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What is the best healthy diet or exercise routine?


It’s the one you stick to. Instead of aiming for perfection, aim for improvement. Any improvement in your wellness and longevity is better than none. Plan on exercising twice a week and stick to it—that is infinitely better than planning to exercise six times a week and giving up. As an aside, I recently started Gentle Yoga at Sala in Questa. It meets twice a week and I love it. Make yourself a little chart with date and exercise and healthy eating. Promise yourself you’ll exercise twice a week and eat healthy twice a week. Then put a checkmark in the column when you do it and pat yourself on the back if you have two check marks for each day. Then once you make that a habit, aim for three or four checkmarks each day for a week. Expect positive outcomes and you’ll automatically continue to improve.


What is the best moisturizer for your face?


I’ve often been asked about what I use on my complexion. There are plenty of creams on the market proclaiming to rid you of wrinkles and smooth out your skin. I’ve found that most of them don’t work, but maybe you’ve found one that does. If you have, tell me. After I take off my makeup, I put on the best moisturizer in the world for my face: water. After I wash my face, it’s slightly damp so I put water in my hand, shake off the excess and spread the water around my face. Then I put on my cream/ointment to seal in the water.


What do you mean by “You are what you think about aging”?


It means become aware of the programming that’s present in your conscious mind. The first step in taking control of the aging process is to bring your thoughts and actions into alignment with the results you want. If you worry about having vitality, stamina, flexibility and strength as you age, you could be praying for what you don’t want. If you say, “Another senior moment,” when something slips your mind, you might be reinforcing memory decline, and if you hate the wrinkles you see in the mirror, that could make you age faster. Abraham, in “Ask and It Is Given: Learning to Manifest Your Desires,” by Esther and Jerry Hicks, says it best: “Worrying is using your imagination to get what you don’t want.” Use your imagination to get what you do want.


Ellen Wood of Questa is an award-winning author as well as an artist using the name, Maruška. The website for her books and paintings is https://questacreative.org/ellen-wood/. Contact Ellen at ellen@howtogrowyounger.com


¡Sé diferente!


¿Cuál es la mejor dieta saludable y la mejor rutina de ejercicios?


Es aquella que puedes mantener. En lugar de aspirar a la perfección, aspira a mejorar. Cualquier mejora en tu bienestar y longevidad es mejor que ninguna. Planea hacer ejercicio dos veces a la semana y cúmplelo —esto es infinitamente mejor que planear hacer ejercicios seis veces a la semana y dejarlo porque no puedes seguir ese ritmo. Como comentario al margen, te cuento que hace poco comencé Yoga Suave (Soft Yoga) en Sala aquí en Questa —es dos veces a la semana y me encanta. Hazte un pequeño organigrama con la fecha, el ejercicio y la alimentación saludable. Prométete que harás ejercicios dos veces a la semana y comerás alimentos saludables dos veces a la semana. Luego, haz una marca en la columna cuando lo cumplas y felicítate si tienes dos marcas cada día. Una vez que lo conviertas en un hábito, aspira a tres o cuatro marcas por día durante una semana. Espera resultados positivos y automáticamente continuarás mejorando.


¿Cuál es la mejor crema hidratante para el rostro


A menudo me han preguntado qué me pongo en el cutis. Hay muchas cremas en el mercado que prometen eliminar arrugas y suavizar la piel. He llegado a la conclusión de que la mayoría de ellas no funcionan, pero tal vez tú hayas encontrado una que sí haga lo que promete. Si es así, dímelo. Después de quitarme el maquillaje, aplico la mejor crema hidratante del mundo para el rostro: agua. Después de lavarme la cara, está ligeramente húmeda, así que me pongo un poco de agua en la mano, sacudo el exceso y me la unto por el rostro. Luego aplico una crema o un ungüento para sellar el agua.


¿Qué quieres decir con “Eres lo que tú piensas sobre el envejecimiento”?


Esto significa que te des cuenta de la programación que existe en tu mente consciente. El primer paso para tomar control del proceso de envejecimiento es alinear tus pensamientos y acciones con los resultados que deseas. Si te preocupas por tener vitalidad, resistencia, flexibilidad y fuerza a medida que envejeces, podrías estar pidiendo lo que no deseas. Si dices: “Otro momento de vejez,” cuando se te olvida algo, podrías estar reforzando el deterioro de la memoria, y si odias las arrugas que ves en el espejo, esto podría hacerte envejecer más rápido. Abraham en “Ask and It Is Given: Learning to Manifest Your Desires” de Esther y Jerry Hicks lo dice mejor: “Preocuparse es usar la imaginación para obtener lo que no deseas.” Usa tu imaginación para obtener lo que sí deseas.


Ellen Wood de Questa es una autora galardonada, así como una artista que usa el nombre de Maruška. El sitio web para sus libros y pinturas es https://questacreative.org/ellen-wood/ . Para contactar con Ellen, escríbele a ellen@howtogrowyounger.com

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  • Ellen Wood

    Ellen Wood, born in 1936, is a prizewinning author, columnist and former management executive. After her youngest child began school, Ellen started an in-house ad agency and won 16 awards for annual report and advertising excellence, including 4 national awards. Five years after her mother died of Alzheimer’s, Ellen experienced early symptoms (she has the gene, APO-e4). At 68 she developed a program of mind/body/spirit techniques that proved so successful, she wrote and published “Think and Grow Young,” followed by “Joy! Joy! Joy!” (now retitled “The Secret Method for Growing Younger,” Volumes 1 and 2) and gave inspirational speeches. Since 2018 Ellen has been the ad agency for NorthStar Tire and Auto in Questa, NM. Ellen started painting in November of 2020, having dabbled at it in her 20s, and gave herself a new name: Maruška, her father’s middle name. She is overjoyed to be part of a big, loving, kindhearted family. You can find her paintings at www.northernnewmexicoartists.com/ellen-wood

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