Tools for the healthful alteration of our consciousness

[Determinator]

ok, lets be honest. humans like to feel high sometimes. really the feeling of getting 'high' is a change of consciousness, whether for better or worse, and we just happened to find a handy legal liquid drug to do it with....it just worked out to be a dead end road.
so... the quest for healthy changes of consciousness.....

it's easy to get caught in the mental trap "oh, without drinking I have nothing left" what poppycock! there is so much!

my fortune cookie tonight read: "while you add years to your life, also add life to your years". damn fine advice.

maybe you all can help me expand upon this toolbox of general ideas.


exercise
sex
meditation
dancing
painting/art expression
rocking out to music (even without the dancing)
fasting

ok, what can we add here?

[akgirl]

Tools for the healthful alteration of our consciousness

Laughter

Oh...and don't sweat the small stuff.

[Determinator]

Tools for the healthful alteration of our consciousness

awsome AKgirl laughter is indeed a powerful tool.

[akgirl]

Tools for the healthful alteration of our consciousness

I have a teen...its laughter or tears!!! LOL

[Sweaty Betty]

Tools for the healthful alteration of our consciousness

Achieving a goal, big or small.

Spending time with friends.

Bx

[DeeBee]

Tools for the healthful alteration of our consciousness

"If exercise could be packaged into a pill, it would be the single most prescribed and beneficial medicine in the world"
- Robert N Butler

[Doggygirl]

Tools for the healthful alteration of our consciousness

This is a great thread Det. Am interested in everyone's ideas - the list so far is great.

Dee Bee I love the quote you posted and have to say that at this point, exercise tops the list for "natural highs" for me so far. (sorry it's not sex on top.....of the list that is)

DG

[DeeBee]

Tools for the healthful alteration of our consciousness

Doggygirl;575757 wrote: Dee Bee I love the quote you posted and have to say that at this point, exercise tops the list for "natural highs" for me so far. (sorry it's not sex on top.....of the list that is)

DG

LOL DG!!!

I have only recently started exercing and I am totally hooked -- I now GET what everyone has been trying to tell me all these years.
* It makes me feel better/calmer
* Helps me sleep peacefully
* My lung capacity has increased (also thanks to not smoking anymore)
* Curbs my appetite -- but only on the days that I exercise
* I have more energy

[peacenik]

Tools for the healthful alteration of our consciousness

holding your breath???


teehee

[ready2change]

Tools for the healthful alteration of our consciousness

Det...what happend to GARLIC as a fav??? Or food and cooking for that matter. All the things ( I thought were fun) that I have given up in life, food aint and never will be one of them.

Great thread!!

R2C

[IAD]

Tools for the healthful alteration of our consciousness

Det........Theirs a tool for that !?! Ha! IAD

[on my way]

Tools for the healthful alteration of our consciousness

Giving back, a hand up, a simple act of kindness..... You know, generosity; it can be one of the most gratifying gifts you can give yourself.

[AstraiaJ.]

Tools for the healthful alteration of our consciousness

I am HOOKED on Yoga. When you learn to do it and really learn to let go of all the mental chatter and just do the poses, it's like meditation and it really does feel like a kind-of high. Except, no hangover crap to deal with in the middle of the night and next day! And let me tell you, I'm getting muscles that won't quit (feminine ones though). :H

[Lila]

Tools for the healthful alteration of our consciousness

When I have more than I can deal with, I take Kava Kava.

[Sunbeam]

Tools for the healthful alteration of our consciousness

Gardening does it for me: it requires good exercise, produces a beautiful and/or tasty healthy product.