The Importance of Self Care and How to Enhance Your Routine
We all know how important it is to take care of our bodies, but sometimes we forget that our mind and spirit need care and attention too. That's where self care comes in. Self care can be defined as taking time for yourself every day to do things that make you happy and help you relax. It's so important to have a self care routine in place because it allows you to recharge your batteries, so to speak. When you're taking care of yourself, you're better able to take care of those around you. And isn't that what we all want? To be the best version of ourselves possible?
There are a million different ways to incorporate self care into your life, and it really all comes down to what works best for you. Self care can be as simple as taking 10 minutes for yourself before bedtime each day, or setting aside an hour during the week where no one but YOU matters. Some people like to take a long relaxing bath at the end of the day, while others prefer to set an intention and meditate with that in mind. Whatever floats your boat, so to speak. During this time you carve out, do something that makes your heart sing!
Self care is so important for our overall well-being, yet it's often something we forget to do or don't make time for. If you don't have a self care routine in place, now is the perfect time to start!
One of the simple ways I incorporate self care is during my shower, as silly as that may sound. Water is so powerful to use for energetic clearing. Some of us absorb the energy of others very easily and if you’re one of us super empathic people this method may work for you too. I use my Empath Trio soaps for this but they aren’t necessary, they’re just a tool to enhance your intention. I start by holding my Clearing soap (but you can use any soap) and I breathe in the scent while setting the intention to cleanse away any energy or emotion that does not belong to me, then I lather myself up. As the water rinses the soap suds off my body I envision that energy/emotion draining away (literally down the drain) to be transmuted back by nature.
Alternately you can call things into your life this way too. I use my Grounding, Protection, and Manifesting soap for this method. I start the same way - breathing in the scent as I set my intention. As I lather the soap onto my body I keep that thought in my mind or even repeat a mantra out loud, letting the intention absorb through every inch of my skin. As the water washes away the suds, I envision it removing any blocks standing in the way of what my intention is.
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