Starting your day in a mindful way can have numerous benefits. It can improve your mental health, boost your productivity, and even improve your relationships with others. Here are four simple ways you can improve your mornings.
Wake up at the same time every day.
You might be tempted to catch a few extra minutes of sleep. However, hitting the snooze button is sure to add some stress to your morning. Instead, try to go to bed earlier and set your alarm clock earlier than usual. This will allow you some time to gradually get out of bed and not feel rushed.
Get moving.
Do some light exercise, like taking a quick walk outside, doing yoga, or stretching. This can help get you into a more positive mindset. By getting the blood flowing, you are stimulating the body and mind, which in turn helps you feel less tired and in a better mood throughout the day.
Eat a healthy breakfast.
It’s easy to want to skip breakfast, especially if you are in a hurry. However, it’s true what they say, breakfast is the most important meal of the day. You will have more energy throughout the day if you eat a healthy breakfast.
Give yourself a mental break.
Give yourself a mental break by taking a few minutes to sit quietly or listen to a guided meditation. It’s easy to immediately want to check your inbox or other work-related tasks. However, it’s important to give yourself a mental break first thing in the morning. If you commute, listen to an audiobook in order to start your day on a more positive note.
Want to learn even more about mindfulness and how you can incorporate it and other social-emotional learning competencies into your classroom? Join Diana for her “Exploring Social-Emotional Learning” session at the 2023 TCEA Convention & Exposition session on Tuesday, January 31 to get plenty of ideas to take with you. Register now for TCEA 2023!
28 comments
Very helpful my daily routine
love the daily routine
Keep moving
helpful
It would be so helpful to make these techniques as my morning habit to start my day in mindful way.
Eat a healthy breakfast
Give yourself a mental break
Get moving
Those are 3 important things to keep in mind to be mindful of yourself.
I try and listen to soft music during the day to stay focused on the task at hand.
It wouls be really good for me to use this methods to woke up with positive attitude and more energy.
I guess I should stop skipping breakfast.
This is a great reminder to wake up positively
Starting your morning right with positive mindset, helps improve the rest of your day.
I do go to bed early and set my alarm before I have to get up. BUT, I do not eat breakfast. 🙁 I will make a concentrated effort to do better.
Starting your morning right with positive mindset, helps improve the rest of your day.
All of these activity suggestions are great and necessary; however, for a daily “rise and shine” ..and a smooth journey to work, I personally like to listen to WayFM radio..i.e. The Wally show. Meaningful Music and honest Conversation.
Very Helpful way to get my day started
Very important to have a morning discipline and routine that
keeps you alert and in harmony with others
These four things are very important in our daily life to keep us healthy.
Very Knowlegeable.
Very interesting!
A reminder list of things that will help to get your day started.
I’m not always the best at waking up at the same time everyday. This is something that I need to work on especially making sure that my breakfast is more of a healthy option than what it has been lately.
Great traning
I do snooze one too many times. I will try not to do that. I do stretch and have oatmeal for breakfast though. And with running around the house trying to get ready, does that count for walking? I will start meditating more before I start my day as well. Thank you for these reminders. It truly helps to keep me grounded.
keep moving
A healthy structured routine is extremely important to your mental and physical health.
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Mental break is most important for starting your day.
information was informative