Self Care Ideas: 10 Easy De-Stressors from a Holistic Health Practitioner

Being holistic is easy- it all the senses and not just the physical part of your well being. These ten simple ideas can be tailored to your needs and preferences.

Ten Holistic Self Care Ideas

• Cook a food healing meal with those warm fuzzies
  • Comfort foods on an occasion is a good thing! Invoke those warm memories and warm fuzzies
  • You ARE in a relationship with food. Give thanks!!
  • Eat outside to nourish body and mind
  • Herbs and spices are underestimated food healers. Spice it up!

• Nature and Cardio
  • Cardio increases circulation of oxygen and nutrients through the blood
  • Cardio stimulates the gut for better health
  • Nature feeds the soul and improves mental health
• Virtual Coffee Date
  • Have a coffee or tea with conversations with a loved one or dear friend. Make it a group date!
• Savor a piece of dark chocolate
  • The bitter taste and antioxidants in dark chocolate benefit all areas of

• Herbal teas
  • Peppermint helps with digestive issues
  • Elderberry is an immune booster (do not drink during a virus)
  • Orange or citrus teas are mood lifting
  • Chamomile and Lavender are calming
  • Dandelion cleanses the liver and improve immune system
  • All properly made herbal teas help with organ function
  • Add raw honey for antibiotic benefit
  • Cinnamon, ginger, and turmeric add incredible health benefits to teas
• Gentle stretches
  • Gentle stretches like yoga or tai chi massage joints and facia surrounding your muscle. Try chair yoga or yin yoga.
• Get smelly
  • Candles, incense, essential oils, and diffusers with specific scents trigger a chemical domino from nose to brain to the rest of your body.
  • Find pleasant scents or ones related to a memory
  • Chamomile and Lavender calm
  • Orange or citrus ease anxiety and uplift
• Donate for the heart
  • Giving with joy and generously is energy that will return to you
  • Find a food bank
  • Donate Blood
  • Donate clothing
  • Give to disaster relief

• Get creative
  • Color!
  • Craft kits and projects
  • Legos
  • Sewing or knitting
  • Play dough or clay
  • Read
  • Gardening

• Wear bright and creative
  • Have theme days
  • Mix patterns
  • Light colors

JRiley

Holistic Health Practitioner