{"id":26238,"date":"2013-12-10T16:46:41","date_gmt":"2013-12-10T14:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/2013\/12\/your-thoughts-do-affect-your-state-of-being\/"},"modified":"2013-12-10T16:46:41","modified_gmt":"2013-12-10T14:46:41","slug":"your-thoughts-do-affect-your-state-of-being","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/your-thoughts-do-affect-your-state-of-being\/","title":{"rendered":"Your thoughts do affect your state of being"},"content":{"rendered":"

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While many people may underestimate the power of the mind in helping to improve both performance and health, it\u2019s indisputable that what you think can affect your state of being.<\/p>\n

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Your thoughts do affect your state of being<\/p>\n

What are you like?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Do you start your day feeling positive or negative?\u00a0 Do you consistently visualise yourself getting that perfect job, or would you never dare to dream it possible?\u00a0 Understanding just how potently our inner thoughts (the script in our heads) impacts on our emotions, which in turn impact on our physical state, is the key to changing this powerful health detractor\/enhancer.<\/p>\n

Keep a careful eye on the thoughts that cross your mind and \u2013 if they\u2019re negative, gently bring in a positive thought to counter it.\u00a0 Always try and stay in a positive frame of mind, throughout your day.<\/p>\n

Train the brain:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The following is one of the best exercises around, to help you change a consistently negative mindset\/thought into a consistently positive one:<\/p>\n

Buy 3 post-it note pads in different colours. Choose one colour and write on as many as you can, the sorts of messages you\u2019d like to believe.\u00a0 Always write them in the present tense (i.e. \u201cI am lean\u201d, \u201cI am healthy\u201d, \u201cI am successful in my life\u201d etc.).\u00a0 Stick them up all over your house, so that you see them daily.\u00a0 For more emphasis, every time you see one, read it out loud.<\/p>\n

You may not believe these messages initially, but the more you think and speak them, the more it changes neural pathways in the brain, which helps to stimulate a new and healthy outlook (which, in turn, stimulates a releasing of more beneficial hormones in the brain, resulting in further health benefits).<\/p>\n

After a while (a few days to a few weeks), you may find that you don\u2019t see the messages anymore \u2013 in other words, you get used to them being where they are.\u00a0 As soon as you realise this has happened, change colour and start again \u2013 sticking them up in slightly different places this time.\u00a0 Keep this up for at least 30 days as this appears to be the generally-accepted length of time it takes to break a habit and replace it with a new one.<\/p>\n

You can apply this technique to almost every aspect of your life, whether it relates to your body shape, financial situation, job position or relationships\u2026at the end of the day, positivity is an energy and so will draw like energy to it.<\/p>\n

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