3-Step Morning Routine to Boost Your Mood All Day...
For those of you who wake up in the morning feeling less than stellar, there are some simple techniques you can implement into your morning routine to give you an extra boost. These techniques are simple to do and best of all, they are free! Give the following three morning mood-boosting rituals a shot and transform your morning into a truly happy, soulful experience!
1) Practice Deep Breathing
In Ayurveda, yoga's sister discipline, deep-breathing techniques are called pranayama. These techniques help to settle, balance and detoxify the body. When we wake from a long night's sleep we're often still holding onto undigested thoughts and emotions. Pranayama can help us cleanse the body of those thoughts and boost our mood in the process. Specific breathing exercises also support elimination (as we know is needed in the morning). We can begin with a very simple breathing exercise called “calm belly breathing.
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