🌄MS Morning Routine - What I do that You Can Too
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Jen DeTracey shares for her morning routine to live a better life with MS. She figured out how to do this and now you can too. Watch the entire video. Then pick one activity to start with.
🌄MS Morning Routine - What I do that You Can Too
I'd like to share my MS morning routine so you can see how I live a better life with MS. Just like I have figured out how to do this, you can too. It starts with your morning. Brendan Bouchard talks about the importance of building a routine in the morning, because if you don't do it, when else are you going to build this routine into your day?
As I guide you through my morning routine, choose ONE thing that you can apply in your life. Just one of the thing.
Watch the video all the way through so you can see which activity would you'd like to incorporate in your life first.
I call it stacking. That's what I've done over time. I started with a very simple routine like my MS Simple Meditation Technique, then I've stacked a second activity and so on.
Below, I included links to reference videos for several of the activities I do as part of my morning routine. I want to show exactly how I do them.
#1 Prep the Night before
I make sure I have a glass of water ready to go so I can drink it first thing in the morning. I also determine what time I want to get up and then set my alarm.
#2 First thing in the morning
When my alarm goes off in the morning and I get my butt out of bed. However, sometimes, I will spend an extra few minutes waking up first.
Avoid looking at your cell phone while you are in bed first thing in the morning. That is not going to help you get out of bed and get going with your day. If you are adamant about looking at your smart phone, set a timer for five minutes then put your phone down and get out of bed.
I get up and use the bathroom, then I drink a glass of water.
I turn the kettle on and prepare my homeopathic vitamins in hot water and take it to my exercise space. Some mornings I will shower or take a bath before hand to warm up my stiff muscles.
#3 Respiratory Gymnastics (Healing Breath)
I start with respiratory gymnastics, otherwise known by Dr. Shmitsman as the healing breath. I do this to get the energy flowing in the body starting to increasing my lung and heart capacity.
This breathing practice focuses on breathing in through the nose and out through the mouth. Most of the time we do not breath out easily though both our nostrils, which is something that I'm always working on.
Recently, I discovered that when I going for a swim, I can breath through both nostrils very well afterwards.
See course where I teach the initial heal breath practice as part of The MS Stress Release Process™. [Click Here]
#4 Stretching
I tend to stretch for 15 to 40, depending on the pace I'm moving at and how much time I have available in the morning.
Here are a few of my best morning stretches for MS [click here.]
I've recently added weight training, to strengthen my arms. If you have someone that can guide you on using weights, whether a physiotherapist, trainer or joining The MS Gym that is best way. Learning how to do resistance training while protecting yourself from injury is important.
After I've done all that, guess what happens next?
#5 Mediation
I sit down do my 10 minute MS Simple Meditation Technique. This technique that starts with sitting on a chair. See video [click here]. I prefer like sitting on the ground on a yoga bolster when meditating because that was the way I have been trained. Either is perfect for meditating.
#6 Increase Circulation
After I've done that meditation, my feet feel like pins and needles, which is the downside of sitting on a bolster on the ground. Sometimes I just crawl on the floor if I need to to get into position.
Then I put my legs up the wall. The purpose is to increase the blood and circulation in my feet and down my legs. There are two-steps to the process that I want to share with you. Here's the video and blog post on this 2-part process.
Wrap Up
If you are a person who is working full-time or not working from home, you may not have the time or flexibility to such a comprehensive morning routine. Again, just a reminder, pick one thing that is going to be best for you and get started. Don't try and do all of these things.
The key is to drink water first thing in the morning. Hydration is essential. Sometimes I even drink Gatorade to just give me a boost in terms of electrolytes on top of my vitamins, and that really helps pull me through if I'm really struggling.
About Jen
Jen DeTracey is the founder of Women Thriving with MS and a certified coach. Women Thriving with MS is an online community for women living with MS. You can join the private Women Thriving with MS Facebook group it's free and YouTube channel. Jen offers online courses, a membership and coaching.
Jen's been living with multiple sclerosis for over 11 years. She went through this process of surviving with MS to striving MS to thriving MS. She is a guide, coach and teacher who helps you move forward on your journey from surviving to thriving with MS.
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