Apr/May 2025 Aspire Magazine FULL Issue | Page 78

Before getting in bed, move your body, stretch, and bring attention to what your body needs. If you are feeling tightness in your body, choose to stretch. If you need to relax and rejuvenate, practice some restorative yoga like legs up the wall or child’ s pose to support your body.

To deepen your practice of befriending your body, bring loving attention to each part of your body with a body scan and your loving mantra.

Start by bringing your full awareness to your toes and then move to the next part of your body until you arrive at your head. This is an excellent practice to increase self-awareness and strengthen your ability to let go since you will be bringing your full attention to each body part and then letting your attention go before moving on to the next part of your body.

When you add your kind mantras and gratitude to this practice you will reinforce your loving relationship with your body and yourself.

Giving yourself ten minutes to journal in the evening can support you in processing your day, highlight what you are grateful about from the day, identify how you feel and what you need, release your overflowing“ to do” list for the night, and offer space to reconnect to what is important to you.