Calm Your Nervous System - Attend to the main functions of your body by harmonizing the Vagus Nerve. Keep meditation, conscious breathing, prayer, Yoga/Physical activity, walks in nature, animals, sexual pleasure, inspirational reading, and eating healthy food, high on your daily activities to-do list. Here's one of my all-time favorite Yoga classes you can practice that will help you stay inspired, durable, refreshed, brave, and buoyant. As serenity takes over, the body functions efficiently and will overall gift back good feelings and sweeter thoughts. When the fight/flight (sympathetic response) gets tranquilized, we return to stasis. Read these articles from Anima Mundi Apothecary & Optimal Living Dynamics to learn more.

Recognize When Doom/Gloom Starts to Infiltrate - We are subjected to negative energy on the road, in public places, and when hearing the news. We cannot check out of the world, but we can choose what we let into us and how to respond. A resilient heart can feel and detach with compassion. Build that practice. The mind-heart is intimately linked. Heart coherence is an exercise to train the emotional body. Check out: heartmath.org to get some free tools. As we become present with our emotions, name them, and understand how they often have great wisdom, we can take control of our mental states, too. I am currently reading Brené Brown's Atlas of the Heart, which I highly recommend. She has thoroughly researched this subject and provides many insights, leading to powerful personal shifts in how we relate to life around us.

Liberally Conserve Resources - Energy is a personal commodity. The direction in which you focus will have consequences. Invest with care. Narrow down your values, principles, and actions to that which truly deserves it. Make a conscious effort to place attention on the things that cultivate the Greatest Good for humans, creatures, and resources. Karma acts like a magnet. What you do today will give to the children, the planet, and your tomorrow. We must protect the future - not just for our long-term benefit, but the for worth inherent in all our relations. We are more connected than we realize. Our actions (or inactions) have an effect that often goes beyond our knowledge. Get inspired by this eye-opening article from Columbia University's Climate School. The high road includes a more careful, softer footprint as you journey through life.

Stay Centered - It is no surprise that the great Teachers, Gurus, and Leaders took a Middle Path. After trying out extremes to their fullest, they ended up in the wise center. Feel your feet on the ground or your butt in the seat. Breathe and move awareness into your belly. Your gut instinct, along with your intuition, lives in this place. Together they help us take the right action, speak the proper words, and align with sound intentions. It takes a little more time and patience to temper ourselves, but it prevents 1000 mistakes. Listen to this beautiful teaching about the Eightfold Noble Path, as taught by the Buddhist monk, Thich Nhat Hanh.