There are many different types of morning routines, from those that help you to be more productive, to ones that focus more on your physical health and well-being. A spiritual morning routine is simply one that helps you feel more connected to your soul and spirit. Many of the activities are similar to what you would do during any morning routine, with a few small changes to help you on your spiritual journey.
Keep a Dream Journal
Before you do anything else in the morning, write in your dream journal. This is just a journal you use to record any details you remember about your dreams the night before. Details from your dreams will start fading within a few minutes after waking, so if you can, turn your light on and write in it as soon as you get up and out of bed.
If you are someone who tends to wake multiple times a night, with a different dream during each sleeping session, you might want to keep it at your bedside table with a little book light that can b turned on to write in the middle of the night when you wake up. Continue reading “Creating a Spiritual Morning Routine”
We wanted to make sure that our crystal collection was not somewhere that could easily be found and stolen by criminals. So to protect our remaining “treasures” we gathered up our most prized crystal and rock specimens and put them in a wooden box somewhere “safe”.
To understand the need for stress management, we must first understand stress. When a person is in danger, the body reacts, preparing to defend itself. The heart rate increases, blood pressure climbs higher, breathing becomes faster and blood flows to the muscles. This is great if a fierce dog is chasing you, because it gives you additional energy to get out of harm’s way. Unfortunately, the body reacts in the same way in response to daily problems and changes and over time this causes issues. 
Funded by the National Cancer Institute and published in the latest issue of Oncology Nursing Forum, it is the first large-scale, randomized study of reflexology as a complement to standard cancer treatment, according to lead author Gwen Wyatt, a professor in the College of Nursing.
They found that those in the reflexology group experienced significantly less shortness of breath, a common symptom in breast cancer patients. Perhaps as a result of their improved breathing, they also were better able to perform daily tasks such as climbing a flight of stairs, getting dressed or going grocery shopping.