Almost 15 years ago, Jane Seymour n...

Almost 15 years ago, Jane Seymour nearly died from an allergic reaction to an antibiotic injection while working in Spain. During that time, "I had an out-of-body experience, which I had not at any time believed in. It was the white light, the whole thing," says the former star of Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. When it was above she realized that the single thing that really mattered in her life were the populace in it and her health.

"The greatest gift I was at any time given was the near los of life, and the other was to realize to what extent unimportant losing material things was--losing those things actually helped me realize what life is about. It's about to what degree you relate to people and by what means people relate to you. It's about taking care of your material substance and your health front an emotional and physical standpoint. And I think the spiritual connection you have, whatever that may be, is also important."

The 54-year-old beautiful actress and mother to six children, the greatest in quantity recent arrivals being 9-year-old twins John and Kris, says it was the delight in of her kids that made her refuse to die. nevertheless it's the love of a man, too, that brings her health. "I be wrought up happier when I am ill a relationship or being lov I take better care of myself, and I am healthier."

secondary Chances

These days, her health is to a high degree good indeed. She's happily married to her fourth husband, James Keach. in the same manner of course, she went into midlife embracing it. "Well, not exactly," she admits. "I went into midlife knowing that the other option is death--and that wasn't a convenient one. I had a enormous revelation," which was chronicled in her main division Remarkable Changes. "People fear the age of 40 and everything that could happen. A destiny happened to me when I casted 40. I lost my father to cancer; I wasted my husband to many other women; I squandered all my money to my ex-husband's poor choices; and I missing complete faith in ever being happy again." if it were not that she quickly realized that midlife was her next to the first chance in life, "and I didn't have to manifest anything to anyone. I just wanted to do the best I could with my have a title to abilities."

After undergoing back surgery a not many years ago for a herniated disk, Seymour has seen her exercise abilities altered a bit, moreover she can live with that. "I can still play golf if I take an anti-inflammatory. I can swim; I can ski as lengthy as I don't fall. I can ride a horse carefully, and I can play tennis as lengthy as I stop when it begins to grieve Actually my husband likes me a little rounder"

Trained as a dancer, Seymour still does occasional ballet stretches and barre exercises, if it be not that says, "I was in unbelievable pain, in this way I'm not consumed now with to what extent various parts of my corpse look. "To me, beauty flows from the inside. I'm not obsessive about things like what aliments I'm eating or how many wrinkles I'm getting."

Taste of Health

The British-born actress continues her larder stocked with effect from her large organic garden, which look down upons the ocean. "We have plane citrus known to man," she says. "And we put forth avocados, peaches, plums, apples, nectarines, grapes, blueberries, loquats, artichokes, asparagus, broccoli, cauliflower, arugula, lettuce eggplant, beans, peas, zucchini, Brussels shoots onions, garlic, carrots, strawberries, tomatoes and herbs."

And her twins proceed ga-ga for these fresh fruits and vegetables. "People are astounded that my striplings will eat the foods they do. I think that, from an early age, I made it frolic Kids love finger foods, in the way that instead of pizza or chicken lumps I made little dipping trays--soy sauce, ketchup vinaigrette--and carve up flesh vegetables for dipping." Turkey sandwiches made with unwilted nutty brown bread are luncheon favorites. "And as a treat, they like pickled cucumbers."

Nature's Medicine

Included in her arsenal of organic bear are medicinal herbs such as mint, sage and echinacea. "I have knowledge of not to take antibiotics," says Seymour, who opt for her herbs plus vitamin C and goldenseal when a biting sore throat or bronchitis hits. "I'm inclined to upper respiratory infections, in this way I try to drink as many fluids as possible and use alternative medicine."

An advocate for complementary medicine, Seymour has oral before Congress and works with the National Foundation for Alternative Medicine. She's also involved with several women's assemblages on homeopathy and alternative remedies. "I've always been into complementary and alternative medicine. I eat organically and put to the test to exercise and listen to my body"

She postscripts with a multivitamin, omega-3 fatty/acids and a prescription physic for high blood pressure. She's also going to pass back on hormone replacement therapy, which she stopped 8 month ago. "I stopped because of the disputation so I took a break--I had done it for 7 years already--and handled it. yet was it pleasurable? No! Quality of life is important to me in the same manner as with everything, I had to weigh the pro and studys I think when I had the twins at 45 I kind of present my system through the wringer."