Be Healthy, Well, & Inspired

Finally, you can relax in August.   August is the month for vacation and when families take their kids on vacation before school starts.  You can lie  back on the hammock and put your feet up.  When the temperature rises, it’s a signal to drop heavy thinking and let the body take over.  School’s out, so factor your kids into your plan:  organize a multi-generational barbeque for the neighborhood.  And what about that self-care you keep postponing?  While your husband and kids are out in the ballpark, treat yourself to a spa day.  I have had two self-care activities already in less than a week!  Speaking of self-care, check out the self-care guest post I wrote on Chic Geek Designs last month.

Set an Intention

Relaxation is vital to my well-being, bringing balance to my life.  Vacations restore my energy and peace of mind.

Practice:  Being Silent

Even if it’s no more than half an hour, give yourself a period of silence everyday.  No phone, no computer, no social media, no television, no radio, nobody calling you from the other side of the bathroom door.  Inform everyone in your family, you are on a retreat.  Use the time to pray or meditate, read something inspirational, write in your journal, daydream.  What’s most important is to bathe in silence.  Let it seep through your pores.

Project:  Pitch a Meditation Tent

If you have a backyard or a porch, make yourself a little meditation hut.  It could be a tent, a simple wooden platform with a frame roof draped in cloth, even just a beach umbrella.  Furnish the space with a meditation mat or cushion, a small table with a candle, and perhaps a spiritual object.  Use the space for your daily half-hour of silence or any other favorite practice.

{image:  found via Meredith Stokke}

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