Looking after yourself; Something that we all like to remind other people to do but we never remember to do it for ourselves.
|Gifted|In the past few months this has been a real focus of mine. I have been super busy, but it is at super busy times that you sometimes need to extra check back in with yourself otherwise everything starts to crumble. I have found that for me fitness and well-being go hand in hand. I know that if I don’t keep my body moving then my wellbeing takes a tumble soon after. If I keep myself active, then I am a much better person to be around. If you follow me, you have probably seen that I have been getting into running and have found that it is a slot of my day where I don’t worry about 99 things at once. Yes, I admit sometimes getting out to do exercise is the last thing you want to do when you finally get home but I have felt so much more energized because I have gone out. I also recently purchased a Fit Bit which has also been a great encouragement to get off my bottom whist sitting at work.
Yoga: I have always kind of dabbled in Yoga and I really enjoy it. It’s great if you want a low intensity activity, which you can switch off to yoga is the one. If you’re a yoga newby I would take a look at Yoga with Adriene on YouTube. She has loads of great beginner videos you can follow along to at home. Most of the time I just freestyle and go with my own little flow and try to add in some stretches and Ab strengthening work at the same time. If you follow me over on Instagram, you hopefully have seen some of my Yoga time-lapse clips in stories or on my feed. Below is a little time lapse of my most recent flow, this was a very simple one. I find starting with a few deep breaths gets me nice and centred before I go onto more flowing move throughs.
Surrounding yourself with happy: Now this may sound like a strange one, but I do think it’s a massive help. By surrounding yourself in negative things all of the negativity starts to pull you down. Surround yourself in happiness and it has such a positive effect on everything. I was recently gifted this cute T-shirt from Jesmundo and it is just the right mindset I am going for right now, ‘Kind people are my kinda people’, need I say more. Here is the link to my t-shirt here! Jesmundo have also just brought out an awesome range of social media inspired slogan t shirts to add to their huge range of reasonably priced t-shirts. You can check out their socials below. It is also a great t-shirt for yoga practice!
Bath: A long soak in a bubbly tub. Need I really say more? Having a bath for a minimum of 10 minutes is one thing that I have really been using in the past few months. I just find it a nice chill out before bed. I have been sometimes been popping my laptop on top of the closed toilet seat and keeping up with Stranger Things 3 or sticking on a study video which is multi-tasking at its finest!
Thanks for taking a look. These are just a few things I have been focusing in the past few months to keep myself on top form and happy.
Chloe May x
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Yoga with Adriene is my absolute fav place for when I am doing a bit of Yoga!!
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Yes! I love the way she explains everything! Thanks for your comment x
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Yoga is great, it helped fix my back pain! I love Yoga With Adrienne too!
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Thanks for your comment Alice! She is so great right?
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Cute post and love the T-shirt! Between yoga and a Fitbit you’re nailing it!
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Aww thanks I feel like I am I just need to keep it up! Thanks do take a look at their sight they do loads of cute tee’s x
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Will do! cheers x
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I love yoga and love yoga with Adrienne! She has helped me so much not only with yoga but even my self confidence. I love the shirt by the way and you move so gracefully with yoga! I hope I can get there soon!
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She is so good I love the way she explains things! Aww thanks Nyxie, that’s very nice of you. The more your practise the easier it becomes x
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I love hot yoga! Its the best because it kinda forces you to be present and your body really engages. It can honestly be so tempting to surround myself with negativity because ‘misery loves company’ and positivity can feel almost crude but you really do need that energy to lift you out of your funk and push you to feel and do things that make it seem less hopeless. A bath is probably the most benign form of a human reboot which is so necessary. Glad that you shared these!
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Thanks Cordelia! A reboot is exactly the word for a nice bath! thanks so much for your comment x
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Great reminder. Thank you for sharing.
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Good work! I watched your whole video and now I feel like I accomplished something too. I’m a big believer in getting rid of negativity. That makes a big difference.
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Thanks for your comment x
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I love Yoga With Adriene – I only really stuck to yoga after following her videos. I might try creating my own flows as well – I tend to get stuck in my head and think I’m not good enough to do it on my own (which is probably counterintuitive!)
The Jesmundo tee is really cute as well, I’ll have to check them out xx
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Doing your own flow isn’t too difficult! As long as you know some basic moves you can easily move from one to the other! Great stuff they do some really cool tees x
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this is awesome & i love your shirt! yoga is so relaxing 💛
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Thanks cutie! Thanks for taking a look x
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Cute top! It’s so important to remind ourselves of the positives ❤
I think I'm the only person to not have tried Yoga with Adrienne but I am in love with the TrackYoga app – the earning points to unlock more flows by doing yoga has helped to motivate me and I don't find the voice annoying (which I so often do)..
When I'm away from home I get into quite a nice routine of having a bath in the evening, then a snack, meds and yoga before bed… I wish I could translate that routine back to home. Even if just routinely doing the bedtime yoga flow.
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I had no idea about the Track Yoga app I will take a look into that! That is a good routine to have I do like a good flow before bed x
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Thanks Cara. give it ago it can be difficult but keep sticking at it x
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I’ve heard many good things about yoga … I think I may have to check It out!
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Yeah give it a go and let me know how you get on x
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It is so important that we take care of our bodies. It is great that you have been focusing on yourself lately. We need to take care of ourselves first before being able to focus on other things. I love these wellness activities you do! Nice baths are the best! 🙂
Nancy ♥ exquisitely.me
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Thanks for your comment Nancy! I feel so much better for looking after myself! Baths are right!!
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“Looking after yourself; Something that we all like to remind other people to do but we never remember to do it for ourselves” – so true. Personally, I love doing yoga early in the morning. There’s something calming about the stillness. I will definitely check out the YouTube channel you mentioned, seeing as I don’t take professional classes, but do everything from home (so I live for tutorials). I was wondering what kind of music you listen to when you do yoga? Great post xx
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Thanks!
I sometimes just stick a random yoga playlist on or anything random that comes up in my playlist! Thanks for your comment x
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Love the t-shirt! I really want to get into Yoga but I find it hard to start new hobbies as I always feel like I am failing at them, even though I know everyone has to start somewhere. xx
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Thanks Hannah! You’ve just got to keep going it can be difficult but you’ve just got to get the yoga Matt out and do it!
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I tried Yoga With Adrienne a few times and loved it! She’s so calming and captivating, I really like to listen to her explanations.
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I love the way she talks about yoga! Thanks for taking a look xx
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I like doing yoga when I am in need of a good stretch, and Adriene’s videos are great for that! I don’t really find it relaxes me, but I do feel good after. I love having baths! Putting on a video on my iPad, and just chilling away. I like to have mine in the morning though, I sometimes feel too hot if I have one at night.
Ellyn x | Life Of A Beauty Nerd
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As long as it makes you feel good that is all that matters! I don’t usually have time in the mornings for a bath so have to go with night time ones.
Thanks for your comment Ellyn x
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Awesome I am gonna definitely check them out! 🙂
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i’ve really wanted to get into yoga! i have done a few times but never got into it! maybe i should give it another go when i have some time on my hands!
tabitha ♥ http://www.latenightsandlattes.co.uk
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Yeah give it a go! The more you try it the easier it becomes xx
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Physical activity indeed – running does it for me too. But also I find that if you can develop a positive mindset generally, ignore the habitual moaners and grumblers, see the positives in life, have a laugh, you’ll feel way better in yourself.
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Exactly! Couldn’t agree more
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I love yoga. I think it is an essential self care tool.
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It really is!!
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You’ve inspired me to watch Yoga with Adriene, hadn’t heard of her before! I love yoga, and usually incorporate it into my workouts as a warm-up. I’ve had a bad knee for a few years, and after my injury I couldn’t even bend down! Doing small exercises and discovering yoga has helped me to re-build muscle and keep my body flexible, which also stops my knee becoming stiff and sore. Great post x
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Thanks Shannen! So glad you gave it a go!! Yeah I dance and find a bit of yoga every week keeps my body nice and flexible! Thanks for taking a look!
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I like the way you write it flows nicely and your content is a pleasure to read. The message in the t-shirt is awesome!
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Thanks so much!x
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I love the t-shirt, it is so cute! I used to do Yoga so much and I stopped for some reason and defo need to get back into it. Baths are also my fav thing! xx
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Thanks Chloe! Baths are the best x
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Love that t-shirt! I’ve been doing Yoga with YWA every day for around the last 2 years. I honestly couldn’t imagine my life without Yoga now! x
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I’ve been wanting to get more into Yoga, but I’m so intimidated to try a class, so I’m def going to check out Yoga by Adrienne.
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It’s a great way to start learning about yoga
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This study examined the effectiveness of yoga in enhancing emotional well-being
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Yoga’s great for you, nice post. 🙂
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