{"id":600,"date":"2012-08-19T09:00:34","date_gmt":"2012-08-19T16:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/?p=600"},"modified":"2012-08-16T10:51:18","modified_gmt":"2012-08-16T17:51:18","slug":"your-healing-landscape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/?p=600","title":{"rendered":"Your Healing Landscape"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/environment-for-healing2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-613\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/environment-for-healing2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>As I sit here and write this blog, I look out on a beautiful setting\u00a0one of\u00a0pine, fern and other large trees I don&#8217;t know the name off.\u00a0 The sky is crisp blue and the air that comes in through my window fills my room pleasantly.\u00a0 I breathe in deeply and inhale as I close my eyes and feel a tranquil peace of mind.<\/p>\n<p>This is the setting I came home to New York to, and from which I have\u00a0confirmed is an environment that is concussive to my healing.\u00a0 Having lived in Arizona for two years where the air is dry, the temperatures extreme and the use of indoor space to cool you is used more often than not, I sought to find a more balanced environment for my body.\u00a0 I found it here in New York where my body, mind and spirit are getting a much needed dose of good energy from my surroundings.<\/p>\n<p>Our bodies are permeable, susceptible to not only what we put in it, but the environments within which we expose ourselves.\u00a0\u00a0Our natural inclination is to gravitate towards spaces that give us the most comfort.\u00a0 When we are embarking on a journey of healing it helps to consider what environments we thrive in.\u00a0 We can choose our healing landscapes.<\/p>\n<p>We might begin by\u00a0asking ourselves where do we find ourselves most at peace?\u00a0 Are we someone who enjoys the touch of earth at our feet, dirt, dry air, red and orange tones to our landscapes of rugged mountains and valleys and strong heat?\u00a0 Do we need to be close to water, see it and hear it or just have the opportunity to visualize it on occasion?\u00a0 Do we find peace amongst the quiet of nature, fields of trees, or wild forests?<\/p>\n<p>These questions can help us\u00a0to explore\u00a0the environmental\u00a0conditions for which our character\u00a0can\u00a0find a resting place for our minds and foster a healthy sense of well being.\u00a0 This can lead us to heal\u00a0at a more even\u00a0pace,\u00a0and create optimal opportunities for us to utilize our spaces to\u00a0rejuvenate and replenish ourselves.\u00a0\u00a0Keeping this in mind we\u00a0can make better choices for ourselves when considering our living habitats and make the changes we can to improve our spaces to our needs.<\/p>\n<p>Consider the environment within which you live and ask yourself if it is indeed\u00a0encouraging you\u00a0towards better health.\u00a0 What improvements could you make to encourage healing?<\/p>\n<p>Share your thoughts with us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I sit here and write this blog, I look out on a beautiful setting\u00a0one of\u00a0pine, fern and other large [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=600"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":615,"href":"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600\/revisions\/615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}