Habits - As soon as you wake up, do a body/mind/spirit scan
When that alarm clock goes off, hit snooze, but don’t go back to sleep. Instead, use those nine minutes to do a body/mind/spirit scan.
Here’s how:
- First, check in with your body (how you’re feeling, what you need, what parts may need extra TLC today, if you want or need to exercise, or if you want or need rest).
- Then, your mind: how you feel about that issue you were trying to figure out yesterday, the solution that you were just on the edge of resolving but couldn’t quite get there yet (sleep does wonders for problem solving), what you want to create today, and any other first thoughts that come in the morning.
- And finally, your heart and spirit: what your emotions are today, how your heart is, and where you might need a bit extra care or nourishment…
It is during this time that I often find solutions to problems I couldn’t get to previously, where I find out how I really feel about something, and when my intuition is the strongest.
–Anese Cavanaugh, author of “Contagious You: Unlock Your Power to Influence, Lead, and Create the Impact You Want,” speaker and advisor to global organizations, and founder of the IEP Method (Intentional Energetic Presence), a framework for helping people create positive impact