Feel like your life has become a routine? Take yourself out of auto-pilot and on a journey toward harmonious living. Your balanced lifestyle starts with creating a ritual of self-care that allows you time to relax, rejuvenate, and reflect. Seek inner peace and healing with daily meditation. “Our minds are chatterboxes that produce an endless number of judgments and evaluations which directly influence our behavior,” says Donna Wilkinson, author of The Only 127 Things You Need: A Guide to Life’s Essentials-According to the Experts (Penguin Group, 2008). Taking the time to address your constant thoughts will allow you to calm frenzied energy, relieve stress, and take you on a journey toward self-discovery. This soul-addressing act doesn’t have to be done cross-legged on the floor. Your harmonious connection can be found through writing, prayer, yoga, or chanting, says Wilkinson, as long as “the words and the act have meaning to you.” Treating yourself with care and sincerity is the first step toward living a lifestyle that is in balance with other daily behaviors and the environment. Begin treating your body like a temple with the help of Candace Pert’s Psychosomatic Wellness CD (Sounds True, 2007) for guided meditation and affirmation practice.