It's interesting...our bodies are beautiful intricate works of art, science and technology that we get to work with everyday.  It is a very foreign concept for people, which is strange because this is the only body we get. period. For this life, why not work with it, instead of against it. Listen to it and give it what it needs.  Then in return, it will support you in many different ways, with health, stamina and mental awareness. It is amazing...
Listen to your body, it knows what you need.  It seems like we are always responding to what it needs, whether it's a pulled muscle, an infection or even to rest when we have stretched it to it's limits and not given it what it needed to begin with.  We are reacting to what happened instead of what is happening.
What usually happens is we find out what it needs, take care of it for awhile, then when it is feeling better, we forget about it, assuming it will take care of itself.  Our bodies aren't built for sustainability unless they have a constant working relationship with all aspects of life.  Your body is part of the whole beautiful package.
We are born with a whole range of attributes including a spirit, a personality, a sense of purpose and most important, a body. All the cogs need to work together in order to sustain constant health, hemostasis, if you will.  It can be done.  But you have to pay attention and listen.  It starts with feeding this beautiful body good foods that give it energy and focus.  Use it, our bodies are meant for us to use them physically, to walk, run, exercise, and to stretch, use what you have, it is a miracle.
The most important thing is to allow your body to rest when you feel tired, don't drink more coffee or 24-hour energy drinks, rest.  If you are tired, take a break and rest, sleep.
Our body is ALWAYS communicating with us.  We just have to remember to listen and feel what is happening inside us and all around.  Thank your body for carrying you this far in life and bless it and thank it each day for how many more years it will continue to work with you as long as you decide to walk this earth.
Blessings...there is a 3-day detox for hungryforchange.com or for a more gentle new way of giving your body what it needs, check-out beautiful Kate at Innerhum.org, she will gracefully guide you into honoring your body, mind and soul and get you happening for 2014 and the rest of your life. Enjoy!