Find healing in happiness

Wouldn’t it be wonderful to find pleasure and delight in every day, and for it to have a healing effect on you? Julia Paulette Hollenbery, author of The Healing Power of Pleasure (Simon & Schuster, £19.99), shows us how

1 SLOW DOWN You can greatly enhance your day by slowing down and pausing. Don’t push yourself, stop when you feel weary. In a pause, you can come back to remembering yourself, and will be able to return to tasks with renewed energy. You matter! 2 NOTICE PHYSICAL SENSATIONS Most of the time, our attention is on non-stop thoughts. Instead, bring your attention to how your body is. Are you hungry, thirsty or need the loo? Do you feel hot or cold, heavy or light, itchy or in pain? Daily movement, such as walking, dancing or stretching, will help you become more aware of your body. 3 BE HUMBLE We tend to think we know it all, but usually we only see a fraction of life. Consider zooming out to planets in the universe,…

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Spirit & Destiny (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2022

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