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
