Healthy habits to add to your "me time"
Many countries are re-opening up after the pandemic and many more of us are going back to our lives
On the one hand, we missed being out, socializing and traveling. On the other hand, we have grown so used to having our own space and sacred time that we can use for “ME time”.
One part of us craves to go out and socialize, while another part of wants to stay home and do nothing…
This confusion has brought with it a tiny, sneaky guilt…Guilt of not being enough, guilt of not having time for yourself.
Does this mood sound familiar?
I have good news...
1) You are not alone
Most of my clients are struggling with this dilemma (including me )
People who have been spending their time on self-transformation and realization during the pandemic are struggling to keep a health-balanced approach. Habits like daily meditation and journaling are easy to skip or postpone to grab a drink with friends under the sun.
2) It is possible to keep a healthy routine that does not cause you stress!
A healthy routine should help you to raise your vibrations without causing stress. If putting a meditation into your daily agenda gives you the feeling of “another task”, maybe it is time to consider a pause and try new things that can give you joy…
How to create a healthy routine that does not cause pressure in your busy day?
This is one of my favorite topics when I do Corporate Trainings, we all struggle to create "Me Time" under the burden of responsibilities.
In Mindfulness Workshops, we dive deep into the topic of “How to create healthy routines to raise your vibrations during your busy day (without creating extra stress)”.
Why it is important to not add to your stress?
If you are “giving your best to achieve a high standard” in your business life, you also want to achieve results in your well-being and transformation. When we approach creating a routine with our masculine side (yang energy), we fall into the trap of taking action and adding another 'to-do' to our busy to-do list.
The more we fall behind in our to-do list, the more we get stressed. This stress turns into guilt the more we procrastinate. And our negative self-voice sees to opportunity to put more blame such as “you are lazy, you can’t even find time for 10 minutes meditation and you talk about changing your life…you are a not good enough” .
In order to avoid this negative inner voice, we try to get more busier; going out more, drinking more, trying to socialize more, so we don’t hear ourselves.
Covid took away the ability of ignoring our inner voice since we were locked inside. Now, there are many things to distract our inner voice...
How can we introduce more basic Mindfulness activities that can turn into healthy habits?
With simplicity!
3) HEALTY HABITS that are SIMPLE and EFFECTIVE
Start your day with WATER in the morning
Simple thing as this makes a big difference in the energy level. Why?
When we are dehydrated our fatigue levels go up
HOT WATER helps better for cleansing during morning
It helps to prevent and treat headache*
If you are skeptical, research has shown that a headache is one of the most common symptoms of dehydration.
A study in 393 people found that 40% of the participants experienced a headache as a result of dehydration
47% of the men who drank more water reported headache improvement, while only 25% of the men in the control group reported this effect
Meditate for 10 minutes every day
There is endless research on the benefits of the meditation. It helps to reduce anxiety, reduce pain and improves your immune system.“The goal of meditation isn’t to control your thoughts, it’s to stop letting them control you”
In my next blog, I will share different types of meditation with tips, stay tuned!
Walk in the Nature (GREENERY AFFECT)
Walking has many benefits for your body. You are probably aware of it. Walking also helps to deal with your stress… Especially when you walk in the nature, you feel the difference in your mood immediately. The easiest thing you can do for yourself is to walk in the nature.
Research shows the greenery affect and how it is even stronger with the children (If you are a parent, you would know it by heart without any research ).
“ The annual prevalence rate of 15 of the 24 disease clusters was lower in living environments with more green space in a 1 km radius. The relation was strongest for anxiety disorder and depression. The relation was stronger for children and people with a lower socioeconomic status. Furthermore, the relation was strongest in slightly urban areas and not apparent in very strongly”
Remember, one little small step turns into a path…