Design a Holistic Health Routine
15 ideas and habits you can start now to create your own holistic lifestyle - without getting overwhelmed.
Living a holistic lifestyle isn't just about being more natural and organic, turning to alternative healthcare and using organic products and food. While that can be a big part of it, and all of those changes are wonderful to add to your routine, holistic health is a balance between your body, mind, and spirit.
It is within this delicate balance that you are able to live a fully healthy life where total wellness is the goal.
One of the best things you can do in order to find this holistic balance is by creating daily routines. This allows you to fit each component of holistic living into your life without becoming overwhelmed.
1. For the Body
The first category of holistic practices are mostly for the body, though of course they benefit your mind and spirit as well. Here are some holistic habits to add to your daily routine for your physical health:
Natural Supplements to Take Daily
While there are many vitamins and supplements you should take each day for optimal health, the ones we are talking about specifically for holistic health are for preventative health. This means you are working hard to build up your immune system and try to prevent illness.
Some natural supplements that can help build a stronger immune system that are great for your daily routine include:
Zinc
Elderberry
Ginger
Garlic
Vitamin C
Turmeric
Practice Yoga
When it comes to exercise and moving your body, there are many different ways to do it. But for holistic health and Ayurveda practices, yoga is one of the best you can participate on a daily basis. Even when you are taking a rest day from your regular workout routine, yoga is really easy on your body. As an added bonus, yoga poses can also be used to balance your energy body - especially the Chakra system.
To learn more about balancing your Chakras through yoga and many other methods, check out my Chakra Wellness Guide.
This guide is the answer to a question many clients as me: "How do I heal and balance my Chakras?"
There are many ways to do that, so I laid it all out right here.
Use Natural Skincare and Hair care Products
Now is a great time to commit to more natural and organic products, especially those you use on your skin or hair. Companies are providing more natural options than ever before, so you can avoid things like chemicals, dyes, sulfates, parabens, and animal testing. Just a quick check of the labels will tell you everything you need to know.
Incorporate Herbal Tea
A very simple switch you can make in the morning is to have herbal tea instead of coffee, or just add in a cup of herbal tea in the afternoon. Most tea does have a little caffeine, but much less than coffee or energy drinks.
Herbal teas have lots of health benefits, and are a perfect afternoon pick-me-up that won't keep you up late into the night.
Types of tea that typically have caffeine include:
Matcha
Other green tea
Black tea
White tea
If you don't want the caffeine, consider rooibos, chamomile, or peppermint tea.
Eat Nourishing Meals
Another big part of your holistic health is eating more nourishing foods. You want to try to eat as many foods in their whole, natural form as possible, including fruits and vegetables, whole grains, nuts and seeds. When choosing meat or seafood, go for the kind that is humanely treated and organic, and reduce processed foods as much as possible.
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2. For the Mind
Next, you have holistic habits to add to your routine for your mind, including emotional and mental health. These include:
Write in Your Journal
It doesn't get much better than journaling when it comes to your mental or emotional health. For holistic habits that improve your mind, writing down your thoughts and feelings is extremely beneficial. This can be a therapeutic experience that is easily done in just 5 minutes a day.
Some things to remember about journaling:
There are no rules - Feel free to write as much or as little as you want, use any type of notebook you have on hand, and don't worry about your spelling or grammar.
Try different methods of journaling - There are many different forms of journaling, including using prompts, brain dumps, art journaling, stream of consciousness, and daily journaling similar to writing in a diary. Feel free to experiment with what works best.
Express gratitude - Every time you write in your journal, try to write a few things you are currently grateful for in your life.
For more tips and ideas on journaling, check out my 7 Journaling Tips For Self Discovery and Inner Growth.
For a guided journey into healing through self discovery, check out my downloadable Self Discovery Journal, and get started on your new path to inner wellness today!
Take an Epsom Salt Bath
The reason I included this in the mind section and not body is because many of the benefits help with your mental and emotional health. Epsom salt benefits are wonderful for releasing toxins from the body, but they also release them from the mind. After just one bath, you feel rejuvenated, stress-free and with reduced anxiety.
Many people find that with at least one Epsom salt bath a week in their routine, they feel more relaxed, and at a much calmer mental state.
Practice Breathwork
Breathwork is a term for any type of breathing exercise you do. Breathwork can also be very healing, helping you to work on healing any traumas you have in your life, reduce stress, and calm the mind and spirit. Adding breathwork to your daily routine is a wonderful way to start the healing process.
To quickly reduce anxiety, try the breathwork routine I explain here in this video.
Use Essential Oils
Essential oils are another great way to improve your mental health and nurture your mind. There are many ways to use essential oils in your daily routine, including in your bath, using a blend that is applied to the skin, adding them to your diffuser during meditation, or lighting aromatherapy candles when you need to relax.
Always dilute essential oil to 2% in a carrier oil before applying to the skin and body, and avoid diffusing if there are children or animals in the room, as they can be harmful to them.
3. For the Spirit
Holistic practices for the spirit encompass your body and mind, physical and mental health, and working on your spiritual side and energy body. It is the final piece of the puzzle for total wellness. The holistic habits for your spirit include:
Be Mindful
Mindfulness is going to help every area of your life, but particularly with your spirit and emotional health. Being more mindful is something you can do at any time of day, whether you are eating, walking, reading, playing with your dogs, resting, or even watching TV.
Mindfulness is about being present in the moment, without judgment. You don't think about the past or what your plans are next, but just live each moment fully. During a meal, if you sit down in silence and savor each bite, thinking about the colors, textures, and tastes of your food, you enjoy it and appreciate it so much more. This can really light up your spirit.
Try Meditation
You can also nurture your spirit and energy body with a daily meditation practice. Before you begin, you may feel a little intimidated, but don't worry; nobody is perfect right away. In fact, you don't have to try to clear your mind and be in a meditative state. You can start with just a few minutes of deep breathing each day, and allow your thoughts to come and go naturally.
For a quick and simple guided meditation, listen to 5 Minutes To Calmness and Clarity.
For an optimal meditation experience to balance and heal your Chakras, try my Chakra Clearing Meditation Bundle.
This meditation was the result of my first life-altering deep-healing experience - my first time to do a Chakra meditation.
Use Mantras or Affirmations
For more holistic spiritual habits, try using mantras or affirmations each day. These are really easy to add to your daily routines, and allow you to change your mindset over time. You can use the same ones each day or alternative them based on each day's intentions.
Spend More Time in Nature
Similar to other holistic habits, being outside more in nature not only helps your spirit, but your body and mind as well. This is a really therapeutic activity that costs you nothing and only takes a few minutes each day. Get outside in any capacity you can, from just going out to your patio or balcony, spending time in your garden, or heading to a nearby park or forest.
The more time you spend outside in nature, the more you will start to feel more connected to the earth and understand how much it benefits you. For more on this topic, check out Stop and Smell the Roses.
4. Create a Morning Routine
Now that you have an idea of the practices for your daily routines, let's go over some of the best ones to do in the morning. While you are not limited by doing any of these habits during a particular time of the day, this does help you to get them added to your routine.
Holistic Habits for Your Morning Routine:
Herbal Tea - Naturally, switching from coffee to tea is a great thing to do in the morning with your first beverage. This also makes it easy to get your body used to not having as much caffeine, so eventually you can switch to just plain water if you prefer.
Mindfulness - While mindfulness is easy to do any time of the day, adding it to your morning routine is an easy way to get started. Be in a mindful state when you first wake up in the morning and until you get started on the rest of your routine. Those few minutes of quiet and calm really help to set up your day in a relaxing way.
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Yoga - Days get hectic very easily, so if you want to add yoga or any exercise to your routine, doing it in the morning helps you get it out of the way so you don't have to worry about it. I like to have my exercise knocked out by 7:00-7:30 so I can get on with the rest of my day.
Using affirmations - There are many ways to use affirmations and mantras in your daily routine. If you have never used them before, try saying the affirmations out loud in the morning during your morning routine as a way to set intentions for the day.
Spending time in nature - An easy way to add spending time outside to your daily routine is by doing it first thing in the morning. After you go through your basic hygiene practices in the morning, bring your cup of tea outside on your patio or balcony to enjoy the fresh air.
5. Create a Nighttime Routine
There are other holistic habits that tend to fit in a little better in the evening, and provide more benefits when you do them at night.
Holistic Habits for Your Nighttime Routine:
Journaling - You can definitely journal in the morning as well, but morning routines get busy and crowded very easily, so when you first start out, save it for the evening.
Meditation - Meditation in the evening before bed is a great time to practice since it helps to relax your mind and get you into a calm state before bed. You may notice that you sleep much more soundly and have more calming dreams.
Epsom salt or essential oil bath - Enjoy a nice relaxing bath in the evenings as you get ready for bed. This can be with Epsom salts, other types of healing salts, or essential oils.
Breathwork - Lastly, doing breathwork in the evening near when you do meditation can also be really calming for you before bed.
Creating daily routines with your holistic habits isn't about being perfect, but doing so intuitively and adding practices that feel right for you.
From the desk of Neelou Saleh Spirit of Lotus
