Breathing is the only autonomic process we have some control over. Setting your cell phone’s alarm every couple hours, and take a couple deep breathes. So you can focus on the present moment and tasks, and don’t forget to take deep breaths.

Let’s take long deep breaths for a couple of times. Inhale deeply and exhale much deeper and longer. In your head, count 3 on inhalation, and count 5 on each exhalation.

Breathe from your nose deeply, and then slowly exhale with your lips pursed. Or inhale deeply, and then say, “Shhhhhh….” to exhale. You don’t have to put your finger to your mouth though. This makes physically harder to exhale, but it would promote more relaxation.

Deep breathing is beneficial to enhance creativity if you are required inspiration and creativity for your work. The deep breath would manipulate the states of consciousness and bring you a relaxation state. It would promote to clear your thoughts and emotions.

Thoughts and emotions are mostly conditioned by your past experiences. If you want very new ideas, take deep breaths and empty all your information in your head and mind. In those clear and empty spaces, new ideas and inspiration would be coming over.

As you are taking deep breaths and feeling relaxed, you might want to close your eyes for a while. You could imagine and visualize yourself being in a very special place…. Someplace you like to be in your imagination. It might be somewhere in full of nature, your hometown, or some special place that is beautiful and peaceful.

You might want to take some time and give yourself some time to enjoy being there. Enjoy the sounds, the smells, the temperature, and just feel what you are feeling…

What are you feeling in there? You might be feeling some calmness, safety, peace, or some connections… whatever you feel in your special place.

Please give yourself permission to connect with the feeling for a couple more minutes, and directly experience that quality in your mind and body.

You can remember and register the feelings of that quality in your mind and body. You can bring the quality into your daily life. And, you know that you can come back to your special place anytime.

When you open your eyes, you might feel refreshed and more clear in your head, mind, and body.

-Satoko

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However, many health care professionals have known that each person has a very different lifestyle, and one person’s QOL differs from the others. For example, people with diabetes all have very different lifestyles and values. They take very different approaches to control their blood sugar, or even decide not to control their blood sugar. 

It is essential for health care professionals to share the possible causes of diabetes, the necessity, and options of controlling blood sugar with the patients. However, the final decision of the treatment is up to the patient.

Here is the reality.

Mr. A. takes “diabetic pills” but does not want to control his diet. He loves high sugar foods and describes that food is the most important thing in his life. He wants to eat whatever he wants to. Ms. B hates to take pills, so she strictly cuts her sugar consumptions and controls the blood sugar. Mr. C reviewed his lifestyle and modified his activity, diet, and stress management. These decisions are based on, so to speak, their Values of Life (VOL).

When people want to change their habits or patterns for any reasons, it is important to review their VOL. Our values are the keys to acknowledge who we are and what we want to accomplish in this life. Each person is unique and has different meanings of lives. Self-awareness of our own values can be a new awareness to lead new action and progress.

Holistic coaching values the client’s VOL and takes unique approaches to assist clients in achieving their goals.

How is your goal related to your values? 

Spring has come, the air is warm, and flowers are in full bloom. Let’s start shaking up a little bit of body and mind. Now is the perfect time to start taking new actions for new results!

-Satoko

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