Your Personal Health Journey
Nova Health Club • June 28, 2019
The human body is such a complex system that each day we learn new things about how it works. When we step back from the ‘micro’ information we learn it’s easy to see how everything in our body is connected. Much like our planet’s ecosystems, our body can be viewed similarly; as many ecosystems that are interconnected.
We are all at different stages in our personal health journeys. At each stage, we have the opportunity to learn and experience something new about a system in our body and learn how it works. Part of our mission at Nova is to continually engage you with your health by teaching you more about the different ‘ecosystems’ in your body depending on which stage of the journey you are in.
A natural progression exists for every member’s health journey at Nova that is not written or planned but happens instinctively when the time is right. For example, when someone joins us, a common goal is to improve body composition (“lose weight”) and be healthier. The journey starts with exercising consistently but can then take many different paths as seen in the examples below. Each stage or path you are on is important because it connects you closer to your goal.
When reading the stages/paths below, ask yourself:
What stage of the journey are you currently moving through? What stage are you looking at next?
Exercise:
Consistently, specific to your body, heart rate monitoring, training strength, cardio and flexibility.
Habits:
Posture, screen time, sitting, breathing, alcohol.
Nutrition:
Calories, macronutrients, eating organic/local, cooking, vitamins and minerals, supplements.
Physiological:
Hormones, managing stress, sleep, breathing, gut microbiome, brain health, illness or injury.
Emotional/Spiritual:
Meditation, prayer, psychotherapy, quality of thoughts, journal writing, nature.
Community:
Relationships, family, positive influences, connectedness, love, teaching.
Environment:
Decrease carbon footprint, reduce waste ie: plastic, reuse, recycle, source local, plant a garden.
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