Five rituals to help you survive the winter
'01.01.2021'
Source: Air force
We all want a calm and stress-free life, especially in winter when it's cold and uncomfortable outside and the days are getting shorter. At this time, it is especially difficult to find the right balance between numerous tasks and taking care of yourself, writes Air force.
Wellness experts Nadya Narain and Katya Narain Phillips say that if we stick to very simple rituals in our daily life, it will help slow down the pace of modern life, so we can devote time to ourselves in the middle of a hectic day.
Nadya and Katya are sisters, authors of the book “Daily Rituals”, in which they share their advice on how to avoid stress during the cold season and take care of your peace of mind.
Meditation over a cup of coffee
In modern life it is difficult to find time to be alone with yourself. It is especially difficult in the morning. But there is a solution: you just have to try to disconnect from everything just for a few moments while you are busy with your morning worries.
For example, while you are waiting for the water to boil in a kettle, instead of switching to other numerous morning affairs, stop and spend those moments thinking and contemplating.
This means that you are not doing anything at this moment, but are left alone with your thoughts.
When we are at home, we care a lot about what is happening in the outside world, but we rarely look inward. If we spend at least a few minutes every morning to take care of our inner state, our day can radically change for the better. Our sense of self will also change, as well as our attitude to what is happening around us.
Make your bed first
This is one of those small rituals that seem to us unimportant, but they can affect our sense of self and state throughout the day.
Making the bed and putting your bedroom in order, you demonstrate self-esteem and care for yourself.
This kind of attention to yourself and what surrounds you will undoubtedly affect how you feel during the day.
In addition, it will be pleasant for you to return to the bedroom in the evening, where order and comfort reign. This is especially important when it is cold and dark outside.
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Change after work
When you get home from work, you most likely immediately rush to household chores - start cooking or go to the nursery.
In doing so, you are missing out on the opportunity to feel more comfortable when you first change into your home clothes.
To fully enjoy the evening spent at home, after work, you must definitely change your office clothes to home clothes.
Take a candlelit bath
Taking a bath is a great way to relax and unwind after a day of worries and worries.
In winter, a warm bath is even more pleasant - it helps keep you warm.
Candlelit bathing creates a pleasant twilight and saves you the urge to turn the bathroom into another field of activity where you need to read or scrub.
Why not add salt and a few drops of fragrant essential oil to water?
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Be generous
When you share something with someone, you continue to take care of yourself that way, no matter how strange it sounds. Helping others helps you overcome the boundaries of your own experience and get to know the world.
Donating money to a charitable foundation is a very good way to help those in need. But such activities will be equally beneficial for you. However, when you simply transfer money to the account of a charitable organization or someone in need, you thereby deprive yourself of communication with this person, which means that you are depriving yourself of a very important experience.
Get into the habit of keeping small money with you in your pocket so that if necessary, you can give this money to the person in need.
If for some reason you cannot donate money, why not share what you have, for example, give warm socks to a homeless person? Or help an elderly person clean up his apartment?
Good deeds will help you appreciate what is truly important in life.
