Mindfulness Daily Check-In Jan 8, 2018
Starting our week with some mindful awareness
Mondays are difficult for me but the encouraging things about the beginning of the week is I get to start my weekly routine again. That includes quiet time when I wake up, stretching exercises before I get out of bed, and physical exercises when I first get dressed for a new day. I actually enjoy the routine because it helps me feel better. So it is not something I make myself do but I have slowly come to realize that all these things that are part of my daily routine are just one more way I can practice mindfulness.
What part of your daily routine helps you feel better and get through the day with mindfulness?
What additional practices would you like to be part of your life?
@soulsings
I am trying to get into your routine. Lucky right now if I get just one of things completed in a morning - meditation, stretching, workout.
@oakhenge that is a great place to start. Part of the reason I do all that is because I built up to it and now I want the good feelings I get by doing all that. Be easy on yourself. This is a lifelong process. "Stop and smell the roses on the way".
@soulsings
HI Souls thank you for this. I am so outta my Monday routine. Having a hard time adjesting. But I know it will not be forever, just a "pause" in my life. So instead I have went on 6 long walks since Friday. The minute I wake in morning I dress and out the door with dogs. I walk till the dogs look tired then head back home. I have baked more. Slept more as well.
It is great I'll be back in my routine soon. But I see gaps where I can put more me into it all. Soulsings thank you for this gentle reminder
@Sody you are welcome. Walking is great exercise. Dogs are great teachers, they show us the mundane things we may overlook.
@soulsings
Hahaha yeah they are saying "More walking more-more......"
reading is part of my routine that makes me feel better. Writing also does the same effect but i don't do it as often. This year i want to incorporate writing every day
@orchard9786 yes reading and writing are like siblings. I find after I read a few pages I stop and listen I hear more of the message in the book with my inner ear.
@soulsings Meditation before really helps me sleep :)
@Mellietronx that is wonderful you have found a practical benefit to meditation. It helps me like that too.
@soulsings Lovely Checkin Soul.
I do workouts, morning walking/ jogging. Sometimes, I do workouts in evening when I feel highly stressed and frustrated. Doing workout, releases the stress and bring back my focus on things I am doing and what I needed to do.
I thing I could bring back some time to sleep more. 
Because winters make me lazy. xD