day of "marching forth" into the world, and what lies ahead.

Blessings on your day.