1) Closing your eyes for ten minutes.
2) A longer shower in silence.
3) Meditating on the couch for twenty minutes.
4) Daydreaming by staring out of a window.
5) Sipping warm tea before bed in the dark.
6) Slow dancing with yourself to slow music.
7) Experiencing a Sound Bath or other sound healing.
8) A Sun Salutation.
9) A twenty-minute timed nap.
10) Praying.
11) Crafting a small altar for your home.
12) A long, warm bath.
13) Taking regular breaks from social media.
14) Not immediately responding to texts and emails.
15) Deep listening to a full music album.
16) A meditative walk in nature.
17) Knitting, crocheting, sewing, and quilting.
18) Playing a musical instrument.
19) Deep eye contact.
20) Laughing intensely.
- from Tricia Hersey in Rest Is Resistance
Mar 3, 2024
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- a long late-night walk
- always shower + stretch before bed
- crying, reading, handwriting to exhaustion
- a nighttime routine that includes tea
- counting down from 10 again and again
- same song on repeat (lullaby)
- early morning sun and watch the sunset
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Pack a lunch (save time+money)
Go away from your work (outside, your car, next door, whatever you have available to actually get a real break from work)
Audiobook, reading, podcasts, watch movies/shows in pieces, "micro" workouts, learn something (crochet, coding, new language, whatever)
Also, 10 minutes of meditation is all it takes to start seeing the benefits
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- eat food that u like (bonus points if u cook a recipe, I find it very therapeutic)
- dont procrastinate on cleaning - do it at the start of ur day and end of ur day (also therapeutic)
- move ur body!! dance, walk, run, stretch!!!!!!!! it’ll help regulate ur parasympathetic nervous system
- cold showers stimulate neural pathway development :)
- be careful with what songs u listen to, make sure the lyrics aren’t..erm condescending bc I believe words u tell urself/listen to are very powerful.
- pursue long-form media & hobbies to refocus ur attention span perhaps into a book, a feel-good movie/tv show OR paint, journal, sew clothes, make a bracelet.
- explore ur city! pottery classes, farmers markets, botanical gardens, thrift stores, new park, new food spots
- always indulge in ur appearance even if u aren’t going anywhere. Wear clean clothes, brush ur hair, be hygienic, indulge in skincare. :)
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