Out of Sight, Out of Mind

Good habits are hard to keep, especially if they are new to our routine. I am an avid believer that I have good intention to do a lot of things, but if I do not put reminders on my path, autopilot can sometimes take over (and it often does).

Anyone who walks into my home, will notice that I have my wellness basket of tools in my living room: foam rollers, yoga wheel, yoga blocks, resistance bands, kettlebells, therapy balls. On a good day, all therapy objects are placed neatly in the basket. Other days it looks like wellness movement threw up in my living room.

I keep these tools in sight, so that if I am watching TV with my loved ones (or by myself) I can also use this time to decompress from the muscles I used for that day or even week.

Choosing wholeness and implementing it in your life doesn’t have to be another task. It can be a part of what you already are doing.

The more you implement ways to integrate wellness in the life you already live, the easier it is to honor your version for showing up for yourself, each time. This helps with building trust and a line of communication with the body.

Try looking at your schedule this week and intentionally find ways to implement some healthy habits: Eg instead of meeting your friend at the coffee shop, take a walk with them instead, soak in the sun, singing loud in the shower, run your feet in the creek as you walk the pups, breathing exercises in traffic.

I find that writing down these ideas help.

How do you implement new habits?