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20 Ways To Make Your Day Healthy. Pick At Least One Daily.

by Brittany M. Edwards, posted in Health & Wellness

There is an amazing article I found by Cure Joy about ways to make your day more healthy. The best part about this list is that you have things to choose from that you can implement on a daily basis. It is always hard to start new routines, that is why being able to choose which you will implement on any given day is really beneficial.

These 20 ways are actually not all that bad or hard to follow through on:

  1. Wake Up Before Sunrise
  2. Don’t Skip Breakfast
  3. Exercise For An Hour
  4. Drink 2 Glasses Of Water 5 Times A Day
  5. Cook A Meal At Home
  6. Get Off The Internet
  7. Walk Briskly For An Hour
  8. No Junk Food
  9. Get 8 Hours Of Sleep At Night
  10. Procrastinate
  11. Bike To Work
  12. Ditch The Elevator
  13. Drink A Cup Of Green Tea
  14. Laugh Out Loud For 10 Minutes
  15. Do 10 Repetitions Of Sun Salutations
  16. Breathe Deeply For 10 Minutes
  17. Take A Stroll Barefoot In Grass
  18. Give Sugar A Pass
  19. Go Green
  20. Call Up An Old Friend

 

Source: https://www.curejoy.com/content/ways-to-make-day-healthy

 

Mindful Breathing

by Brittany M. Edwards, posted in Mindful Living, Mindfulness

I find that learning to breathe mindfully, is the first step to living a mindful life. It can be difficult when you’re just starting out, but it gets easier. The more you practice, the better you get. Mindful breathing helps you calm your mind. A calm mind is just the beginning to gaining a deeper understanding of yourself.

To make it easy I start with simply find a comfortable place to sit. You can also lay down if you want. In any case, make sure you keep your back straight. Get a timer, and set it to five minutes. While taking a deep breath in and letting it out, slowly close your eyes. To help you only focus on your breath; say the words “inhale” as you inhale your breath, and “exhale” as you exhale your breath. If at all your thoughts began to wonder, just bring your focus back to the words “inhale” and “exhale”.

Aim to practice mindfully breathing everyday for five minutes for a week. Pick a time of day, maybe after you brush your teeth in the morning and/or before you go to bed at night. It’s a good time frame to get you started. On the second week, you can extend your time frame to ten minutes everyday. The next week, fifteen minutes and twenty minutes by the forth week.