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What is holistic fitness and its types ?

Before discussing about types of holistic fitness, let’s know what do we mean by HOLISTIC FITNESS?  Holistic Fitness focus on  more than just muscles in terms of strength and endurance.  It is basically a health protocol  whose aim is  to enhance the fitness of the complete physical body and emotional health. It  Combines various methods of […]

What is holistic fitness and its types ?

Accept it….

Morning everyone.. Well here I go again. By now u either think who is this crazy anxiety ridden person ( which I totally get by the way) or it may be helping u some way. Hopefully its good either way , a good laugh or like I said helping.

Well accepting you have anxiety is alittle tricky. It can be like any other illness that people dont see on the outside so they dont think there is anything wrong with u really. Like why cant you just go and talk to this person why cant you just meet me for lunch its just us. I have had endless questions from friends and family that they didnt understand when I said it gives me anxiety to where I cant handle it. But none the less eventually on this crazy weird adventure of rediscovering myself as a person with anxiety is accepting it even if other people dont.

Accepting the fact that I am that person with anxiety and actually not fighting it anymore helped me tremendously thru this. I finally didnt care if my family or friends didnt understand what I was going thru. I barely did myself all I know is its something I have and I am not going to let it define me as a person anymore. I am not the only one who is going thru this there are millions of people out there who are going thru it as well. I googled and googled so many times reading stories of people that were going thru exactly what I was going thru. It was almost comforting didnt make me feel like such an outcast or something was horribly wrong with me. And there is definetly hope and a light at the end of this tunnel. Also having a great support system is super helpful. Very few of my friends or family understand it which I dont expect them to. But you will find a bit of comfort in some people or even just one person who will just be there for you and not care. They wont make you feel like something is wrong with they will be by your side no matter what. And if you have one person who does that for you and they accept you the way you are then you are winning in this.

Anxiety isnt weakness. Living with anxiety , turning up and doing stuff with anxiety, takes strength most will never know.

To drink or not to….

Hi everyone.. Well this topic is probaly the most sensitive or aggravting to me. I use to think drinking would help my anxiety. Have a few beers or shots whatever just to losen me up so I can interact with everyone. That was good for me for about NEVER…

Drinking oh I love me a cold beer at the end of the day or basically anyday. It would give me this temporary feeling of just being cool and talkative. It just became my staple or go to whenever I would get anxious or nervous, I would think If i just do a shot and beer I could just be like everyone else not a care in the world and the anxiety would just go away. Until that one or two turned into about a 12 pack later and a few shots and my anxiety would come at me in full force outta no where. Like what the hell thought this was suppose to make this not happen. You would think after that happening to me so many times I wouldve stopped right?? Oh not this girl .. I would always try to make sense of it in my mind. Like that was just a fluke thing I wont let that happen again. Finally after so many years of doing this to myself , just letting me put my body thru this time after time and just basically giving up on ever really fixing myself, I just stopped !!! I had to. So many things happened in the meantime of all this and it was getting so outta control. I was letting anxiety take over my world in every aspect. When i say I just stopped of course it wasnt that easy shit I miss being able to have a beer at the end of the day. But what made it easy for me was when I forced myself for a few days not drinking and just barely feeling like I am making it with my anxiety and working. Something happened. I actually started to feel so much better. I eventually stopped for so long that I didnt take my anxiety medicine anymore. I woke up did my meditation and would totally forget about it all. I know it sounds crazy or too easy. But it really truly was at the end of it all. The way I started to feel and became more of myself and the person I know I am. Not the person with anxiety hiding in a corner thinking so much but not speaking it. When it came down to it drinking only masked myself and made me feel like i was who I wanted to be. But in all reality it really just made me the total opposite now that i can sit back with an unclouded mind. Now I know everyone story is different and drinking isnt always the issue or taking anxiety medicine doesnt bother people. I get it. Just for me I didnt want to be doing this forever depending on something meds or alcohol forever to think I am who I was always meant to be.

People with anxiety dont have a train of thought. We have seven trains on 4 tracks that narrowly avoid each other when paths cross, and all the conductors are screaming.

Taking back my day….

Hi there. If anyone has read my recent post you know what this blog is about and this is going to hopefully help others as well. Its not something we can just shut off or make not happen (as some people would like to think). So over the next few days I am going to share with everyone what has really helped me over come this f***ked up thing called anxiety.

Being that i work in bar i see so many types of people. But the ones I couldnt relate to were the ones that were so confident with themselves could talk to anyone seem to not have a worry or concern in the world. Well definetly not the shit I had. ANXIETY!!! Ughhhh I just use to look at those people with so much envy. How can they do that? Whats wrong with me that I cant do that? I didnt want to be those people just wanted to be able to walk into a place not thinking when is my anxiety going to kick in why is everyone looking at me ( nobody was looking at me though) I just cant do this.. I cant tell you how many times I would just be pulling up to the grocery store and sit in the parking lot for 15 minutes before pulling away. I just couldnt get myself to go in there. Canceling plans over and over again just because I couldnt do it.

Finally about 5 months ago I was washing my face and I just happen to look up in the mirror and take a good look at myself and think your are 41 years old your son just left for bootcamp your dad passed away you are struggling with day to day stuff because of this something has to change. I really wanted to start living being present mentally with my everyday life and be happy and do things I would never dream of doing. I was going to take back my everyday DAY dammit if it was going to kill me.

So I decided to try something. What if I actually started to live a healthier life style really change things up a bit. Take care of myself better mentally. I googled and googled all kinds of shit. Nothing really sounded all that great to me. So I have had a few ideas and things I wanted to slowly try and just to see if that would help in anyway. I know this going to sound corny but I have always been interested in meditating. I made myself for weeks get up every morning with my husband and after he left I tried it. Just downloaded one on to my phone and made sure I did it for at least 15 minutes. It was amazing for me. Now my anxiety that I have had for over 20 years didnt just go away with doing that. But it helped my morning so much. Just forcing myself to concentrate on something else being more positive just for those 15 minutes was such a relief. Try it… shit looks so ridiculous when I use to see people doing it like what the hell are they doing sleeping?! Lol.. If u do try it let me know how it works for you I know its not for everyone. Please come back tomorrow I will have more ideas and stories about my insane anxiety days and hopefully this will reach people to help them or inspire them to know you are deserving to live your best life no matter what stands in the way.

Affirmation for the day… “when thinking about life remember this: no amount of guilt can change the past and no amount of anxiety can change the future”.

My everyday.. Day

Hi there.. My name is Aaron and I suffer from severe anxiety( use to I should say) on an everyday basis. Hoping to help anyone out there going thru the same thing. Later on in this blog I will share with you what has helped me thru my everyday anxiety. But first let me tell you more about myself and what I use to go thru.

Well here I go. As soon as i would wake up in the morning it almost instantly started. The thoughts that would go thru my head for no reason. “what if I get pulled over on my way to work” “what if a customer wants to have a longer conversation with me” ” what if someone asks me a question and I dont have the answer to it” The WHAT-IFs can go on and on for me. Believe it or not I am a bartender and have been for some time now. That doesnt help my social anxiety. Well I finally about 8 or 10 years ago decided to go to my doctor and see what they say. So they put me on xanax. Which at the time was a lifesaver I thought. I thought omg I can be normal. I can carry on a converstation with a complete stranger I can stop bailing out on my invites to places. I was so excited. But unfortunetly it didnt. My thoughts and anxiety were still there. Just the same as ever. But I continued to take them just to see if they took longer to take effect for me. That was about 6 years ago. At my worse and most desperate times to be “normal” I was drinking a beer and taking a xanax every morning before I would go to work. Awful right ?? Looking back at that now I cant believe I was this way. Especially now since I am no longer taking any kind of medicine for anxiety and I feel better than ever.

Just to make it clear I am not trying to sell you anything at all or tell you there is a quick way to get rid of anxiety. Because its not that easy. I hope thru this blog I can help as many people as I can. I know how it feels. I felt alone and ashamed of something I couldnt control. My goal in this is to help people feel like they are living their best life and nothing not even anxiety is going to hold you back.

Introduce Yourself (Example Post)

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You’re not locked into any of this; one of the wonderful things about blogs is how they constantly evolve as we learn, grow, and interact with one another — but it’s good to know where and why you started, and articulating your goals may just give you a few other post ideas.

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Introduce Yourself (Example Post)

This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right.

You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click the “New Post” button, and tell us why you’re here.

Why do this?

  • Because it gives new readers context. What are you about? Why should they read your blog?
  • Because it will help you focus your own ideas about your blog and what you’d like to do with it.

The post can be short or long, a personal intro to your life or a bloggy mission statement, a manifesto for the future or a simple outline of your the types of things you hope to publish.

To help you get started, here are a few questions:

  • Why are you blogging publicly, rather than keeping a personal journal?
  • What topics do you think you’ll write about?
  • Who would you love to connect with via your blog?
  • If you blog successfully throughout the next year, what would you hope to have accomplished?

You’re not locked into any of this; one of the wonderful things about blogs is how they constantly evolve as we learn, grow, and interact with one another — but it’s good to know where and why you started, and articulating your goals may just give you a few other post ideas.

Can’t think how to get started? Just write the first thing that pops into your head. Anne Lamott, author of a book on writing we love, says that you need to give yourself permission to write a “crappy first draft”. Anne makes a great point — just start writing, and worry about editing it later.

When you’re ready to publish, give your post three to five tags that describe your blog’s focus — writing, photography, fiction, parenting, food, cars, movies, sports, whatever. These tags will help others who care about your topics find you in the Reader. Make sure one of the tags is “zerotohero,” so other new bloggers can find you, too.

Introduce Yourself (Example Post)

This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right.

You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click the “New Post” button, and tell us why you’re here.

Why do this?

  • Because it gives new readers context. What are you about? Why should they read your blog?
  • Because it will help you focus your own ideas about your blog and what you’d like to do with it.

The post can be short or long, a personal intro to your life or a bloggy mission statement, a manifesto for the future or a simple outline of your the types of things you hope to publish.

To help you get started, here are a few questions:

  • Why are you blogging publicly, rather than keeping a personal journal?
  • What topics do you think you’ll write about?
  • Who would you love to connect with via your blog?
  • If you blog successfully throughout the next year, what would you hope to have accomplished?

You’re not locked into any of this; one of the wonderful things about blogs is how they constantly evolve as we learn, grow, and interact with one another — but it’s good to know where and why you started, and articulating your goals may just give you a few other post ideas.

Can’t think how to get started? Just write the first thing that pops into your head. Anne Lamott, author of a book on writing we love, says that you need to give yourself permission to write a “crappy first draft”. Anne makes a great point — just start writing, and worry about editing it later.

When you’re ready to publish, give your post three to five tags that describe your blog’s focus — writing, photography, fiction, parenting, food, cars, movies, sports, whatever. These tags will help others who care about your topics find you in the Reader. Make sure one of the tags is “zerotohero,” so other new bloggers can find you, too.