#100daysofselfcare

“My body is my temple and asanas are my prayers.” B.K.S Iyengar #100DaysofSelfcare . . 📷@briandwayne 👗@gaiam Use coupon "Nzingah20" to receive 20% off your purchase on www.gaiam.com . . . . . . #gaiaminfluencer #healthyself #inspiration #message #vision #blogger #love #namaste #meditation #yoga #vegan #fearless #brave #strong #girlboss #selfcare #selflove #mindfulness #transformation #foodforthought #mentalhealth #motivation #vinyasa #stopdropandyoga #blackgirlyoga #blackgirlmagic #fitness #popsugarfitness #transformationtuesday (at Atlanta, Georgia) https://www.instagram.com/p/By3e3UqFGA8/?igshid=1uivnkshrca6t

“An empty lantern provides no light. Self-care is the fuel that allows your light to shine brightly.” – Unknown 📿📿📿📿📿📿📿📿📿📿📿📿📿📿📿📿📿📿 Thoughts post two rounds of #100DaysofSelfcare Challenges. Self-care is definitely trending it being with cheerleaders and naysayers. I have read a few articles where people gave it a thumbs down. One piece it is not viable for a solution for people of color and the most recent article said it wasn't solving the problem mothers face. I don't agree. In both articles, they focused on the commercialized version of self-care- massages, pedicures, things of that nature. It also was viewing self-care under a one size fits all. Here is what I have found in my personal self-care journey. The practices that bring the most impact are not the ones that require you to swipe a credit card. It should be individualized and personalized. Also, we don't do enough of it. Self-care for someone who suffers from depression can look like brushing their teeth, taking a shower and getting out of bed. Self-care for a mother could be asking for help and taking off her superheroes cape. Self-care for men could find a space to be vulnerable and express fears, doubts, and sadness. Self-care for a lot of us can be taking a social media break because vicarious trauma is a real thing or flexing our "No" muscle more. Self-care is self-preservation, therefore, we ALL need it. It allows us to grow stronger in self-love. How are you practicing self-care these days? Join me for the next session of #100DaysofSelfcare April 1st. Click the link in profile @yesbabyilikeitraw or head to my website www.yesbabyilikeitraw.com https://www.instagram.com/p/BvH7-_VFye8/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1mhuhx1fas9zv

#100DaysofSelfcare : List 5 Things you are grateful for. ✨ 1. I'm grateful fot the restorative properties of nature. Especially the sun and the sea. (Took today to restore with both) ✨ 2. I'm grateful for love. The love of my family and friends. I've been reminded over the past 5 weeks I have an amazing army of people that genuinely love and care for me. ✨ 3. I'm grateful to be able to do what I love for a living. ✨ 4. I'm grateful for the internet and access to a plethora of information (#nerdlife) and the people it's allowed me to connect with. HEY YOU!😘😘😘 ✨ 5. I'm grateful for my teachers. How they helped to nurture and inspire the teacher in me. How they have helped me be a better person spiritually, mentally, and physically. ✨ What's on your list? . (at Ft Lauderdale Beach) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqGVogdFkQX/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1vhgczs1z3yb9

'i love myself.' the quietest. simplest. most powerful. revolution. ever. Nayyirah Waheed 💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓 When you close your eyes and think about all the things you love. Do you list yourself first? We spend a great chunk of our lives seeking to be loved externally, by our parents, siblings, friends, and partners, as a means to be validated. We often don't spend the equivalent amount of time cultivating a love for ourselves. We will superficially claim to have self-love but when we push beyond the surface we don't love ourselves as a whole. We dislike parts of our bodies. We are embarrassed about our backgrounds. All of the things that make us uniquely "us". When we are unable to fully love ourselves we can often find ourselves in relationships that are sub-par. Or we are attempting to feel whole by way of relationship. The love we hope to attract starts with our personal relationship with ourselves. Do not wait for love or force love be love. We can practice self-love through self-care. When we fully commit to unapologetically loving ourselves the outside world will love us differently because we expect nothing less than the best. Valentine's day is around the corner we tend to focus on love from the outside world but How are you practicing self-love? 📷 @briandwayne #selflove #mentalhealth #100daysofselfcare (at Atlanta, Georgia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CodHPT3uXlv/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Bussing home gives me a nice patch of down time after a busy day. I just get to listen to my music and flick through social media, reply to messages or just check out for a bit.

After an unmotivated start to the work week, I spent sometime catching up on the chores that were missed in the weekend. It felt really good to come home and be a little more productive!

After going out on Saturday evening I walked home at 10am and had a couple of productive hours cleaning, doing laundry and other chores that needed to be done. I then had a relaxing afternoon enjoying a relaxing sunny Sunday afternoon. After a rollercoaster of a week This felt good even if though I didn’t do all of the chores I needed too, I still did something.

Had a longer shift than expected on Thursday. I hung out with the flatmates in the evening and we got pizza for dinner. I had a late start on Friday so I had left overs for breakfast and spent the morning just relaxing before an unexpected 12 hour shift.