Life is for living! Learn as much as you can and enjoy life! ENJOY - JOY Joy is the smallest component but a very important one! Too many people do not have enough ‘joy’ in their lives for many reasons. We lose sight of it in a society that is focused on negatives and ‘correction’. That red X on assignment sheets and tests can blunt the joy of learning. A busy lifestyle that does not allow time for joy and ‘smelling the roses’ can deplete a person’s store of joy! Lack of joy and enjoyment in the animal kingdom usually leads to decline and death. It can be found everywhere if we choose! In the beauty of nature, learning and concentrating on something we want to do can bring joy along with the little things of life and in the amazing natural world. Colour is a joy to me!                   Drive The Genie Express focuses on Yum, Genie, joyful interaction and ways to strengthen joy! FOOD AND EATING  Food is the 6^th most important component of survival and yet it has the highest priority in our modern life, which suggests we eat a lot more than we need. Unfortunately it is also one of the most ‘changed’ components and as such causes a lot of problems. We have already touched on the additives but there is a group that I belong to that lobbies for change. It is Additive alert. Food is a very difficult area to negotiate in relation to sensitive individuals. Some people have multiple medically proven allergies while others suffer and never know why.  The most obvious way to get good food is to get good fresh, natural foods and avoid processed, refined and modified foods.  Often food is not what it seems so ‘allow’ instinct and intuition from the Higher Genie Mind to help! Eat slowly with love and appreciation and enjoy it! DRINKING WATER Good water is extremely important in many ways! We often eat instead of drink because we mix up our body’s signals and many people are chronically dehydrated because of this fact! We are more than70% water. Water can also be toxic if it is in an unnatural state, not naturally flowing, denatured, exposed to chemicals, some metals, negative thoughts and more. Learn more about water and the impact of thoughts on water with Dr Masaru Emoto. What applies to water also applies to people and more so when they are sensitive! We need to change how we think about water and drink more ‘good’ water! EXERCISE How much exercise we should do is still debated but it should be enjoyable. The basic exercise animals do is walking, running, playing and intensive bursts of exercise related to surviving, obtaining food and staying fit. We need this variety of exercise as well so it is good to organize a regime that includes walking, some form of fast exercise and strength exercises. There are many ways to maintain a healthy peak fitness level but it is up to each of us to work out how to organize it. Or get help from the many specialists to help such as a personal trainer or gym instructor.  STRETCHING  Watch a cat, dog, lion and even a young baby. They stretch every time they change positions and they really appear to enjoy the stretch! We may have beliefs about stretching and exercise from an early age that prevent us from enjoying them and if this is the case we need to desensitize these beliefs and work out a stretching exercise regime  to do everyday that works for us individually. The regime can be broken up into parts to do at various times of the day to make it easier to do and enjoy.    RELAXATION   Tension is a fact of life of life for both animals and humans. However animals take as much opportunity as they can to relax and sleep. Most of them drop into immediate relaxation when there is no need for them to be alert to danger. The reason methods of relaxation such as yoga, massage, aromatherapy etc. are popular is that they encourage a person to be in a state of relaxation. People need to take regular breaks to allow relaxation of the mind and body. Meditation is one of the best answers to this because it creates a state of relaxation and can be done as short breaks during the day. When we pay more attention to our body and mind we will notice when tension arises. that is the time to take a short two minute meditation and muscle relaxation break. Take two minute breaks often and reap the rewards of natural relaxation. This will help bring more peace and joy into our life physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually make life flow more smoothly. We become more proactive than reactive and take time out to see the beauty in nature.  Lack of joy leads to decline!                 We need JOY! SURVIVAL AND PRESERVATION Our life force essence is the most important necessity of survival and yet it’s safety is often recklessly disregarded and the issue of death avoided. Breathing is the next most important but it is taken for granted and the development of it is neglected. Breath is life because when breathing stops life stops. Good strong breathing is needed to maintain good health! Breathing changes in response to many things including tension, adrenalin, pollution, toxicity and allergies. Allergies and reactive behaviours come from the Higher Genie Mind’s intolerance and rejection of anything that it perceives as not good for the body! This perception in deeply interlinked with The Belief Bank. Breathing can be strengthened through aerobic exercise or blowing up of a balloon with a little hole in it five or six times daily. OPTIMUM HEALTH  Optimum health means being as healthy as possible within the restrictions of daily life. After observing healthy free animals it became clear that natural instinctive components of good health had a specific order of priority and amount. This is shown in the Optimum Health Pyramid Diagram on the right. Take time to think about this concept and observe wild animals or even an unspoiled healthy family dog or cat to confirm the idea behind the Pyramid of Optimum Health. 1. In wild animals the first  component is survival and preservation because their senses are tuned to be  alert to danger to protect their life. Even when napping they can snap to alertness in an instant. 2.  They sleep or relax most of the time they are not required to be active. This activity results in both deep regular sustained breathing and a lot of time connected to the subtle life force mind of the animal.   3. The next most common activity is stretching and flexing. Animals do this frequently when they shift positions, get up and often they just do it to enjoy a good stretch. Stretching also exercises opposing muscle groups. 4. The fourth component is exercise, which is achieved by the constant stretching, general fast regular burst of activity for survive dashes, catching food to eat and playing games to stay fit and alert. Survival is dependent on healthy movement! 5. The fifth most important component is drinking water. They drink more frequently than they eat.   6. The sixth is that they only eat as much as they need to survive and it is natural and instinctive to their species.    7. And finally seventh animals take time to love deeply, play games for fun and enjoy life.                THE OPTIMUM HEALTH PYRAMID            (based on observing nature and wild animals)                  If we cannot change the world            We can change the way we react to it         Look through different eyes to gain new insight       and understanding from the natural world and         it’s complex mathematical interdependence Made with Xara Web Designer Created by Robyn Sharrock Disclaimer: It is not permissible to copy, distribute or sell any part of the Genie Book or Power Full Ways site information without the owners consent. Further the information in this book and services are based on opinion and as such we will not be held accountable for the consequences of your own actions and behaviours. © Power Full Ways and Drive The Genie Express - Robyn Sharrock 2010                                              7. Enjoy                                             6. Eat                                        5. Drink.                                      4. Exercise                                   3. Stretch and flex                                2. Sleep and relax                             1. Survival and preservation JOY Beware! It may look natural!