Summer Self Care

Summer Self Care by Stephanie
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“What you do for yourself-any gesture of kindness, any gesture of gentleness, any gesture of honesty and clear seeing toward yourself-will affect how you experience your world.” -Pema Chodron

Nourish Body, Mind & Spirit

Summer is the perfect time to slow down and notice where you need to be "fed", aka, practice self care. Nobody can do this for us. And if we don't do this for ourselves, we risk becoming resentful, contracted, and unhappy! We must feed ourselves in order to feed others.

As I spoke about last week, we are in charge of our own happiness and this includes on going self care.  Give yourself permission to do what makes you feel good. You're worth it.

Top 5 Picks to Nourish Body, Mind & Spirit:

Massage - From therapeutic and deep tissue massage to relaxing massage, it's one of the oldest healing modalities. Massage can relax muscles, soothe aches and pains, release energy blockages, rejuvenate body, mind and spirit.

Yoga - Yoga promotes inner and outer health & well-being. In addition to improving physical health: flexibility, strength, balance, pain management, yoga is a powerful tool in personal transformation.  Yoga has been shown to decrease stress, helping with anxiety and PTSD, while improving our mood and outlook on life. 

Meditation-  We get 2 choices: medicate or meditate. From managing stress, anxiety, and PTSD to cultivating a deeper sense of inner peace and well-being, meditation can help. 

Energy Healing - Chakra Balancing is an energetic healing technique that works holistically on the body, mind and spirit from the inside out. Major systems of the body are restored with life-force energy to promote body's natural ability to heal.  Chakras will be cleared and re-balanced so you feel lighter and empowered. 

Reading List - Self-enrichment is one of the keys to growth.

Our top 5:

-Untethered Soul by Michael Singer -- We are all trying to be okay. Guess what? You already are!

-Reclaiming Joy by Stephanie Filardi -- 4 Steps, when applied, to live happy, healthy, free.

-A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle -- Awakening to your life's purpose and then some!

-A Return to Love by Marianne Williamson -- Love is a potent force and the key to peace...in relationships, work, life...

-Women, Food & God by Geneen Roth -- How we eat teaches us volumes about our life. Time to stop the battle with food and deeply listen.