“Standing under freezing cold showers every morning, - I did that. I got up to seven minutes most mornings, and it actually works; it immunizes your body, and your body starts getting used to the cold. It really works."” BodyUsedMorningMinutesColdStandingSevenYour BodyWorking ItEvery MorningShowersFreezing Author:Liam Neeson
“Take 15 minutes daily, thinking of pleasant scenarios regarding your body, with the sole intent of enjoying your body and appreciating its strength and stamina and flexibility and beauty. When you visualize for the joy of visualizing rather than with the intention of correcting some deficiency, your thoughts are more pure and, therefore, more powerful. When you visualize to overcome something that is wrong, your thoughts are diluted with the "lackful" side of the equation. In time, your physical condition will acquiesce to your dominant thoughts.” ThinkingBodyJoyEnjoySidesPowerfulMinutesConditionsPureAppreciateOvercomingIntentionYour BodyPleasantSoleDominantFlexibilityEquationsScenariosDeficiencyStaminaCorrectingVisualizing Author:Esther Hicks
“The idea that we are "stewards of the earth" is another symptom of human arrogance. Imagine yourself with the task of overseeing your body's physical processes. Do you understand the way it works well enough to keep all its systems in operation? Can you make your kidneys function? Can you control the removal of waste? Are you conscious of the blood flow through your arteries, or the fact that you are losing a hundred thousand skin cells a minute?” WayHumansWellsIdeasEnoughFactsBodyEarthProcessImagineBloodMinutesThousandWasteLosingConsciousHundredFlowTasksSkinsFunctionEnvironmentalYour BodyCellsOperationsArroganceSymptomsStewardshipRemovalKidneysStewardsArteriesBlood FlowOverseeing Author:Lynn Margulis
“Books are health food for your brain and dessert for your soul. Books are one of the few proven sources of mental exercise known to man. Reading is a workout for your mind. If your body needs thirty minutes of exercise a day, so does your thinker.” IfsMenNeedsMindDoeBookSoulBodyReadingBrainKnownMinutesSourceExerciseYour BodyYour SoulThirtyThinkerProvenWorkoutDessertHealth Food Book:Read for Your Life: 11 Ways to Better Yourself Through Books Source: Read for Your Life: 11 Ways to Better Yourself Through Books
“Sometimes something as simple as going for a 20-minute jog on any given day is important. Keeps your body moving and legs from getting stiffened up from doing high-intensity workouts during the week.” ImportantSometimesBodyMovingGivenSimpleWeekMinutesLegsYour BodyIntensityWorkout Author:Jozy Altidore
“Your digestive system is your body's Fun House, whereby food goes on a long, dark, scary ride, taking all kinds of unexpected twists and turns, being attacked by vicious secretions along the way, and not knowing until the last minute whether it will be turned into a useful body part or ejected into the Dark Hole by Mister Sphincter.” WayKindLongBodyLastsTurnsHouseFunDarkKnowingMinutesGoes OnScaryYour BodyHolesAll KindsUnexpectedNot KnowingViciousTwistsLast MinuteTwists And TurnsDigestive System Book:Dave Barry's Stay Fit and Healthy Until You're Dead Source: Dave Barry's Stay Fit and Healthy Until You're Dead
“Sit down, close your eyes, and think about dogs for ten minutes. On a very clear, physiological, and neurochemical level, your body is changed by these really positive thoughts.” ThinkingBodyEyeLevelsClearMinutesDogChangedTenYour BodyPositive ThoughtsPhysiologicalReally Positive Author:Moby
“The heroic minute.- It is the time fixed for getting up.- Without hesitation: a supernatural reflection and.-.-.- up! The heroic minute: here you have a mortification that strengthens your will and does no harm to your body.” DoeBodyMinutesReflectionHarmYour BodyFixedHeroicHesitationMortification Author:Josemaria Escriva
“What I recommend is this: after you've talked to everybody, go take a nap! Take a nap. Your body really needs to sleep. It's like washing your face. If you can't afford a three-hour nap, do a one-hour nap. If you can't afford a one-hour nap, do half an hour. If you can't afford half an hour, do fifteen minutes.” IfsNeedsBodyFacesThreeHoursSleepHalfMinutesYour BodyYour FaceFifteenWashingNapsOne Hour Author:Sandra Cisneros