10/01/2020
Are you listening to yourself? We’re given so much advice on when to eat, sleep, exercise, and even on what colors we should wear. Have you ever just taken the time to listen to what your own natural circadian rhythms are? For instance, some people are NOT morning eaters but we’re always told breakfast is the most important meal of the day. I remember as a very young girl flushing my breakfast down the toilet because I just wasn’t hungry that early. My son did the same thing! My husband, who eats a big breakfast, insisted that he eat before school. He’d get up and make him a breakfast burrito, which is a super dad move and he did it out of love, only to find out he was feeding it to the dogs on his way to school. My point is you can try to break your natural rhythms and create new habits but they’ll never stick because they’re not you. Same thing goes for how we exercise. If you’re doing something you really don’t enjoy your going to get injured and you’ll end up doing it less and less. There are so many options out there just do something different! So how do we know what our natural circadian rhythms are? You have to sit still every now and then and give yourself a moment. Empty out what everyone is telling you to do and listen to yourself. Sometimes before but always after a yoga practice I sit and “take a moment”. I call it that because as soon as I call it meditating my mind goes crazy with things like, “Am I meditating yet?” So I sit still and I breathe and take a moment. I’m not looking for answers here I’m just learning to listen. Try it. Just take a moment every now and then, be still, and try to stay better connected to YOU. You’ll find that good habits form easily and your nervous system is much more calm when you go with your natural flow.