It's amazing what a little bit of yoga every day can do for you. At least it can for me. I know yoga isn't necessarily everyone's cup of tea--my husband hates it because he isn't flexible at all (we need to work on that, I know). But seriously, yoga rocks! I've been very good about exercising every day this month, and usually it's yoga. It's almost like my body has just come to... need it? Expect it? I don't even know how to explain it, but if I don't do yoga in the morning, I crave it. And now if I get into bed without doing even just a few stretches, something feels off. Woo! So happy and proud of myself for that!
And hey, I'm going to delve into that now. Part of being truly, wholly healthy, is accepting yourself. You have to look at and acknowledge what you are doing well. We often are our own worse critic and our own worst enemy. Choosing to see the good in yourself is so important to your overall health. It helps you mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. And when you help all of those things, of course it is going to affect you physically. Be kind to yourself. Everyone makes mistakes. Allow yourself to make mistakes and not beat yourself up for it. Acknowledge your mistake and choose to learn from it and move on. I cannot stress how important this is in life.
Now I'm going to change subjects (squirrel!). I guess it's kinda along the same lines... Anywho. I had an awesome experience earlier this week and I want to share it. I was doing yoga one morning, a Yoga with Adriene video. (She is seriously my favorite! Amazing videos-she's real, honest, and just awesome!) In a lot of videos she talks about setting an intention. What was your intention for getting on the mat that day? what's your intention for the day? etc. I'll often think to myself that my intention is to be healthy. I'm not sure what it was but I decided to do it a little different that morning. The intention thing came up quite a few times in the video. There were a few poses where she would tell you to think about your intention again. That morning I decided to focus on four words. Strength. Energy. Health. Love. Every time she mentioned the intention in the video, I focused on those four words and how I wanted to have them and feel them throughout the day. Those four things were the reason I had gotten up and gotten on the yoga mat that morning.
Now this is the amazing part. I felt all four of those things all day long. I didn't do anything different. It was a normal, routine day. But I truly felt all of those things all day long. I got more done throughout the day and I just overall felt so much better all day. I'm going to try it more and see if I notice a difference, because it was amazing. I strongly encourage you to try it. At the start of your day, even if you're not doing yoga or anything like that, take a minute or two to focus on your intention for the day. What do you want to feel or how do you want to feel? Focus on it and allow it to wash over you and see if it makes a difference. It made a difference for me and I'm excited to see if it continues to when I make a conscious effort to focus on those intentions at the start of my day. Let me know about your experience if you try it. I'd love to hear about it!
If you've made it this far, I want to thank you so much for reading this. Truly. You have no idea how much it means to me that you have read my blog post. I hope that you enjoyed it and that you are even somewhat inspired to focus on your own way to health--physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Thank you for letting me share a part of myself with you.
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