Is 2020 Going to be Your Absolute Best Year?

If you are anything like me, you have drafted your list of 2020 goals and have started your journey through this new decade. How's it going so far? What is the most essential thing requiring your focus? Is it your health? Do you need to shore up your most intimate relationships and honor your commitments to them? How about your finances and career goals? Is your passion aligned with your wealth creation? If not, how will you merge these two crucial aspects of life? These are critical questions to ask yourself. How you answer them will determine the trajectory of this year, and ultimately, this decade.

As I enter 2020, I must acknowledge that in September, I will celebrate my 64th birthdate. I have queried and consulted my mentors about my health, my business, my relationships, and my life's endeavors. The conversation always points to the creation of an "exit" strategy. How do I want to live the latter part of my life, and what would I like to leave as my legacy? If I take the best care of myself from here on out, will I live another 30 years, or maybe even reach 100 years of age? These numbers represent a long life, and my thoughts immediately go to "quality of life issues." Will I be able to run, walk, and play games with my grandchildren? Will I continue to eat and enjoy foods while celebrating with family and friends? Will I continue working in the fitness business as I have for the last 46 years? Will I continue to dance?

I don't know what tomorrow has in store for me. However, I believe that if I am strong, healthy, and energetic today, chances are that tomorrow, I will remain the same. And that's all I can do, I can take care of myself today. And because I have incorporated daily healthy habits into my life, then I will probably continue those behaviors tomorrow. Conversely, if I put off self-care today, chances are that tomorrow I will put it off again. After all, we are creatures of habit.

And what does "healthy" mean to me? First of all, daily exercise is essential to my longevity. Each day I get up, and workout with my clients or, I train on my own by dancing, doing Yoga, Pilates, or resistance training. I eat for sustenance rather than pleasure, lower my fat intake, and increase my protein intake. I drink plenty of water throughout the day, and I force myself to eat fruits and vegetables. The most important thing, though, is my daily meditation.

Daily stress will nullify healthy habits in a heartbeat. How many times have you heard stories of people who were fanatical about their health who suddenly keel over and die of a heart attack? It happens often enough to make me pause and think about how stress affects our health. Meditation is one of the remedies I use to off-set stress. Along with all the other healthy habits I incorporate into my life, I believe it is one of the most powerful tools to reduce stressors that negatively impact my body, mind, and spirit.

Which reminds me, Oprah and Deepak are starting their Perfect Health 21 Day Meditation Challenge on February 3rd, 2020. That is also the same week we will host our Mambo Mania Reunion class at the studio, which will be held First Thursday, February 6th, at 6:00 PM. Join us for both of these holistic healing events.

This is a new year, a new decade, and a chance for a new you! If you start taking care of yourself today, more than likely, you will continue to do the same tomorrow and the next day, and the next after that. What are you waiting for? And if you are someone who already takes good care of your health, what more can you do today to become your Absolute Best?

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Peace, Love, Namaste,
Clarita
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Time to Assess

Our mission at Absolute Best is to bring health to the body, mind, and spirit through holistic modalities -- all in one convenient location.  

Convenience and ease create a fertile ground for growth.  Commitment generates action, and action gets you results.  Unfortunately, all things are not convenient, nor are they easy.  Sometimes, taking ourselves to the edge of discomfort, without harming ourselves or others, is how we grow.  

I remember when my Mom would say, "Clean up your room before you go out to play."  If I retorted, "I don't want to!" I knew the degree of my happiness would be contingent upon her reaction to that exchange.  Chances were that if I didn't acquiesce, I knew misery and sadness would ensue.   

It's the same thing with our health.  Our internal "mother," the all-powerful knowing that lives inside us, tells us, "clean up your temple."  What do we do?  We weigh the consequences of not following that intuition.  The balance of our health lies in our willingness to accept short term discomfort for long term wellness.  

Checking off our health "to do" list can seem daunting.  It can be a long list of inconvenient, laborious, and time-consuming commitments.  I can think of ten things right off the top of my head:

1.  Eat right, light, and balanced

2.  Get 8 hours of sleep each night

3.  Exercise daily

4.  Meditate daily

5.  Appreciate nature 

6.  Spend time with your loved ones

7.  Manage your time wisely

8.  Avoid stress

9.  Bask in the sun (use sunblock for protection)

10.  Be charitable and grateful 

Living a healthy lifestyle is not always convenient and easy; however, at Absolute Best, we bridge the gap between you and your personal best.  We pride ourselves in bringing you first-rate holistic health practitioners under one roof.  Our building emanates a warm and inviting atmosphere with its beautiful offices and gorgeous studio space.   The independently-owned businesses that have established themselves in our building are leading-edge professionals.  All these things factor into the convenience and ease with which you can launch yourself into a healthy lifestyle today in San Pedro.    

Come down and visit us.  Take a look at our beautiful facility, our highly skilled professionals, and determine whether or not 2020 is the year to finally get healthy.  Listen to that all-knowing voice inside of you that asks, "When are you going to clean up your act?"   Commit today even though, at first, it might be uncomfortable and hard to do.  Once you realize the ease and convenience of having all the elements you need to get started on the right track, a healthy body, mind, and spirit will be yours this year and always.       

Peace, Love, Namaste

Clarita

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2020 - A New Decade - A New Beginning.

So how does the last decade look to you?  Have you reviewed the past years and reflected on how they've impacted your life?  Where you stand today is the culmination of your previous experiences, habitual behaviors, thoughts, emotions, and actions.  What does the landscape look like? Does the grass look greener on the other side?  Do you feel confident that the path you have chosen is leading you to your desired destination?  Do you foresee perils and treacherous roads ahead?  Do you stay the course or change directions?

If you decide to make a change, will you research and evaluate the new route so you can better navigate this new-found course?  Or will you wing it saying, "Oh well, nothing on this current path is working, I feel lost, so let me switch directions and see where it lands me?"  What would happen if you did nothing, changed nothing?

Interesting questions to ponder at the start of a new decade.  And if health, wealth, and prosperity are on your mind today, join the human race. All of us are assessing where we've been and where we're going today.  Many of us are making New Year's resolutions, which according to my Google searches, will most likely be abandoned by mid-February.

My personal assessment of the last decade has led me to make a New Year's resolution.  2020 will be the decade of developing an acute awareness of my body.  I vow to become increasingly aware of its signals, such as my nervousness, appetite, calmness, excitement, temperature, or fatigue.  What is it telling me, why do I feel the way I do, and what can I do to elevate my energy to its highest and healthiest frequency?

Do a quick meditation and survey of the last ten years of your life. Simply close your eyes and breathe. Go back to 2010.  Can you recall significant events from that year? Try to lean into 2011, then 2012, and so on, conjuring up significant memories from each year.  Go through the entire decade. You'll be able to do this quickly.  Once you have completed the exercise, bring yourself back to the present moment. Go ahead and do this now.

Feel into your body.  Is it calm or is it anxious?  Everything you think, say and do revolve around awareness of your environment and your relationship to it.  Whether or not you connect and become
aware of the people, places, and things around you, your well-being is determined by how you relate to your surroundings.

The best place to begin a new decade is deep within your heart and mind. Have a serious and honest conversation with yourself.  Pledge to be good to your body, eat healthily, and exercise. Keep your
external relationships healthy by honoring them and committing to your part of the bargain.  There is always an implied contract with you and the world around you. It is how we navigate our lives.  The idea of giving and taking is an expression of the cultivated relationship between the world around us and the one within.

What do you want your own personal culture to express?  Define it and go do it.
2020 is a new decade and a new beginning.  Start now by making an appointment to see us.  Click here and let us know when we can help you begin to achieve your Absolute Best.

Peace, love, and harmony.
Clarita

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