It is amazing how much we use our ‘body language” to communicate in non-verbal ways. We use it as a normal source to help convey actions and meanings that most every one can interpret and understand. We regularly use the different parts of our body to complement our “mouth talk” and reinforce our meanings.
Body language is self-learning and is used by everyone as a natural part of our social and communication skills. Even more important are the variety of ways our body informs us to attend to our health needs.
Following are the many roles our body language plays in our daily activities and our well being:
Using our Limbs – It is very natural to involve our body parts (e.g. head, shoulders, arms hands, and legs to express ourselves and to test them with exercises . These body parts are also not shy in letting us know when we have mistreated them.
Eyes – The way we look with our eye contact clearly gives people signs that reflect our feelings such as our caring, our amazement, our interest, our understanding, our acceptance, our doubt, and our wellness.
Facial Expressions – Our facial expressions help stress our thoughts and emotions and are used to help convey a mix of our feelings and our mood such as – happiness -sadness – excitement – anger – surprise – fear – disappointment – puzzlement.
Physical Signs – When we are able to maintain our wellness and a good supply of energy our body conveys healthy feelings that enable us to carry out and enjoy our mix of daily activities. However, when we neglect our health and incur an illness our body conveys signals that it needs some healing attention to help renew our wellness.
Wellness – Our immune system plays a vital role in defending and protecting our body from attacks from bacteria, viruses, parasites and more. It is important that we respond to our bodies health warning signals and continue to do the things that will help strengthen our defence systems and promote our wellness.
It is worth repeating a few healthy ways the health specialists advocate to help maintain a friendly, supporting relationship with our immune system and enjoy the many health benefits our partnership provides.
Don’t smoke
Eat a diet filled with fruits and vegetables
Exercise regularly
Maintain a healthy weight
Minimize alcohol consumption
Get adequate sleep
Follow good hygiene practices
Minimize stress
Take recommended vaccines
As we grow older our immune system becomes slower to respond. This means it’s ability to detect and jump start our healing process declines and increases our risk of disease. This emphasizes the importance of not using aging as an excuse to allow our healthy lifestyle efforts to be abandoned. Let’s remain committed to optimizing our aging abilities and continue to follow a healthy regime (and take our prescriptions) so that we can fill our life with many more enjoyable years.
