Making new habits:
t he yoga and medit at ion challenge by Hannah Parry
can. And I love goalsetting, setting myself bigger and bigger
Have a visual t racker
projects to work towards, from marathons to completing long
You can search for and download some really lovely habit
I’m a pretty energetic kind of person. I like to maximise the potential of every day by cramming in as many activities as I
distance paths, mountain climbing...you name it! However, I
trackers. You’re encouraged to colour in the squares in
find it hard to switch off and take time out, which sometimes
beautiful rainbow colours creating an ever more intricate
results in burnout when my fitness goals and work schedule
pattern as your habit grows. I found a scrap of paper and drew
are too much. So this year, I want to create the new habit of
some boxes on it with a biro. Scruffy ticks in wonky boxes
finding some quiet time every day. There is more and more
work just as well as emerging artworks pick what works for
research pointing out how connected we are all the time and
you.
how much time we spend staring at screens of various kinds. Both these things mean that I often have thoughts whizzing round my head when I’m trying to fall asleep. So here’s how
Create account abilit y
I’m going about creating my new habit of mindfulness every
Tell your friends and family what you’re doing (or write an
St art ing small
article about it…). Telling people will help you stick to your
day.
new habit people may even want to join you in your challenge, and then you’ll have to stick to it so as not to let
can’t spare that much time. So I’m committing to 10 minutes
Seek out resources
a day. I can do that. Anyone can do that.
There are sooooo many resources on the big wide Web. From
Committing to an hour of yoga every day isn’t going to work what with work, blog writing, running and other hobbies, I
your friend down.
the Headspace app to yoga on YouTube, there is something for everyone. My personal favoutite internet choice is Yoga
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