7 Pillars of Comprehensive Health
Integral health is essential for living fully. At the Marc Bony Chiropractic Center in Mataró, we help you achieve complete well-being through chiropractic care and natural treatments.
7 Pillars of Integral Health
While the health of the planet is our responsibility, so is our health: We are a nature to care for, a body and a mind that we must stop contaminating, destroying, and learn to respect and love just as we love and respect plants, air, and animals.
SUN This is one of the essential elements for health, necessary for the formation of bones and teeth, as it fixes calcium. One can have a great and high-quality diet, but if one does not get enough sun, we will become anemic and lacking in health.
It is necessary to get at least 20 minutes of sun, whether by taking a good walk in a park or engaging in an outdoor activity.
AIR Oxygen is another of the essential elements for health; good oxygenation is fundamental for the warmth and energy of the body, for the correct combustion of food, and for its nutrients to be absorbed and deposited properly.
It is, therefore, of utmost importance to breathe properly, engage in physical activity that helps us obtain a good supply of oxygen. The best oxygen is found in places away from the city: walking in the forest or on the beach is extremely beneficial for health.
EARTH Being in contact with this element helps us to nourish ourselves with energy and to detoxify. One way to be in contact with the earth is to walk barefoot on grass or sand, but we can also benefit from it by applying clay, which is excellent for nourishing, firming, and exfoliating the skin.
FOODS These should be of the best possible quality, varied, fresh, and well combined. Processed, sugary, additive-laden, fried, and cured foods should be eliminated, as they only impair the vital functions of the body, robbing energy from the organism instead of providing it.
The diet should prioritize vegetables and nuts, as well as seeds.
THOUGHTS The mind must also be nourished, and its best food is thoughts that inspire well-being, harmony, curiosity, exploration, and beauty.
One should strive to keep the mind focused on what is desired and not allow it to be contaminated or distracted by things that cause anger, fear, or other undesirable feelings.
FUN AND JOY The body is not satisfied just having its needs met to feel good: it needs to feel its heart in life, to feel drawn to living.
Thus, one should seek activities that bring joy from the heart, take moments of distraction, break the routine, explore, dare to experience new ways of doing things, thinking, and seeing the world.
MOVEMENT The entire universe is in motion: even if we do not see the stone moving, it is, albeit very slowly, but its molecules are moving. Movement is an essential element of life; everything is moving, everything evolves and expands, nothing can remain static.
Our heart is part of this evolutionary movement, as much as it is our mind; reality grows and evolves. Therefore, one must be willing to change and move, not close our minds but keep them open to new understandings.
When we resist and do not want to change or stop seeing things as we have always seen them, we suffer and endure pain. Therefore, do not resist the new, learn to flow, trust in the intelligence, wisdom, and love that exists in every molecule that moves in nature.
