Our Top Tips For A No-Stress Healthy Routine

Oh, the elusive ‘perfect’ routine.

No matter where you sit on the wellness spectrum, you have (most definitely) seen at least a dozen versions of the ‘perfect’ daily routine. Whether it be chugging a liter of celery juice, hours worth of breathwork or preparing meals with more superfoods than you care to count.

Sometimes it feels like the only way to have the ‘perfect’ routine is to have at least three hours in the morning and evening. Forget about a social life, job, family, friends, pets or partners! Better yet, say goodbye to humanity forever, move to an abandoned island off the coast of nowhere, and become a monk.

Chances are, packing up our lives in the name of wellness is pretty unrealistic for most of us. So, close Google Flights and unpack your bags, because this month we have collated our favorite low-effort, easy to incorporate into your daily routine habits. These tips will not only support your mental and physical wellbeing, but your circadian rhythm too - no celery juice required:

• Schedule your phone to automatically switch to Do Not Disturb mode in the evenings and mornings to keep them phone-free.

• Set your phone and computer to Dark Mode and automate your tech to Red Mode for all hours outside of a few around noon to minimize your screen’s affect on your circadian rhythm.

• Habit stack and practice mindfulness while you’re moving through your day. Whether it’s doing the dishes, cooking, making your bed or sitting in traffic - stop, take a breath, and pay attention to the sounds you hear, the smells you smell, and how it feels to be in your body.

• If you’re in the Northern Hemisphere, get outside as soon as you wake up to get some morning sunshine and reset your circadian rhythm. If you can, keep your curtains open at night to wake up with the sun.

• If you’re in the Southern Hemisphere and heading into winter, turn on all the overhead lights when you wake up for a similar affect to morning sunshine, and get as much natural light in during the day as you safely can with SPF.

• As much as you can, keep a consistent sleep schedule, and limit tech before bed. Opt for reading, journalling or quiet time instead. 

• Refrain from consuming stressful or cortisol spiking content like social media or the news when you first wake up to set yourself up for a more centered day ahead.

Whether you have 5 minutes, or 5 hours, every small step you take adds up. Wellness doesn’t need to be complicated or time consuming, what matters most is that you consistently show up, whenever you can!

Here’s to routines that love us back,

The Rise Centered Team