Kristen Lillie, WellTheory Nutritional Therapy Practitioner
Below are a few different ways to make movement easier and integrate it into everyday life. This is not an inclusive list. As you read through it, if you have a spark of inspiration or an idea of your own way to make movement easier, make a note of it!
Adjust how often, how long, or how hard you currently move.
Add movement to your current tasks or routines.
Adjust your environment or location of movement
Since some of the easiest ways to increase our movement is to do MORE of the movement we already do, below is a quick peak into some specific ways we already move in our day, AND how we can add to them in order to increase our movement.
Again, this is not an inclusive list and you can probably think of more — so write it down if it is helpful to note.
Handout: Making Movement Easier
In this activity, you will only write out a few ways to try making movement easier, but we invite you to copy these questions, or keep a copy of your questions and answers, and revisit this activity in the future to continue expanding your options for making movement easier.
So many things in life are hard, let’s make movement easier!
If it is helpful, reference the above sections of this lesson for ideas on ways to make movement easier.
Tip: You are looking to walk away with an imperfect starting list! Treat this as a first draft and that it is something that can be edited, revised and updated at anytime. Write out whatever comes to mind knowing you can revise and update this later.
Congratulations on starting a new health-promoting habit this week! That is a HUGE milestone. Take a moment to thank yourself for just getting started and making yourself a priority. Say that “thank you” out loud! We’ll wait…
As we kick off this 8 week healing journey we want to get into the habit of reflecting. Life already moves fast enough, it can be easy to accidentally let little accomplishments rush by without acknowledgment. At WellTheory, we are all about celebrating the wins, big and small, because these are the motivators that keep us moving forward. We also know that healing is hard work. Remember, we are all about “progress over perfection”! Taking a brief moment to reflect can help us hold space for the things that aren’t going the way we wish they would, learn from them, and start to explore new ways of tackling a problem.
In these past lessons, we explored ways of making movement easier and more enjoyable. For the next 5 minutes we would like to guide you through a time of reflection.
So get comfy, grab a pen and a piece of paper or journal and move to place where you can be without any distractions for 5 minutes. If that time isn’t right now, that’s okay! Do what you can today or pull out your calendar and block off a different 5 minute chunk of time when you can reflect. Remember, we’re going for progress, not perfection!
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