When it comes to applying wellness to your life, it is definitely more than working out and eating healthy. Taking responsibility for your health and your decisions play a huge role in wellness. In our interview with Swan Dances With Breeze Diaz, we get to discover wellness in the eyes of an Ayurveda specialist.
Also being an herbalist, alchemist, and licensed Holistic Aesthetic Practitioner, Diaz has years of experience when it comes to health and wellness. Dealing with skin conditions in her early years led her to develop Natural Passion 4 Wellness, a line of natural self-care products.
Wellness in the Eyes of Swan Dances With Breeze Diaz
In our chat with Diaz, we reveal what she has discovered wellness means through the years of her own personal experience and journey.
What is a common misconception about a person’s health and wellness?
“I feel a common misconception is that a person has to be perfect at it and requires a lot of time. Although with practice, improvement comes”.
What does wellness mean to you and why?
“Wellness to me means having a daily mind, body, & spirit connection. Wellness is also progress, not perfection”.
What initially made you interested in improving your own health and wellness?
“I became more interested due to my skin challenges”.
What type of imagery comes to your head when you think of people’s wellness?
“The yoga pose Sarvangasana. Benefits of Sarvangasana include blood circulation regulation, healthy thyroid gland, curing constipation, reduces hair loss, lower stress levels, improved sleep quality, weight management, promotes healthy hormonal balance, reduces varicose veins, and many other benefits”.
There’s lots of talk about the mind-body connection. How would you explain this concept to someone?
“On my journey, I’ve learned a mind-body connection means slowing down, taking time for Self every morning and evening. Even if it’s just 5 minutes. We all have 5 minutes to pray, chant, meditate, stretch, journal, or whatever allows you to sit with Self. We need to learn how to be our best friends first! When we slow down, we can connect with Self and hear our spirit guides”.
Food is a major component of holistic health. How does what you consume connect to your approach of well-being?
“Just like the simple saying, ‘we are what we eat’, but complex. And to take the saying a little deeper, we become what we invest our energy into”.
Tips for Optimized Wellness
In order to take responsibility for our own health and well-being, we asked Diaz for some helpful tips to get started. In our conversation, she answers many common questions that present themselves in people starting off their wellness journey.
Any tips you have for balancing overall wellness via foods?
“Shop at your local farmers market as much as possible for your produce. First, this will support your local community, and second, it allows you to consume the freshest non-GMO ingredients. We should be eating foods that are in season. That way you receive the nutrients to keep us healthy seasonally. Lastly, you can check out my Facebook page ‘Taste My Love‘ for more intentional tips”.
Your home is an important part of your well-being. How would you recommend making sure your home space is benefitting your wellness?
“It’s quite difficult to pick one suggestion. One of the many tips I’d share is to become familiar with Feng shui. Feng shui can help guide you to be more intentional with how to set up your space for creating balance for healing in your home”.
When you feel your body getting ill what is the first step you take to heal?
“I rarely get ill, but a mindful perspective I’d like to share is if ever I feel ill there are several mindful components to consider. Some of these include what am I consuming (food or energy exchange with people), daily body movement, water consumption, daily intentional spiritual practice, limiting EMFs, connecting with nature, breath-work, etc.
When I go through my intentional checklist I’m usually able to pin-point what needs more attention. The onset of illness is the body, mind, and spirit communicating to us that it needs our attention to be more mindful [of] our choices”.
Is there anything you have learned on your wellness journey that you wish you could go back and tell your old self?
“I would tell myself I always have 5 minutes day and night for my mind, body, and spirit practice. I’d also tell my younger self to grow my own food and peace comes from within.
‘Your vibe attracts your tribe’ meaning if you have a healthy or unhealthy relationship with yourself, your relationship choices will reflect that…so choose wisely”.