Reflections
My Thoughts on Yoga, Wellness, Health and Lifestyle
“The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.”― Carl Gustav Jung
2022 - The Year of Self-care
Research has shown that our brains are not designed for constant productivity, in fact it’s been proven that we can be more productive when we schedule in some daily ‘me time’.
Self-Care means making healthy choices, putting your physical, emotional, and mental well-being first, so that you are taking care of your own needs and not sacrificing your well-being to please others…….
Can you say NO without guilt and YES without fear?
Maturity as well as years of practicing yoga and meditation has taught me to connect to my intuition and innermost feelings.
I now have the confidence to say No to something that does not serve me or makes me feel uncomfortable. Equally I have learnt that having the courage to step out of my comfort zone by saying Yes can open me up to new possibilities and opportunities…….
Align with Compatible Values
At some point in your life, you get tired of unhealthy connections, whether they are people or things. As you grow and become wiser certain things become intolerable and that’s ok!
Self care is a form of self respect, from eating and exercising healthily, to meditation, rest, mindset, ideology and forming bonds with likeminded people…….
The antidote to self criticism is self kindness
Most of us are our own worst self critic, we habitually judge ourselves as not competent enough or not physically attractive enough etc, etc. AND we actually believe these negative things that we tell ourselves.
Yet when we continually dwell on these thoughts, they become bad stagnant energy and can have a huge impact on our brain health, as well as our physical health, nervous system and emotional health, eventually causing anxiety, stress or even depression…..