Wake Me Up: Morning Positivity - Morning Routine - Love Yourself (Premium)

Episode Date: December 21, 2020

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Thanks so much for listening, and I hope you have a fantastic day. Good morning, everyone, and welcome to wake me up. I'm your host, Tyler, and this is the podcast where morning people are made. I'm so glad you've tuned in this morning, and I suspect that by the end of this episode, you will be too, because today we're going to give ourselves some much-deserved love and appreciation. So let's cut to the chase and get right to it. You can begin by opening your eyes if you haven't done so already. And let's take a few deep breaths together to get some oxygen flowing through the body.

So take an inhale, hold at the top, and then exhale. Let's do one more. So inhale, deeper than the last time. Hold and exhale. If you'd like to do a light stretch while you're in bed, then lay on your back and bend your knees up towards your chest, wrap your arms around them, and give them a gentle squeeze. This will help loosen up your lower back,

which can get tight on us from time to time. And of course, you should only do these stretches if you're physically able. There's no need to push yourself, and if one of these doesn't work for you, or if you just want to do something else, then by all means, go for it. And while you enjoy that stretch, I'm just going to chat for a minute.

We have so many opportunities in life to reject ourselves. Maybe we don't fit in some societal mold. Maybe we mess things up sometimes. I know those are both true for me. But we are all unique. So why should we want to fit a mold, and we're all trying to do cool, special things. So, of course, we're going to mess them up from time to time. The point isn't whether you're perfect. It's whether you enjoy what

you're doing, and you find meaning in it. So let's start today by giving thanks to the things that make us who we are, first to our bodies, for allowing us to move and experience new things, to see a friendly smile, to hear a beautiful song, and to smell a warm meal. Let's give thanks to our minds as well, for allowing us to think and solve problems, for giving us dreams and aspirations, and for helping us to figure out how to reach them. And finally, let's give thanks to ourselves. your whole self, because let's face it, you are awesome. You know why, I don't need to tell you.

Now you can release your legs if you haven't already. Let's take another deep breath in, and this time, as you exhale, roll over, slide out of bed, stand up, and let's get this great day started. Thank you.