REST IS IMPORTANT, BUT WHY?
Some of us pay a lot of attention to
our body, which is a very good habit indeed. We try to build up strength, pay
attention to fitness, work on endurance, and sometimes work on bulking up as
well. A lot of physical activities are required to get results on the above
mentioned fields. Many of us indulge ourselves and do nothing by halves, and for
some of us it just reaches the fever pitch. But after some time we just run out
of steam and we require a period of rest to regain the same energy level and enthusiasm
and to recover our body to carry out the same physical activities once again. Here
we have a closer look at how rest is beneficial for our body.
· Building strength:
As the saying goes “until you are broken, you don’t know what you are
made of. It gives you the ability to build yourself all over again, but
stronger than ever”……
After loads of physical activities muscles often undergo micro traumas, these
micro traumas eventually get healed up on their own after rest. The tissue get
repaired and becomes stronger than it was before. Now the muscle is able to
carry more amount of stress, more than what it used to. And the body is ready
for the upcoming challenge.
· Promoting healing:
Most of us have a high work load, every day following the same routine. The
body carries out multiple physical activities and the energy which is provided
for the body to function is interdependent. The physical, emotional,
cardiovascular balance of the body enables it to keep going. At rest, this
energy is concentrated to the healing process and enhances it as the energy at
rest is not required much for any other area of the body.
· Keeping calm:
“The mind and body are not separated, what affects one affects the other”……
One of the most important roles of rest is to keep calm. Rest provides a
lot of improvement to the physical as well as the mental state of an
individual.
Until we rest our mind, we cannot get ourselves ready for the next level
challenge. It helps us to encourage ourselves to regain focus and energy. The mind
and the body should maintain a balance with each other for better results.
There are several ways to keep our mind and body in a resting state, my
way of keeping my body and mind at rest is to read or sleep. You can have your
own ways of taking rest like yoga, meditation, hot baths, and body massage etc.
listening to the music also is a way of resting mind for some. Give yourself intervals and breaks frequently
to regain the lost energy and come back even stronger.
Take Care.
Jasrah.
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