Have Fun!

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It’s great to nourish your body with healthy food! Super to keep fit and active! Wonderful to practice being clam and peaceful!

But unless you’re having fun at the same time your overall well-being will suffer.

Having Fun is a requisite of a healthy life! – For which your whole being will thank you greatly.

A simple joy, yet something that people often set aside, seeing it as childish, silly, embarrassing or a waste of time when there are more ‘important’ things to do.

But it is very important to have fun, certainly not a waste of time and can be a big part of your life and who you are.

When was the last time you really had fun? The kind of fun which brings the child in you out to play, stops time and where tears stream down your face from laughing so much?

If you’re thinking it’s been a while since this happened, then it’s time to make way for a more lighthearted, playful you!

Some simple things you can do to have some fun:

* Go to your nearest playground and play just as your younger self did; don’t be afraid to really let go!
* Have a sleepover with your close friends, play truth or dare and have a pillow fight!
* Make some fairy cakes and lick the bowl!
* Roll down a big hill!
* Have your own dance party in your room or invite some friends!
* Watch your favourite comedy or go to a comedy night!
* Go rollerblading or ride a bike!
* Hire a bouncy castle and get jumping!
* Have a film stars evening with your friends, dress up, sing and film it!
* If you’re single, go speed dating! In a relationship, join a club with your partner.
* Have a fancy dress party!
* Go to a water park or theme park!

What other fun things would you add to the list? Perhaps that you’ve not yet experienced!

Think about the times in your life when you’ve had the most fun. What was it that made these moments so enjoyable? How could you start to have more fun today?

Stay young, Stay playful, Keep Having Fun! :)

Your Special Haven

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Imagine having a special haven. A beautiful special place all to yourself that you can do, be, say whatever you so choose. You can make your mark here and stay here time after time. This space is yours for the taking, the making. You can dream up, design and create beauty all around you. The walls and floors are canvases just yearning for your individual contribution, your essence to hit. The colours, themes, light and spaces are yet to be defined. Nobody else can enter your haven without permission. Nobody has access to your domain, your dwelling, your sanctuary, your retreat. Only you have the key.

Your haven is a place for everything you have, you are. A space to rest, think, lie, sit, stretch, breathe, act, play, write, draw, make, create, see, dream, eat, drink, sleep and just be you. However you are feeling you can come here and take time away from the world, time for yourself. Whether you are feeling restful, thoughtful, fearful, bashful or wonderful your haven is like a blanket ready to warm you up and hold you still whilst you replenish yourself before it’s time to leave.

How your haven looks and feels is down to you. As is the support and nourishment it offers you. As the creator you have full choice in it’s identity. You are responsible for every single area surrounding you. If things in your haven are out of place, messy, cluttered, dirty or uncared for only you can restore it back to it’s ideal state. If in your special place you feel flat, uninspired, unbalanced, trapped or unclear only you can help change these feelings.

We each have a special haven, whether we have fully embraced it or not. Our bedroom is just this! Our very own personal room, our blanket, our nest. What we receive from it depends greatly or what we give to it. If we choose to love it and use it carefully we will surely reap the benefits. If we plant the right seeds our garden will grow!

I love my bedroom! And I love my own personal place. I take great pride in keeping my space clear and tidy so I can feel clarity and space within me. I know well how my environment affects me, what goes on on the outside matters on the inside. I choose colors that resonate with me, whites, blues, yellows and purples to keep me calm, cool and balanced. I choose simplicity for peace of mind. I am a minimalist which helps me focus on things individually and carefully, and in the present. I make sure that I have space for yoga, to breathe, stretch, be on the wall, and lie down. I allow as much light in as possible to aid my vision. These are my personal choices for my haven.

This morning I did something that I do several times a year. I rearranged all of the furniture in my haven. From the moment I woke up I knew it was time for change in my close environment. This Spring has been a time of great change for me. More and more I am feeling aligned with my true self, my core, my values. I am refining my attention to the things that matter to me most. And in this process I am experiencing a great shift within me. This morning I wanted to express my internal emotional change in my physical visual reality. As I cleared away the things in my room which were out of date and unused I felt amazing. I now stand on new ground, new space and I feel totally refreshed!

Are you living in a special haven? How does your bedroom look and feel to you? Do you feel happiness in being here, nestled in a warm, safe blanket? Or is it time for a change, a shift or even a complete rearrangement?

Make your special haven represent you, the true you. Do not compromise on something so important.

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My Special Haven today