How to achieve a balanced life has long been practiced in the monastery. It is meditating – silently or with yoga, qigong and tai chi, it is fasted to strengthen the body, and it is tipped. These rules from the monastery we should also heed in everyday life 1. Sufficient sleep of seven to eight hours at fixed times. 2. Sufficient exercise: Sweat at least twice a week and walk several times daily, stretch, etc. 3. Healthy diet, which corresponds to the digestive power of the individual: predominantly vegetarian. 4. Drink enough: two to three liters of water or tea daily. 5. The brain wants to be trained: To come up with new ideas, travel helps, learning something new or striving for new goals. 6. Schedule health cures and health days, preferably in spring and autumn. 7. Allow rest (turn off the radio and TV) and gain serenity (meditation). 8. Do not live alone for too long: communication promotes well-being. These dos mean simple: everyone is responsible for his health. If you want to stay fit and vital, you have to do something for yourself! Take the first step today. How about an evening walk, for example – instead of lazily lying on the couch in front of the TV? Kneipping: baths, casts & wraps. Whether barefoot walking through the dewy grass in the garden or wrapped in the tub from top to bottom – all these treatments are inextricably linked with Sebastian Kneipp (1821-1897). But the Kneipp cure consists of more than "just" water. The pastor gave his patients healthy and moderate diet, sufficient exercise in the fresh air and a stress-free life as possible to the heart. In addition, he swore by natural remedies such as teas and inhalations with local herbs or on hay packs. Tip for home. Try the rising foot bath – this strengthens the immune system in the runny nose. Start with pleasantly warm (!) Water and add hot water. After 15 minutes, the water temperature should be 40 ° C. Not for varicose veins! Fasting: abandonment makes you healthy. With a bit of overcoming and under expert guidance, it works out: too sweet, too salty or too fatty foods, with alcohol and cigarettes! Her with tea, Semmerl or vegetable juice. The offer ranges from F. X. Mayr to juice cures. Therapeutic fasting cleanses and dehydrates the intestines, tissues and skin, vessels and also the joints. Tip for home. Three times a week as dinner (until 5pm) cook a fresh vegetable soup – Wьrferl or Packerl are taboo! Meditation, Yoga, Qigong & Co. In the rest lies the power. Shut down, let go of everything and find your own center – that is the goal of meditation. An important instrument is the right and deepest possible breathing. Silent meditation, such as prayer, from which monastic sisters and monks draw strength, needs practice and is not something for everyone. Many swear by gentle bodywork like yoga (image), qigong or tai-chi. Hyperactive workaholics have to be fully exploited in various martial arts such as kickboxing & co, strength or endurance training, so that the mind can finally relax. Tip for home. How to recharge your batteries: turn off your cell phone and light, turn up your favorite tunes, light a nice candle. Lie down with your upper body as comfortable as possible, and watch the flickering flame – all thoughts come and go …