You might remember me saying many times in the past, “Tell Asshole Brain, JUST FIVE MINUTES.” Well, lately — I’m sure many of you are feeling this — five minutes seems like a really big chunk of time and effort.
FIVE minutes!? What do I look like? A freaking ultra marathoner?
So here we are, one minute.
JUST. ONE. MINUTE.
Can you ask yourself many times throughout the day: What can I do for ONE MINUTE for MYSELF?
I asked members of our Facebook private group JoyBody Sanctuary what kinds of things they could imagine doing and we came up with quite the list. So here you are, in no particular order:
Breathe deeply with your eyes closed
Meditate/pray/chant
SCREAM — right where you are or in a closed room or in the shower or into a pillow
Jump up and down — HARD
Rub your own head and neck and feet
Place your hands on your heart center
Walk outside and stand on ground (bare feet, please)
Wash your face
Lay on the floor and cry
Lay on the floor and THROW A TANTRUM
Warm up your cold coffee/tea
Eat some dark chocolate
Pet a cat or dog
Punch a pillow as hard as you can for the full minute
Release a lot of loud sighs. Be super dramatic about it
Smack yourself — firmly all over your legs, around your hips, into your low back
Brush your hair
Go outside and just gaze at the sky — night or day
Wash a few dishes; make your bed; do something to your house that makes you feel good
Email or text a friend a positive message
Go online and look at art (have some tabs already saved for this)
Read a poem. Out loud
SING
Sniff your favorite essential oil. Dab some on your wrists
Hug yourself in a cuddly blanket or hug someone who is with you
Lie on the floor or your bed and stretch like a cat
Tap all over your scalp
Make a quick piece of art — take a photo, create a TikTok video, color, doodle
Pull a tarot/oracle card and sit with it
Bounce on a mini trampoline or ride your stationary bike
Drink a big glass of water
Take your vitamins
Stand up if you’re seated and walk around; put your leg up on a chair or table
Sit on the floor/squat
If you have wooden floors, put on socks and skate around
Go check the mail
Go to youtube and watch a video of the ocean or your favorite city (have some ready in a folder so you don’t fall down a rabbit hole)
Rearrange/clean an altar space in your house (or make a new one)
Go to your books, randomly pick one, randomly open it, read. Let it speak to you
Light some incense and walk around your space
Light candles
Write a haiku, a list of favorite things, a note to yourself to read later, a note to someone you love
Leave a random note of kindness on someone’s Facebook page
Dance. For one minute. To the sound of your own breath
Put on some mascara, eyeliner, lipstick, whatever you like to embellish yourself
Remember one of your favorite moments in your life. Recall as much sensory detail as you can
Twirl. Use a big scarf
Do you have a baton in your house? (Making this list and suddenly I want a baton again…)
Juggle
Play a round of Jax
Your turn… what could you add to this list?