From the first edition of the Energize your Life magazine covers, I bring you my favorite techniques.
1. Splashes of color in your life (in your wardrobe or on your walls, or anywhere!) are said to wake up the brain!
2. Citrus smells are energizing, so get that grapefruit bodywash for your morning shower.
3. Pop a peppermint.
4. If you stand in the sun for 20 minutes, even on a cloudy day, in the morning, you should have a good burst of energy to take you through the day.
5. Take care of things that zap energy during the day. Make that dentist appointment. Take the dog to the vet. The next day, you'll feel relief, not burden.
6. Really, really exhale when you breathe out. Any way you can rid your body of toxins, the better off you'll be.
7. Do an inverted pose to send blood to your brain to wake it up.
8. Before bed, calm yourself. Concentrate on happy things, and ditch the iphone and computer before bed. Even TV is better since it's less interactive. I prefer the quiet, welcoming pages of a book.
Maybe you can use some of these too...?
Showing posts with label Real Simple. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Real Simple. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Thursday, April 28, 2011
The Magic of Real Simple
Oh, how I LOVE Real Simple! I've said it before! I'll say it again!
This past week was the wonderful day of the month where that magazine shows up in our mailbox. This week's cover? "Energize Your Life." Complete with a big orange flower. My thought was, "Alright!! I could ALWAYS use simple, easy, doable tips to get a little boost!" The one thing I have read so far that am implementing is the scent of citrus in the morning (or peppermint anytime). My new, FABULOUS face soap smells like grapefruit, and I make a conscious effort to take a big wiff in my shower in the morning. Oh yes, it's energizing for sure!
My second thought? "They've had this before!! And I kept it!!" I went to the back room, the dreaded, packed, messy back room, and went to exactly the place I thought it was. And there it was. In all its citrus, orange glory! This article gives many tips, and the only one of which I actually used was the stretching in the morning. Dr. Oz suggested that a while back, too, in a show I saw when I was on maternity leave. There's nothing like taking a few minutes to really wake up your stiff muscles. The current Real Simple issue organizes it by time, so you can use certain tips in the morning/lunchtime/afternoon slump/etc....And even at night to tell you how to direct your energy so that you fall into a more productive sleep.
But one tip from each article ain't gonna fly. So I WILL read them, and slowly implement things I want to, though I think one at a time is best. And hopefully, I'll remember to share my findings with you! I kept last year's orange fruit cover in hopes of implementing more. Now with both of them glaring me in the face on my nightstand, I hope to follow through better this time!
This past week was the wonderful day of the month where that magazine shows up in our mailbox. This week's cover? "Energize Your Life." Complete with a big orange flower. My thought was, "Alright!! I could ALWAYS use simple, easy, doable tips to get a little boost!" The one thing I have read so far that am implementing is the scent of citrus in the morning (or peppermint anytime). My new, FABULOUS face soap smells like grapefruit, and I make a conscious effort to take a big wiff in my shower in the morning. Oh yes, it's energizing for sure! 
My second thought? "They've had this before!! And I kept it!!" I went to the back room, the dreaded, packed, messy back room, and went to exactly the place I thought it was. And there it was. In all its citrus, orange glory! This article gives many tips, and the only one of which I actually used was the stretching in the morning. Dr. Oz suggested that a while back, too, in a show I saw when I was on maternity leave. There's nothing like taking a few minutes to really wake up your stiff muscles. The current Real Simple issue organizes it by time, so you can use certain tips in the morning/lunchtime/afternoon slump/etc....And even at night to tell you how to direct your energy so that you fall into a more productive sleep.But one tip from each article ain't gonna fly. So I WILL read them, and slowly implement things I want to, though I think one at a time is best. And hopefully, I'll remember to share my findings with you! I kept last year's orange fruit cover in hopes of implementing more. Now with both of them glaring me in the face on my nightstand, I hope to follow through better this time!
Monday, April 11, 2011
Something to Look Forward To
I always love something to look forward to. Friday is ALWAYS there to look forward to. There are of course annual, maybe monthly events to look forward to. Girl's nights. Date nights. Coming home each day to see my little one. Alone time. I have a LONG list of books I want to read, all of which I LOOK FORWARD to reading. But it takes me a while to get there. In my fit for researching and talking about happiness and how it pertains to my life, I recently remembered this book. I first read about it several months back in my FAVORITE magazine, Real Simple.
From Amazon.com:
Ask any woman how she's feeling. Even when things look pretty great from the outside, chances are that at least one thing is nagging at her. Whether it's the size of our thighs or our bank accounts, there always seems to be something that isn't measuring up to our high standards.
In The Nine Rooms of Happiness, Lucy Danziger and Catherine Birndorf use the metaphor of a house to release us from this troubling phenomenon.
* The Basement: Memories
* The Family Room: Your nearest and dearest
* The Living Room: Friendship
* The Office: When work follows you home
* The Bathroom: Body image
* The Bedroom: Intimacy and relationships
* The Kitchen: Nourishment and the division of chores
* The Kid's Room: Parenting
* The Attic: Expectations
Sounds pretty great, huh? I look forward to this one!
PS-Another thing I look forward to is my monthly issue of Real Simple in the mailbox. Oh, glorious day!
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