Learn to take care of your spiritual health

Studies show that spiritual practice can interfere with the clinical picture. To live even better, learn to take care of your spiritual health.

According to a study by the National Institute of Health of the United States, people who preserve some kind of religiosity live, on average, 29% more. Doctors have seen improvements in cases of depression, stress, heart disease, high blood pressure, infertility and even several cancers.
Science and medicine have long ignored this type of evidence. But, slowly, the ingrained concepts begin to be revised. There are many books on the subject such as Milagres Que Medicina Não Contou by cardiologist Roque Marcos Savioli, and there are works in traditional institutions such as the Hospital das Clínicas, also in the capital, where the Center for Studies on Spiritual and Religious Problems (Neper). "Can not you continue with the view that a healer solves a problem without taking anything more into account than the physical?" Says psychologist Maria Rosa Spinelli. We need caregivers who see the individual as a whole. According to this perspective, the patient's attitude is decisive. For a treatment to work, it is necessary to believe: faith makes a person persist and moves to meet the cure.

Mind the spirit and health

Take your intuition seriously. So you put yourself in touch with your more subtle sensations.

Dedicate yourself to rituals such as prayer and meditation

In patients with hypertension, prayer pressure drops in 50% of cases. Is it proven that repetition of the mantra slows down the heart, lowers blood pressure and respiratory rate? effects similar to prayers.

Try to connect with the world

Walking in the park or swimming can have a bigger dimension than practicing a simple exercise, making us get in touch with the forces of nature and filling us with vital energy.

Be optimist

In chronic diseases, when people can focus on the positive side of life, the result is clear. To maintain this disposition, try performing visualization exercises: before you get out of bed, close your eyes and think of a reason that makes you happy to be alive. Over time, it becomes a habit and helps maintain balance.