Integrating short routines of yoga and exercise throughout the day offers significant stress relief amidst family responsibilities and personal turmoil. Simple actions like chest and calf stretches can serve as effective interruptions to the body's stress response. Although fitness can be a benefit, the primary focus is on emotional well-being. These brief moments of movement, rather than an ambitious workout plan, can play a crucial role in maintaining mental health, especially during challenging times filled with familial obligations and caregiving.
Integrating little bits of yoga and other exercise into my day is a sanity saver. I stop for a 20-second chest stretch with my arms in the doorframe.
Stress accumulates all day long, so why shouldn't stress reduction be ongoing, too? When my body feels better, so does my mind.
This is not the seven-minute workout, promising to get you fit in no time. Fitness isn't the point but rather an interruption of the nervous system's stress response.
Ideally, this comes on top of a longer self-care routine. You wake up early, break a sweat, and sit to meditate, all before breakfast!
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