Plus, 3 quick tips to improve your energy!
Most of us would love to have more energy to tackle our daily to-do list and still be able to be present and enjoy the important moments with our families, friends, and ourselves.
So why do we feel like we’re lacking in energy so often?
There are so many factors to consider here.
On a physical level, some of these include things like illness, disease, health conditions and pre-conditions, lack of exercise or too much exercise, chronic infections, sleep issues, mitochondrial dysfunction and more.
On a mental-emotional level, we’re impacted not only by our thoughts and feelings, but also by how we interact with our thoughts and feelings – how we dwell on things, how we let things go, how we reframe.
Of course, however it resonates, the spiritual level plays a role too.
The interaction between all of these, the physical-mental-emotional-spiritual, is its own influence. For example, we know that when someone feels the emotion of stress, their body physically responds with neurotransmitters that signal the body to amp up its stress response, which then feeds back into the feeling of stress.
How these factors affect your energy largely determines your quality of life. You want to have enough energy to be able to participate in the things you enjoy doing – and the healthier you are, both physically and mentally, the better able you’ll be to enjoy.
3 Quick Tips to Improve Your Energy:
Breathe + Shake
- Stand up, feet shoulder-width apart, and take several deep breaths in and out. As you inhale, send the breath down into your belly and see your belly expanding. As you exhale, feel your belly contract.
- After several rounds of this deep belly breathing, move into lightly shaking/wiggling your whole body – start with your fingers and toes and go from there. You can even jump up and down.
- You will be amazed at how simple breathing and moving your body like this can energize you!
Cold Blast
- A little cold exposure can wake you right up. If it’s cold outside, pop outside for a quick walk (wear a coat – you don’t need to shiver). If it’s hot outside, turn up the AC. If you happen to be showering when you’re tired and want to wake up, end your shower with 15-30 seconds of cold water aimed at your chest area (this can also support immune function).
Drink Water
- Think of it this way: if you’re dehydrated, your cells are tired, your body is tired, you are tired. Water is essential for your body to function, and your cognition also takes a hit when you’re dehydrated. As an aside, a good general is to drink at least half your body weight in ounces of water daily.
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