How to begin the morning well for a working woman
A day well ended resounds really of a morning well begun. Start in nature. Find that calm place within you, master the art of centering within and without to ease into a more productive and mindful routine
As a working woman — the tugs and pulls of multi managing top order tasks (and most of our tasks do find themselves in a fight-to-finish for elbow room in this full to brim, get up and get going order of the day) — balance, centering within, grounding into our selves would have to be the starting point of a day well lived.
An early start, with a few minutes of silence on a park bench, feet planted in the grass, would suffice. Nature sets in motion a sense of appreciation that we gradually find grows and takes over. It starts with appreciating the tress, the breeze, the flowers and the butterflies, and soon we start to look appreciatively at life and its many gifts. In time, a rewiring of the way we look at things gives way.
A grounding technique attested by psychologists has you speak out the five things you can see, hear, smell and touch. Loud enough for your ears to hear your voice, hands on the grass (real grass please !) In essence, we give our mind data to assimilate from nature.
I can vouch for this one. The trick, however, is to keep it up. Do it preferably at the same time every day. Build it into your routine as a must-have daily multivitamin.
Andrew Huberman, neuroscientist and associate professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine, speaks highly of the benefits of the 10-minute Yoga Nidra practice. A try comes highly recommended here as well as the vibration shift can be felt at the first instance.
The tone of the day, once set, will let you focus on the brightness of the path and roll with the punches without giving in to emotional excess — anger, irritation, hurt, pain. You will be in equilibrium. You will respond and not react, and work from the space of calm you just helped yourself create.
A clear planning or mental note of all that needs done would allow for precision targeting and effective time management. A diary comes in handy for those who like to scribble or the notes in your smartphone.
A hearty breakfast and you can heed any call of duty. Nourishment, say psychologists, is highly underrated in our society as the basis of good functioning, both physically and mentally. Therefore, get in that healthy large portion at the start of the day. It keeps the blood sugar levels in check. And, the hormones, as a consequence. A big one this last as it keeps moods at bay. A mood is the blip that has the potential to send ripples across to the end of a day or one too many at times. A killjoy if there was one.
And, remember to breathe. Breath is the essence of life. Our life force. Breathe. Observe. Integrate. As many times a day as you can. Find your place of calm, zen and the chaos all around will start to make sense and alchemise into creativity and the joy that flows from it.
A day well ended resounds really of a morning well begun. Let the lightness of the morning breeze carry our days through to joyous fulfilment.
Do remember to turn in early at night. Allow the body to follow the *circadian rhythm, as nature intended.
*circadian rhythm
Circadian rhythms are the cycles that tell the body when to sleep, wake, and eat — the biological and psychological processes that oscillate in predictable patterns each day. This internal clock is influenced by external cues, like sunlight and temperature, which help determine whether one feels energised or exhausted at different times of the day.