Equilibrium
“Happiness is peace of mind, and the foundations of balance are love and compassion,” says the Dalai Lama. A whole book has been written on the topic of interest to us - "The Art of Being Happy." It is based on numerous conversations about how to achieve happiness by the famous American psychiatrist Howard Cutler with the Dalai Lama. One of the Dalai Lama's main recommendations is to "discipline the mind": meditate, pray (in his opinion, each of the world's major religions has techniques that can help us become happier), and self-knowledge in order to develop mental flexibility. “People whose minds are not flexible,” says the Dalai Lama, “are unable to think objectively and tend to perceive what is happening around them with fear.” According to another connoisseur of happiness, the famous Indian guru and preacher Osho, bliss and happiness are the original state of man, but we lose it, trying to satisfy our ambitions, regretting the past and worrying about the future. “Happiness has nothing to do with success, happiness has nothing to do with ambition, happiness has nothing to do with money, power, prestige,” Osho says in Happiness That Comes From Within. In his sermons, he calls to live in joy - that is, to listen to the heart, and not to the eternally restless mind, and to learn to be “here and now”: “You live in the present; there is no more past or future. You are wholly here and now. This moment is everything. Now is the only time, and here is the only space. And then – suddenly – the whole sky collapses in you. This is bliss. This is real happiness."

The spine is a sensor that reports to us about any malfunctions in the body, including how much happiness you currently lack. The back is the main energy channel of our body. When we feel bad, we lower our shoulders, stoop, strain the muscles of the neck and upper back. Chronic pain occurs, which doctors call osteochondrosis and are treated with massage and physiotherapy exercises, for which no one has time. Back problems are, as a rule, psychogenic pains, the result of a mental tragedy that you yourself may have forgotten about (that is, forced into the subconscious). You can solve the problem both from the beginning (with the help of a psychotherapist for several years to get to the bottom of what exactly torments you), and from the end. If you follow your posture in any situation (massage, swimming and ballet will strengthen your back muscles to make it easier to do this), you will give the body a signal that you are no longer a poor relative in the human flock, forever crushed by the insult inflicted on you by stronger competitors, but an alpha -leader. To get used to it faster, you can wear a posture correction belt (available at a pharmacy).

Marcy gives 10 tips:

1. To believe that the world exists in order to help us (in Russia we say more simply: “everything that is done is for the better”).

2. Stop acting like a victim - don't complain or blame other people or circumstances.

3. Look for a lesson or a gift of fate in everything.

4. Make peace with yourself and learn to listen to your inner voice.

5. Filter intrusive negative thoughts and focus on problem solving.

6. Forgive offenses.

7. Give up the myth “I will be happy when I have a husband (children, money, a house by the sea)” and thank the universe more often for what you already have.

8. Drink more water, stop eating processed foods, breathe deeper - not with the chest, but with the stomach.

9. Fill every moment with inspiration and start helping others.

10. Trust the flow of life.