Mental Fitness Challenge: 90 Days to Change

I have read hundreds of examples recently where people have taken a 90 day challenge to improve the physical fitness and I love it! What better way to get in physical shape than partner with a community of like-minded individuals? However, with all the focus on a physical challenge, aren't people missing out on two other key aspects of fitness - the mental and spiritual sides?

If people are going to challenge themselves anyway, why not launch a 90 day total mental fitness challenge? Work on all three areas of life by improving one's physical, mental, and spiritual sides. For example, just as flabby muscles must be worked out in order to tone and strengthen, so too does flabby thinking. In fact, if anything, flabby thinking can have more disastrous effects in a person's life than flabby muscles. Therefore, if a person is investing energy for 90 days anyway, then make it a total transformation, not just a physical one.

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A person's thought life changes when he begins to feed on a steady diet of positive books, audios, and association with others who do the same. Indeed, I know of no other activity than can change a person's life as fast as changing his associations. Birds of a feather, in other words, do flock together. My good friend, the late Charlie "Tremendous" Jones, used to say, "Five years from now you will be pretty much the same as you are today except for two things: the books you read and the people you get close to" It was eighteen years when I first heard Charlie's words and took his advice. It changed everything.

Fitness experts say that 85% of physical fitness is in proper dieting. I believe the same principle holds true for mental and spiritual dieting as well. Tell me the thought diet a person routinely feeds his mental and spiritual sides and I can fairly accurately predict his five year future. Success is that predictable; however, it isn't that easy.

Why not? Because the right habits, although easy to do, are also easy not to do. Left to themselves, most people will choose the path of least resistance, which means continuing in their bad habits rather than changing. The good news, however, is that through associating with others in a 90 day challenge, a person can leverage the community to help drive his personal change. In essence, community is the difference between good intentions and good results. Many will give up on themselves, but fewer are willing to give up on others who are counting on them.

Fortunately, it only takes three steps for a person to change everything:

1. Develop a proper diet for the food and thoughts entering his body and mind.

2. Make commitments to himself and others to follow the new diet for 90 days.

3. Maintain association with others who have committed to do the same thing.

There it is. A recipe for success in any area of life. It's been said that a person changes when the pain of staying the same or the joy of changing becomes big enough. Eighteen years ago, I took Charlie "Tremendous" Jones up on his mental fitness challenge and it has made all the difference for me. I share this with the readers to encourage them in the three step process for real change. Are you ready to take the mental fitness challenge?

Mental Fitness Challenge: 90 Days to Change

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How Yoga Retreats Can Change Your Life

Yoga retreats enables a person to take time out from their everyday stresses, imposed by their normal living conditions and their working lives. The period of time spent there, permits them to spent quality time on themselves and to reconnect to their mind, body and spirit.

A yoga holiday is an ideal way to relax and recharge. It can also help to physically tone up the body externally and internally. Plus, they give a person the opportunity to enjoy scenic surroundings, as many yoga retreats are located in beautiful locations around the world.

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Yet another important benefit of taking a yoga holiday is that time spent there encourages relaxation, by learning the art of yoga and meditation. This has long lasting affects because of being able to take away the knowledge of how to perform different Asana's yoga positions and techniques.

There is also the opportunity of enjoying a wide range of Holistic treatments which further encourage good health, plus physical and mental well-being.

Other activities, such as walking, cycling, excursions and the prospect of meeting like minded people are also accessible at yoga retreats. This adds to the opportunity to de-stress, revitalize and 'just be'.

Stress contributes to 70% of the world diseases, according to the The World Health Organisation (WHO). Many doctors now realise the benefits of yoga and by attending a yoga retreat or yoga holiday, you learn techniques which will lessen the likely-hood of a stress related illness.

The emotional benefits are also highlighted here, as stress is known to cause an emotional imbalance in an otherwise level headed person. By practising Yoga a person finds it's a great way of harmonising both mind, body and emotions.

Therefore, participating in a yoga retreat and in fact, even going on many different yoga retreats whenever possible, really does have both short term and long term benefits.

These specialist types of holidays are a fantastic way to recharge, retreat and then re-enter your everyday life, revitalized and with a great feeling of well-being, both mentally physically and spiritually

For the number one stress buster, you should definitely consider spending time at one of the many yoga retreats which are available.

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Lucy was drawn to the practice of Hatha Yoga and the yoga philosophy while studying holistic therapies professionally in London in 1989. In the late 80's and early 90's, then in her twenties, she travelled independently in Nepal, India, Thailand, Indonesia, Bali, Australia, New Zealand, Sudan and the USA, where she broadened her studies of yoga, Eastern philosophy and the healing arts, including the American Indian tradition and philosophy.

Lucy, a qualified Holistic Therapist and international Yoga Teacher, has treated and taught hundreds of people from around the world, healing therapies and yoga for the last 20 years. Click the link to visit one of the most welcoming of yoga retreats

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