The Three Intensities of Exercise

Exercise is physical exertion of the body. The aim of exercise is to achieve a beneficial level of fitness and health, both physically and mentally.

There are three different intensities of exercise; light, moderate and vigorous.

• Light exercise generally allows you to talk at the same time. Examples of light exercise include going for a walk, or doing some light housework, or gardening.
• Moderate exercise should make you feel slightly out of breath. You should feel slightly worn out, but not to the point where it is unbearable. Example of moderate exercise are going for a brisk walk, or walking up a hill.
• Vigorous exercise should make you breathe rapidly, and you should feel like you are just at the point where you are pushing your body's boundaries, without doing yourself any harm. Jogging, cycling, swimming and weight training are all vigorous forms of exercise.

It is important to start slowly with light exercise before increasing the intensity, and you should remember that everyone is different. What might be easy, or moderate exercise for one person, may be vigorous for another.

Are you doing the best you can in every dimension of your life with Love?

Do The Best You Can

Do your best - the very best that you know how to do in every dimension of your life - then let go and let life do the rest.

A huge fire broke out in the forest. All the threatened animals were scared and fled, except the hummingbird, who decided to stay and put out the fire. It flew to the nearest river and picked up a few drops of water, then came back and put them on the fire. The other animals watched from a distance and made fun of the hummingbird. The more they mocked, the harder the hummingbird worked, persistently and patiently bringing its little drops of water. “What are you doing?” the animals asked. “The fire is overwhelming. How can you make a difference? You are too little anyway.” The hummingbird answered, “I’m doing the best I can.”

(passage by Zoe Sallis )

Are you doing the best you can in every dimension of your life?

Are You Allergic to Working Out?

Wouldn't it be great if you could be allergic to working out?

Then you wouldn't have to admit to friends, loved ones, and co-workers that you simply hate to exercise. Saying your throat swells up or you break out in hives might be easier than enduring the disapproving looks that you fear might come with confessing the truth!

Rethink your definition of exercise. Think of it as movement, any movement—not necessarily something that you have to do in a gym or at a track. Gardening is exercise; so are walking the dog, playing tag with your kids, strolling through the woods picking blackberries. If you've been unsuccessful at sticking with a traditional program before, simply focusing on moving more in these ways may not only help you burn calories now but also prepare you mentally and physically for other activities in the future.

The Well-Being Workout

• Strengthen EVERYONE you meet with Encouraging Words and Random Acts of kindness.

• Reflect on Thoughts that are True, Good, Pure and Loving.

• Tap into your minds power to HEAL your body - Think Loving Thoughts - LOVE is Healing.

• Take Responsibility for your Own Health and Well-Being.

• Become LOVE By Exercising Loving Thoughts.

• Cool down your Temper and Stretch your Awareness.

• Exercise and condition your HEART muscle. Perform 3 Reps of kindness.

Self Leadership

Every one of us has a soul within us that knows what it means to be a decent, loving, and noble human being. When we do something wrong, we can try to fool ourselves by rationalizing what we did at a conscious level. We can create a whole story about how the world is out of integrity and we’re the victim. We can build a case that the other person deserved what they did to us and we acted harshly with them to teach them a lesson. But it’s not our job to police the Universe. Our job is to show up as Leaders in our own lives by understanding and taking responsibility for the LESSONS that this growth school is delivering to us. By doing so, this strengthens and evolves us into our Authentic and Best Selves.