Just Smile
There’s an old saying that says when you smile, the world smiles back at you. In a much truer sense, smiling just feels good, and thus, it attracts all the positive aspects that life can bring. Even a kind smile to a waitress serving a hot plate of your favorite dish is enough to lighten up her weary face. Smiling is very easy to do and it is free to give. Why frown when you can smile instead?
When you smile, you look more attractive and you feel like one too. This is enough reason to make smiling your top agenda each morning you wake up and each night before you go to bed. Smiling just loosens your tensed muscles, making your nostrils wider and letting you breathe more air that can reach your body’s vital organs and cells. Smiling can be fun too and it can open networks of friends whom you would never have imagined will want to know you in the first place. ” There’s something about your smile.. ” You may have heard this line too often and truly, a smile can brighten up the darkest room of any cold space.
Have you ever heard of Smile Yoga or Smile Meditation? This technique, a novel idea by Professor Park Jae Woe, targets a person’s mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual growth. A simple smile is believed to have the most positive effect in anyone’s life and for this, a smile meditation technique is brought to people who have simply forgotten the feel-good art of SMILING.
What happens during a Smile Meditation? Like any forms of meditation, the mind is prepared for peace and relaxation. Thoughts are cleared of all negative vibes, where positive phrases are reinforced to create those positive thoughts and emotions. Learning the art of smile yoga is also learning to perfect oneself and live life the way it should be harmoniously lived. The focus of this form of meditation is on postures and movements that are easy and comfortable to do. Any motion causing pain can disrupt the body’s ability to smile. Every movement is taken slowly, where nothing is rushed, forced, or strained.
The Health Benefits of Smiling
Before you even raise your eyebrows and frown at this article, you need to read further on. A smile doesn’t only make you look good, but it can also give you plenty of health benefits like:
1. Reducing your risk of depression due to Endorphins released when you feel happy
2. Being viral and spreading that happy feeling to people in a room
3. Relief from stress, fears, anxieties, or worries
4. Better immune system that protects you from catching colds and flu
5. Lower blood pressure levels
6. Lower risk of heart disease
7. Natural pain reliever when you feel happy
Overall, smiling simply boosts your confidence, giving you that positive outlook in life where nothing is unattainable. A smile can even win that coveted job during the toughest interview. Health-wise, when your mind feels happy, your body will feel at ease as well. We all know that disease is caused by a body’s unease. Just live a healthy lifestyle, choose natural healthy options, and put on a smile each day to help you live your life to the fullest. Be Happy!
Little Smile with Narayani – Yoga practice for Joy:
