Ageing well: Body, mind, spirit!
Ageing is inevitable, but we can choose to age well with the right lifestyle choices. Maintaining our quality of life is important as we get older. Making the right choices can help improve our physical and mental wellbeing through our senior years. Establishing the best habits early will ensure they stick with us as we get older.
Body An obvious first step to good health is good nutrition. Healthy eating habits are so important for maintaining physical health, playing a big role in reducing your risk of heart disease, diabetes, and certain cancers. The key to creating these habits is patience! It takes time to instil new habits and new tastes, but if you make the commitment to stick with it, after a few weeks you’ll find that you prefer your new food choices over your old ones. Stick with a balanced diet that avoids processed, fried, or sugary foods. Pairing healthy eating with a good exercise program is the best way to ensure that your body keeps up with you as you age! Solana Resorts offer many options for getting physical and staying active, there’s something for everyone!
Mind Keeping your brain engaged is a key factor in ageing well. Just as our bodies need exercise, so do our minds in order to keep them functioning at their best. Working your brain regularly can help to lower your chance of dementia. The key is to challenge your brain to take on new tasks, such as learning a musical instrument or a new language. Ageing well also includes your emotional health and stress levels. Staying socially active is equally as important as staying physically active. Join a club, start a neighbourhood walking group, take up a team sport, or just throw a party! Resort living with Solana offers a community of friends and neighbours, along with a Livewell Centre that has plenty of opportunities for social activities and interaction..
Spirit A positive attitude goes a long way towards feeding our spirits. Keeping an optimistic attitude leads to less stress and depression. Having a healthy frame of mind can give you the encouragement to work towards a healthy body as well. There are other ways to feed a positive spirit, from practicing mindfulness and meditation, to yoga, to simple self-care routines. Reaching out to family and friends is also important when your spirits need lifting, having someone to lean on can be just what we need to put a smile back on our face.
Ageing well isn’t about any one magic trick. It’s important to take care of our whole selves, body, mind, and spirit, to really make the most of our later years. Remember that all these steps cross over from one category to the other, exercise feeds our whole self, staying social feeds both mind and spirit, and so on. The sooner you start making positive changes, the sooner you will be creating the healthy living habits that can give you the best possible path to ageing well!