Women's Network July 2018 | Page 33

lifestyle clique Change your life with a holistic approach However, open your mind to the Holistic approach. Once prescribed a tablet for blood pressure, you will need to be constantly monitored. Statins and blood pressure medication are not something you can simply choose to stop taking. Put simply, Blood Pressure Medication controls the rate at which your blood pumps through the heart, so simply choosing to go off it could play havoc with your BP, so don’t take the risk. There’s another way to prevent and manage BEFORE you choose to go down the pharmaceutical route.  The number 1 way to holistically deal with these conditions is to adopt Restorative Practices. WHAT ARE RESTORATIVE PRACTICES? Being mindfully restorative with the way you eat, drink, think, move, breath and sleep can improve the symptoms of Hypertension and Depression and reverse them. overexercising an inflamed body can do more damage. Choose the kind of movement that will suit your personality, health condition, age and schedule. There’s not a condition listed in any study that exercise won’t benefit.  3.YOUR BREATH IS EVERYTHING The number one non medical way to bring your nervous system down from the red zone to the green, is through breath. Deep belly breathing brings a sense of calm and relaxation. Meditation, combined with deep breathing, can be life changing. 4.WHAT YOU THINK AND BELIEVE about ageing, your self worth and self esteem, will contribute to the symptoms of Anxiety and Hypertension. 5.SLEEP IS CRUCIAL 1.CHOOSE WHOLEFOODS Going to bed at a regular hour, turning off the TV and electronics and getting 7 to 8 hours of sleep is vital.  2.MOVEMENT IS CRUCIAL Adopting restorative practices takes time and patience. With commitment you’ll find your life can change. while reducing or eliminating inflammatory foods like sugar, alcohol, gluten and dairy. A sedentary lifestyle is as big a killer as heart disease and AUTHOR Anne Noonan YOGA FOREVER CONTACT 0417 761 998 WEBSITE annenoonan.com.au/ Women’s Network Magazine 33