Tips to Start Your Yoga Body Cleanse - Set the Pattern Now

Welcome to our Challenge!! Before we even get on the mat this week, I would love for you to get some clarity on what is important to you about this time together and how we can set a healthy pattern from day one. To begin, create an anchor for yourself that will guide us through this journey. The anchor is the grounding chord intention. Want to set a powerful grounding chord? One that is right for you? One of the most powerful ways to get clear on this is to connect to your value system.

VALUE SETTING

  • Meditate on your values and write down your top five.

  • After sitting with them throughout the day, choose 1-3 to anchor yourself with for our program.

  • Write them down where you will see them every day.

  • Ask yourself during this cleanse if what you are doing is aligning to your values.

CONSCIOUS CHOICES

We actually have a lot of say in how the day goes based on what we do as we begin each day. This life will fly by in a flash. How great would it feel to wake up in a way that is meaningful and life-affirming for you? Here is an approach to help you by cultivating conscious choices. What are the first five things you do when you wake up in the morning? Are they things that support your mental and physical well-being? For our pre-cleanse accountability assignment, you can keep it simple or go deeper with the journal prompts. At the very least, come up with five 'first things’ you do in a day that are healthy for you. Do at least three of them before looking at your phone every day of this challenge.  Reclaim your energy and love yourself first.  Before peeping twitter. You can do this!

FIRST FIVE THINGS IN A DAY

  • What are your first five things you do in a day?

  • Do 3-5 of those things every day before looking at your phone/device for email, text, news, social media, etc.

INSPO FOR THE FIRST FIVE THINGS

  • Think ’Thank you’ or ‘Thank you, I love you’ before your eyes open or right as you are waking up.

  • Meditate (you can use phone to pull up a guided meditation or to use a timer)

  • Brush your teeth and tongue scrape away overnight bacteria accumulation

  • Drink warm lemon water

  • Make your bed/fluff your pillows

  • Write a gratitude list

  • Light a candle

  • Look outside, open a window

  • Walk outside

  • Take 5-10 deep breaths

  • Cuddle with a loved one or pet

  • Be kind to any people in your environmen

  • Choose a kinder thought/alternative perspective on people who are flooding your brain who bring you stress or irritation

  • Pray (sincerely) for the people who bother you

  • Read something that helps frame your day positively

  • CHALLENGE: do these first five things before using your phone for news, email, text, social media, etc.

JOURNAL

  • What benefits could these rituals will bring to you?

  • What is the resistance you experience or anticipate with doing the first five things?

  • What are some ways this will routine of yours will benefit others?

  • What are some ways you can do this and have dependents (for those of your with kids or caretaking)?

  • What do you think your body would say about you doing or not doing these rituals? Write a letter to yourself from your body’s perspective. Read it to a friend, me or a therapist perhaps.

FOOD PLANNING - please visit our resource for food planning here