50 Ways to Replenish
Posted June 22, 2015 in Healing / Self CareI often work with big-hearted, sensitive and burnt-out empathic clients. These are often extremely compassionate individuals who are good at achieving in the world but not always good at taking the necessary time for self-care.
Of course we can’t give water to others if our own internal well is empty. So I compiled a simple list of 50 ways to replenish. All the things on this list are Yin, or Feminine, in their energetics, so they will ‘fill the well’ to give you more energy, vibrancy and joy.
50 Ways to Replenish
- Get into nature
- Walk barefoot on the earth (Sand is awesome.)
- Cut out caffeine
- Eat cucumbers
- Learn to energetically ground
- Go to a restorative yoga class
- Soul Journal
- Pet your cat or dog
- Meditate
- Take an epson salt bath (at least 3 cups of salt per bath)
- Aromatherapy
- Dance
- 5 Rhythms
- Swim
- Drink Aloe Vera Juice
- Do an Angela Farmer DVD
- Write poetry
- Play music
- Listen to Marion Woodman or read anything she has written
- Breathe
- Write down your dreams
- Hang out with some crystals
- Laugh
- Allow yourself to zone out and wander anywhere you body moves you
- Talk to animals
- Put more plants around your house
- Listen to chill music (nothing too hyphy)
- Eat nourishing food
- AM/PM Yoga
- Swing on a swing
- Hammock on a hammock
- Picnic
- Read (and do) this breathing book. Game changer.
- Get to the water
- Color in a mandala
- Walk a labyrinth
- Learn about earthing
- Learn about energetics and energetic hygiene
- Get crafty and play (don’t make it stressful!)
- Rearrange the furniture in a room in your house (Again, play, not stressful!)
- Stretch
- Lie on a foam roller and open up your chest
- Put your feet up on a wall (Viparita Karani)
- Go see some art
- Read some fiction and get lost in a story (chick lit is totally acceptable here, my friends.)
- Or get some meaning with Anne Lamott or Annie Dillard or Mya Angelou
- Poetry in general.
- Find a favorite fancy pen that makes you smile–And want to write.
- Sing
- Look up at the stars
I’d love to make this a running list, please add your faves in the comments below!
By the way, #1 and #2 are also my top/go-to ways to replenish and re-ground...although, since there's not a lot of sand in Toronto, I walk barefoot on the grass :)
Create a journal just for collage-ing
Soulcollage(R), vision collage, find an old book and collage over the pages to write/create your own story.