This is the most important tool to have in your mind, body and spirit self-care toolkit – having a healthy mindset.
When you have a healthy mindset and are able to see yourself becoming more healthy and happy, then it will be a lot easier for you to perform the essential daily self-care practices.
We will start off with practicing some simple self-care daily practices for your mind, body and spirit.
We will start adding more slowly week by week and you can pick and choose the ones you like, and decide whether you would like to practice them daily, weekly or even monthly.
By the end of the 8th week (the Integration week), you would have compiled your own self-care mind, body and spirit toolkit.
It is recommended that you practice all of the mind, body and spirit tools in this first week every single day as this will set you up for success in becoming healthier and happier each and every day!
🧠 Mind:Be gentle with yourself
Affirmation: I AM ENOUGH!
Action: Wearing a “Happy Bracelet”! There are things in life that may make you feel happy. However, choosing to be Happy is an intentional act. Starting from today, intentionally choose to feel Happy!
You are exactly where you are supposed to be right now in your healing journey.
Most too often, we beat ourselves up for not being good enough, successful enough, or rich enough, etc. This brings on a lot of feelings of guilt, shame and anxiety for not being where we think we are supposed to be in our lives.
Let that all go. You are enough!
You are beautiful, you are handsome, you are kind, you are generous, and you are exactly where you are supposed to be in life and in your healing journey in this moment.
Release all of your negative thoughts.
Be kind to yourself and love yourself.
👨👩👧👦 Body:Gentle stretching exercises
Affirmation:
Action: Practice gentle stretching exercises daily.
When you move your body, you open up your energy channels, which is called “Qi”, or “Chi”, in Oriental Medicine. When your Qi is flowing properly throughout your body, then it relieves blockages (i.e. pain) throughout your body.
😇 Spirit:Gratitude upon awakening
Affirmation:
Action: Think of 3 things that you are grateful for as soon as you wake up in the morning, still lying in bed.
Start the sentence with, “I am so grateful and thankful that…”
e.g. I am so grateful and thankful that I slept well last night. I am so grateful and thankful for my bed.
The key is to think of different things that you are grateful for each time. This brings your awareness to surface level. You can be grateful for the delicious cup of herbal tea you had last night. You can be grateful that a stranger opened a door for you yesterday. You can be grateful that you are alive.
When you start practicing gratitude, you will start to find so many things for you to be grateful for in life, and you will naturally start to be happier.
Many people have reported great benefits just by incorporating gratitude into their daily lives.
