Healthy Gift Ideas for the Body, Mind, Soul and Spirit
Running out of ideas for your favorite runner?
Do you have someone on your Christmas gift list who is health-minded? Or someone whose health you care about? Here are some ideas to help you find the right gift for them.
Goods of the Body:
1. Membership to a gym or a martial arts dojo (if in Miami, I recommend Tenshin).
2. Gift basket of healthy foods, like raw bulk Walnuts, Dried Cranberries, 68% Dark Chocolate, Green Tea, Apples, etc. (if in South Florida, consider Delicious Organics).
3. Workout equipment, like Exercise Ball or Hand weights (see today’s article on RealAge Tip).
4. Health books, like YOU: Staying Young, or The Healing Kitchen.
Goods of the Mind:
1. Books to expand their perspective, like Practically Profound: Putting Philosophy to Work in Everyday Life or How to Think About the Great Ideas: From the Great Books of Western Civilization.
2. Lecture series (or gift certificate) from the Teaching Company for lifelong learning.
3. Games to exercise the mind, like a Chess Set or membership to NY Times Crossword Puzzle.
4. A gift subscription to The Great Ideas Online e-journal.
Goods of the Soul:
1. Give the gift of art with music CDs, art prints or sculpture, either purchased or your own original.
2. Lessons to an art or music class, tickets to a concert or opera, or a book about incorporating creativity to everyday life- The Hidden Art of Homemaking.
3. A gift session for a facial or massage (write for recommendations in Miami area).
4. Gift basket of soy candle, bath scents, and lotions (I recommend Melaleuca).
Goods of the Spirit:
1. Uplifting books, like Mere Christianity, or Letters of Francis A. Schaeffer: Spiritual Reality in the Personal Christian Life.
2. Give a donation in their name to their favorite charity.
3. Go together to a seminar, perhaps a L’Abri conference, which will help both of you to grow spiritually.
4. And Pray for them daily, along with the other gift you choose!
by Brenda