Now that November is here, the mad rush of the holidays will soon be upon us. Give yourself the gift of planning, in advance, by designing a holiday self-care plan. Your plan will help you have your healthiest holidays ever!
Holidays don’t have to mean food overindulgence, weight gain, and sleep deprivation. Instead, end the calendar year with a wellness bang. Here’s how.
Start by creating a holiday self-care plan. This will help you to navigate the holiday festivities while staying on track with your regular workout routines, spiritual practices, and eating habits.
Tip Number One: Establish your wellness goals for the remaining weeks of the year. How do you want to look and feel at year’s end? Do you want to fit into your favorite red Christmas dress or be limber enough to touch your toes at your holiday yoga class? How would you like to feel during the busyness of the holidays? What practices do you need to put in place to help you reset your emotional wellbeing to happiness and calm? How will you stay on track with your spiritual practice during the holiday rush?
Once you have created your goals, look at what daily and weekly actions you need to put in place to help you achieve them. How many days do you want to work out at the gym in order to be able to fit into your favorite dress? What eating choices will you make to support your goal? What time of the day or week will you devote to spiritual practice?
Tip Number Two: Next, conspire to inspire your friends, family, and community to join in the gift of wellness together. Create a holiday wellness revolution. You can even invoke new wellness traditions by planning holiday celebrations around your group wellness activities.
Invite your holiday group to participate in a yoga class together, an outdoor adventure, or a simple nature outing.
Tip Number Three: Fashion a new holiday menu, which focuses on organic foods, fresh veggies, and healthy desserts. Give up sugar laden dishes and heavily processed entrees for heart healhty recipes such as kale salads, vegetable sautees, and veggie dishes. Spice up your cocktail parties by featuring fresh herbal tonics and ginger teas.
Be a trendsetter by keeping your health front and center during your holiday season. You can do it. Make it your healthiest holidays ever by following these three simple tips: plan for your self-care, create holiday wellness activities for your group of loved ones, and design a healthy holiday menu.
