A Regenerative Life, Lived Abundantly.
Depth of nutrients enriches health, depth of learning enriches wisdom, and depth of movement equals vitality.
These were notes to myself earlier this year on how to live a deeper, richer life. Then I was reading more about regenerative agriculture and realized the systems that apply to nature, also apply to us and how “rich” we make our lives. So I thought they might be helpful for you too.
Regenerative saying, “it’s all about the soil”. Regenerative agriculture is basically the premise of increasing the nutritive value of the soil year after year. The earth knows how to recycle and enrich itself brilliantly if allowed to do so. It recycles dead and decaying matter into food to feed the new growth coming.
Our bodies are designed the same way. We recycle dead cells every month into new and living cells and tissues. Our body even recycles it’s own bile to be reused! Of course, nutrients, oxygen, sun, water, movement and sleep are necessary parts of the process. What we are feeding on, drinking, listening and tuning into, gathering and processing makes a different in how much depth and richness our lives truly have.
SO the question is: How are you increasing the “richness” (health) of your body’s “soil” lately? This is a continual process of life and “life more abundantly.”
1 Depth of nutrients = health
Real foods, whole foods, preferably with lots of variety.
Eating sprouts is a wonderful way to add dense nutrients into your life quickly.
For increased depth, challenge yourself to go out and forage for food in the fields and forests!
2. Depth of learning = wisdom
Practicing the art of asking questions and listening to wise mentors, the primary one being Jesus.
3. Depth of movement = vitality
Stretching and breathing, getting movement every day in different ways. What is a new way you have moved your body recently? New sport or activity? Taking a hike in a new area helps me. Even driving a new route or visiting a small business I haven’t been in before. New happenings build new pathways in our brains!
What are you feeding on for mind enrichment? Soul enrichment? Strength and breathe enrichment? Diversity of ecosystem? Movement?