Today’s Kai-Zen Prescription for Wellness:

Practice Random Acts of Kindness as often as possible.

Dr. Wayne Dyer, an inspirational speaker and well-known expert of the mind-body connection, states that being kind naturally boosts your immune system. Research has shown that acts of kindness raise serotonin levels not only in a person whom is acting kindly, but also the person receiving the kind behavior and even others who observe the kind interaction.  Serotonin is a brain chemical that has been found to illicit an immune response, alleviate such things as depression, headaches, and anxiety, as well as, provide feelings of bliss, peace, and calmness.

So be kind, every chance you get, and know that not only will your heart be filled with more joy and less stress but your immune system will be full of more vigor as well. Exponentially we could seemingly reduce disease levels all over the world if we all kept spreading kindness from one to another, since recipients and observers of kind behavior reap immune boosting benefits as well.

Isn’t it fantastic!? In addition to receiving superb chiropractic adjustments from the great chiropractic doctors at Kaizen, now you know you can boosts your immune system at any other moment you choose just by being nice. You can even boost your immune system while you are waiting to receive a chiropractic adjustment just by being kind to the person next you doing their wellness fitness exercises. Wow! Pretty great, huh?

Today’s KaiZen Wellness experiment: For an entire day to up to a week, do your best to practice as many random acts of kindness as possible.  Every chance you get be kind to yourself and others.  Observe how your body, mind, and spirit feel and at the end of the day report back your findings and let us know how it goes (You can do this easily by leaving us a comment on this blog).

Need some help to get started, here are 10 Kind Ideas to Implement:
1. Genuinely smile as you walk by people on the street or at your workplace.
2. Thank the check out clerk for their service when purchasing your groceries.
3. Give an inspirational card/note to a friend or loved one ‘just because’ telling them
how much you appreciate them in your life – you could even just send them an ecard-easy done!.
4. Give the gift of wellness to a friend, purchase an Introductory Wellness Program for a friend or loved now only $20 through Feb. 20th (includes complete thermal nerve scans, x-rays, and wellness assessment)
5. Bring Flowers home for your Spouse or Give a bouquet to a dear friend/loved one
6. Take Your Dog for an extra long walk (his immune system will get boosted too
7. Offer to watch someone else ’s kids so they can relax
8. Forgive someone who may have hurt you in the past
9. Give the gift of relaxation to someone you know could use it: (yourself or a loved one) Introductory Massage Special is only $39, or sign up for the massage club
10. Be Kind to Yourself: Allow yourself to do something you love but may not usually take the time to do – Go ahead take that bath, get some spa treatments, have an acupuncture treatment, or take a beautiful  hike!

Have other suggestions for random acts of kindness please share them here. Leave a comment and let the whole KaiZen Community know.

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