I'm a bilingual yoga teacher who helps people who sit a lot gain mobility, move without pain and reduce their stress.
How to self-care...
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I was asked this important question last week by one of my wonderful clients. Picture this. You're barely managing a self-care routine as it is, and suddenly... 💀 Your son starts kindergarten Any of these familiar? This is when I like to call in the Busy Mode Method. (I heard about from a mentor of mine called Ella, the Fitness Psych.) It's pretty simple. The idea is to manage our energy: we want to make sure we take care of ourselves so we can deal with the demands of our life. But we also don't want to put too much pressure on ourselves, and have our self-care become another chore on our plate. How do we do that?Try and find 3 manageable habits that you will commit to, without tracking them. What it can look like (just an example):
I choose the 3 habits that have the most impact for me (slow mornings, nourishing food, enough sleep), but you might pick something else. The main idea behind this is to avoid our tendency to throw every act of self-care out of the window because we feel like we are too busy. Anything is always better than nothing. When your world is upside down, simple acts of self-care will have an amazing grounding effect that will keep you sane. Ask me how I know. Om, peace 🧡 Clem |
Clémence Dieryck
I'm a bilingual yoga teacher who helps people who sit a lot gain mobility, move without pain and reduce their stress.
I received this question this week from one of my wonderful clients: "It's so hard to build a new routine! Does it have to be daily to be effective?" And you know what? I feel you. It is hard to build a routine, because we have to go against habits that have been ingrained in us for years, maybe even decades. A routine doesn't have to be a daily routine to be effective, BUT paradoxically, it's easier to maintain something you do every day. Because the goal is for the routine to become...
If you follow me on Instagram, you might have seen the little rant I had after one of my clients came back from their physiotherapist. Long story short, my client talked to their physio about their pain, and the physio was very dramatic and alarming about it. My client came out of this session panicked, wondering if they could even get better. Disclaimer: I would never question a medical professional's diagnosis, that's not what this is about. My issue is with the way this physio talked to my...
We all know that sitting for hours is bad for our health. Not only physical (increasing our risk of getting a heart disease, cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure, persistant pain, etc.) but mental. We're simply not made to sit so much. So why do we suck at moving more? My theory is this: We were told in our 20s that sitting is bad, but “an increased risk of heart disease” scares absolutely no one in their 20s. It’s too far away, too vague. We were also told we should start planning our...