Holistic practices

@breadsticks Woah amazing way to put it 🤩

@Nica Thanks for sharing about a nightly schedule. Evenings are more difficult for me, and I just realized I don’t really have an evening routine 🤦‍♀️

@VGH It really helps a lot! Our minds are already chaotic, so having a morning, daily, and nightly routine helps. And in that I mean you wake up at the same time and do certain things that *need* to be done before work/school, and then you go to bed at the same time, even on weekends. Unless you are sick or on vacation, stick to it. I decided to sleep in late last weekend and couldn’t get to bed at a reasonable time and I was not happy with myself because I knew I’d be tense, and ohhhh boy I was. Also snappy and grumpy. Not fun. Sometimes you have to remind yourself WHY you have this thing going on… and yes, it works😂

@VGH Ahh yes, love it!

@JordTheNord Hi, if you don’t mind my asking, what breathing exercises do you do?

@VGH Of course not! So I’ve actually done a few over the years. They are all similar just depends on the “style” so I’ll say the top two is Wim Hof method and this particular one I’ll explain. Wim Hoff is great at breathing exercise especially for cold and just improving breathing. I haven’t done his in a few years so I don’t remember but he’s a guy I would just look into to read about his breathing techniques. If you type in WHM in the App Store his breathing app will come up! It’s a free trial for his breathing. Now the one I do is actually similar to the breathing animation used in this app. I inhale (with my nose) for about 6-8 seconds, hold for about 3 seconds, and then slowly fully exhale through the nose for 6-8 seconds pause for about 1-2 seconds and repeat. Wim Hof I remember his breathing exercise including not fully exhaling or maybe not fully inhaling?? So of course different variations and still recommend his but his is definitely more intense. I do the one I described to slow down my heart rate. I do it anytime I feel anxious or need to refocus even if it’s just 3 times in the moment. Simple exercise to be in the moment and breathing exercises are probably the most underrated health goal. We can survive without water and food for a few days but only takes a few minutes to die without oxygen. Plus it completely regulates heart rate, body temperature, oxygen and carbon dioxide for brain and all body organs and muscles, and definitely helps for better sleep. It’s the simplest mediation method you can do anywhere and to put us back in the moment and not our head during OCD episodes.

@VGH https://youtu.be/bF_1ZiFta-E?si=UTittrAKdaYcMloY This was posted yesterday. As simple as this. Not to offend anyone that deals with OCD and hyper fixating on bodily movements of course.

@JordTheNord Thanks! This is so helpful, especially in the moment for me when that whoosh of anxiety hits😀❤️

@VGH I’m glad I could help! It comes in out of nowhere like the Kool-aid guy “OH YEA” 😎