5 Morning Rituals to Support You While TTC
Attitude of Gratitude: Before getting out of bed, think of 3 things you’re grateful for. Practicing gratitude releases dopamine and serotonin, the chemicals responsible for pleasure and happiness, helping to improve mood, reduce stress and shift your energy.
Connect: Conscious breath + movement = space in your body and mind. Regulating yoru nervous system is an inside job and can’t be don’e through mindset alone. Your body is the gateway and a portal to help modulate the highs and lows that can occur while trying to conceive.
Connecting with slow, smooth, soft breaths activates the vagus nerve, which turns on the parasympathetic nervous system - aka the rest and digest or feed and breed portion of your nervous system. This is a great place to start if you’re struggling with meditation.
Practice breathing in for 4 and out for 6 for at least 3 to 5 cycles to create space and clarity from within.
Nourish: Food is mood! Aim for meals with vegetables and at least 25 grams of protein to aid in cellular regeneration, stabilize blood glucose levels and promote a healthy gut microbiome, which influences brain and mood chemistry.
Visualize: Energy goes where attention flows .Your brain doesn’t distinguish between an imagined experience and a real one. Allow yourself to dream big, putting yourself and setting up your environment exactly as you want it to be, even if it seems a little delulu on the surface.
Consistent visualization creates new neural patterns, reprogramming yoru subconscious mind to align with your dreams.
Affirm: Affirmations serve as a mental blueprint that the subconscious mind begins to accept as true over time, enabling you to align to your most authentic, worthy self.
Ideally we want to program these messages when the mind and body are in their most relaxed state, so try to incorporate this tool shortly upon waking or right before going to bed.
REMEMBER: YOU HAVE THE KEYS TO THE CASTLE!