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Simple Self-Care Routine For Busy Women To Relieve Stress And Overwhelm and Feel Better

Simple Self-Care Routine For Busy Women To Relieve Stress And Overwhelm and Feel Better

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In today’s post, I share a simple self-care routine you can use to relieve stress and overwhelm so you feel better better and enjoy the rest of your day.

Be honest. Much as you enjoy life have you ever woken up, feeling jaded, tired and desperate to spend a little longer in bed?

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self-care routine

Your body aches and you don’t have the energy to wake up and get up?

You lie in bed, dreaming of taking -time out yet in the back of your mind you know you have to get up.

You wish you could stay all day snuggled deeper into your duvet.

Maybe your eyes feel puffy, your nose bunged up, shoulders ache and you feel bloated and heavy.

Perhaps your body is screaming out for you to stop, unwind and rest yet, you can’t take time off work because you have too much to do.

So you ignore your aches and pains and carry on.

If this sounds like you, it’s definitely time to take a self-care break,

Go ahead, read the following seven self-care activities, pick a couple and make a commitment that you’ll schedule time in your diary to fit them in as part of your self-care routine.  [Read more…] about Simple Self-Care Routine For Busy Women To Relieve Stress And Overwhelm and Feel Better

Beginners Guide To Yoga-5 Different Types Of Yoga Styles

Beginners Guide To Yoga-5 Different Types Of Yoga Styles

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Blessings and Welcome to another yoga post dedicated to encourage you to look after yourself and to find more moments of calm in your busy day.
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The other day I received a phone call from Mary, a potential yoga student.

Mary was stressed, overworked and exhausted. Life was getting her down. A work colleague advised Mary to try yoga as a way to find relief from her worries and to boost her energy.

As I listened to Mary recall her daily struggle -from waking up feeling tired , anxious and clock-watching about getting her children ready for school time; they were old enough to get themselves ready and dressed for school, but Mary liked to be around to make sure they left home on time to go to school; this left her feeling rushed and anxious on days when she had to go into work early. Mary tried to leave work by 5.00pm so she could pick her children up from their AfterSchool Club. Her work day felt rushed and Mary often felt demoralised at the amount of work she had to do, often without support and proper resources from her manager.

I remembered how anxious I used to feel working as a Probation Officer and juggling heavy workloads with a young family. I was always tired and fed-up of playing catch-up at home and at work. [Read more…] about Beginners Guide To Yoga-5 Different Types Of Yoga Styles

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