A wellness routine can help improve your life in many different areas such as your relationship with yourself and others, your physical activity level, how you regulate your emotions, and even your perspective on life. A wellness routine can even help you set more realistic and achievable goals, and give you all the motivation needed to go after them.

The way you view your life, all your dreams and goals, even your thought process is all impacted by the way you nurture your body. Believe it or not, the way we interact with the world and the type of energy we take in from others is all aligned with our mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual parts of our health.

For a long time, I never thought it was important to have a wellness routine of my own. I was so use to just living my life on a day to day basis, meeting needs that needed to be met in the moment, and ignoring the ones that weren’t screaming as loud as the others. It wasn’t until I started to practice yoga more consistently that I began to understand just how unbalanced I was with myself and the way I walked this Earth.

Knowing this and seeing how much harder it was for me to complete simple tasks in my life, and how unhappy, tired, and exhausted I felt all the time inspired me to create a wellness routine for myself. Through doing so I can honestly say that I stress less, I’m happier, I’m more energized, and I feel more in-tuned with myself. It’s all because I’ve created a daily wellness routine that has changed my life for the better.

Here are 5 ways a wellness routine can improve your life. [Read more…]

For a long time, I was never a fan of Mondays. I always dreaded when the day would come because I knew that, that meant it was the start of a new week, which meant that I had 5 whole days to go before I got to the weekend again. Mondays have always been hard days for me because I would be so tired and not ready to start a whole new week at all. I got use to relaxing and being lazy over the weekend that I never did anything to prepare myself for the week ahead. And this wasn’t only as a teenager, this lasted for most of my young adulthood as well.

However, the reality is that Mondays is a day of the week that can’t be skipped over. Whether we like it or not we have to greet Monday in order to greet any of the other days of the week. For those of us for usually don’t look forward to Mondays, what do we do about it? We create a routine that helps us prepare for the week ahead.

This routine needs to consists of various self-care practices that will help you get ready for the week ahead. It’s important to have a routine that helps you unwind from a busy weekend, or to restore energy from a relaxing weekend, because it’ll also help you reset and be emotionally, physically, and mentally prepared for the upcoming week.

Sounds daunting but it’s a lot easier than you think. Continue reading to learn what I do to get ready for the new week. You may just find that you can incorporate some of these practices as your own. [Read more…]