How We Start Our Day
February 29, 2024
Why do I believe that how we start our day -- our Daily Morning Ritual -- can be a game-changer and transformational in our lives? This is my Big Why:
How We Start our Day,
Is How We Live Our Days.
And, How We Live Our Days,
Is How We Live our Life!
I passionately believe how we start our day is vitally important to managing stress and raising our energy frequency, at the get-go, every day. I know it has changed my life … slowly, incrementally, progressively, persistently.
For those who do not yet have a Daily Morning Energy Ritual, I hope you will start small. Just take one step. When I started on this journey, I began with thinking of 3 morning gratitudes when my eyes first opened. And, the practices and commitment, grew slowly and naturally over time. Be patient. Be true to what makes sense to you.
If you are already a member of the "5 A.M. Club," congratulations. I hope this Blog may give you a few new ideas. I am cheering you on as you continue to re-create, re-energize, or strengthen your own unique Daily Morning Energy Ritual.
Over the years, my Daily Morning Ritual has morphed into my Daily Morning Energy Ritual. It really is all about setting our Energy for the day.
In my research on morning rituals of leading professional development coaches, top-level academicians, and global meditation teachers, all contain the same 4 building blocks. The specific recommendations on practices and exercises may differ. The recommended time allotments may differ. The order of the essential elements may differ. There is no one size fits all program. However, almost every holistic and proven framework embraces the following 4 building blocks.
How each of us incorporates the specifics will vary. The resources available are immense, the possibilities are infinite. We each need to decide what 'suits' us -- what we will come back to every day. Personally, I like the variety of journaling, meditating, reading, researching, and exercising. We also each need to decide time allocations -- it must fit our life style and individual circumstances.
There are 3 overarching guidelines. It is important to commit to:
My Evolving Daily Morning Energy Ritual
My Daily Morning Energy Ritual can vary between 10 minutes and 2 hours, depending on the demands of the day, my priorities, and whether it is a weekday or a weekend. Personally, I favor prayer and meditation for self-reflection, and journaling to imprint gratitudes and lessons learned.
I offer my practice as an example of what works for me. This is a launching pad for you to create, refine, expand a Morning Energy Ritual that will work for you. And, when you discover... as I did … that something doesn't work, I adjust and experiment to find what will work for me. This is a dynamic process -- and we are in charge.
I trust you will see how these 5 simple steps touch all the building blocks and fuels my spiritual, physical, emotional, and mental energy for the day. This is how I have ordered the building blocks … and it reflects what works for me.
You may choose a different order for the building blocks. You will choose your own practices. BRAVO!!
Wishing you joy, fun, and great Energy on your journey as you change a few habits and continuously keep your own unique Daily Morning Energy Ritual fresh and alive.
It feels right to close with a blessing from Sarah Blondin's Morning Ritual on Insight Timer: "May you rise each day from your bed to to touch and feel the life you have been given, with new eyes and new hands. May you let yourself be born anew each day that opens. … May you smile most at what is simple, at what is ordinary. May you squeeze drops of joy …. from the moment you open your eyes.... May you hear the light calling your very name."
With love and blessings, I trust your Daily Morning Energy Ritual will change your Life! This practice has … and continues to... change my Life.
P.S. Here are the links to a few previous Blogs on creating a Morning Ritual:
https://www.alisonlanzafalls.com/blog/why-a-morning-ritual-is-important.
https://www.alisonlanzafalls.com/blog/energy-rituals-to-start-the-day
https://www.alisonlanzafalls.com/blog/Create-Your-New-Morning-Ritual
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