What’s the number one concern for passionate, goal-driven women?
Energy – or lack thereof.
Improving your energy reserves is like safeguarding America’s oil reserves – as important as national security, your energy reserves as a woman (care taker, professional, bringer of bacon, agent of change) can make or break your dreams and goals.
Peggy Lee’s famous song “I’m A Woman” sang the trials of sisters everywhere:
“I can rub & scrub this old house til it’s shinin like a dime
Feed the baby, grease the car, & powder my face at the same time
Get all dressed up, go out and swing til 4 a.m. and then
Lay down at 5, jump up at 6, and start all over again
‘Cause I’m a woman! W-O-M-A-N, I’ll say it again”
Even though our days are filled with projects, lists and work, we still need to put ourselves on that list of things to take care of – every day. Small steps towards improved energy can be cheap, easy and deeply rewarding. For simple energy boosts try the following:
- During your morning shower, alternate between 10 seconds of hot and then cold water for 1 minute. Be sure to get your armpits and groin area hot and then cold – this will not only wake you up better than coffee, it will help flush out your lymphatic system and increase your circulation.
- Add cayenne to your day. A natural energy booster, cayenne also protects your body from colds and sinus problems and improves circulation.
- Find an acupuncturist. Chronic fatigue and sleeplessness are both improved by this ancient, inexpensive therapy.
- YAWN: The simple act of making 10 exaggerated yawns in a row will wake up and re-focus your brain.
By integrating one or more natural energy builders during your day, your body will respond and wake up better than if it’s dosed with another caffeinated beverage.
Here’s to your health,
Alexandra
I did a 3 day Body Pump weights instructor’s training course this year which was (as you can imagine) physically and mentally exhausting! We trained from 8am to 4pm and were sent home with hours of homework practicing choreography and coaching. One of the house-keeping rules during the course was never to yawn! If the teacher caught someone yawning, they had to do 20 pushups! I never got 20 push ups but I certainly gave a yawn with my mouth closed. If only they knew the function behind a yawn -to wake us up, stretch the lungs and refocus the brain. Just what we needed. Worth 20 push ups I say!