My Morning Ritual

I realised over the years that how I start my day tends to influence how the rest of my day goes.  So I have gradually come up with a morning ritual that i'm happy with.  Obviously it doesn't always go according to plan but this is how I generally begin my days.

5:30 - Wake up and clean my teeth.

5:30-6:30 - Yoga and meditation.

6:30 - 7:00 - Reading whilst having hot water and lemon.

7 - 7:15 - Juicing, I make a juice for me and the boys.

7:15 -  Wake up Dylan, my oldest, he has his juice and breakfast whilst I make his packed lunch.

7:30 - Shower, using natural products, some home made.

8:15 - Dylan leaves for high school.  Luke usually gets up around this time.  We have our juice.

8:30 - I dry my hair whilst listening to relaxing music on my mp3.

9:00 - Luke and I have breakfast together.  Then the chaos of homeschool begins!

If I start my days like this, I feel relaxed and happy.

I've also found that the way i'm woken up makes a difference.  Before I used to get up early to do yoga I used to let my partners phone wake me up.  However, his ring tone is very loud and I used to wake up feeling really irritable.  Now I use my alarm with a really relaxing sound.  It really has made a difference.

So that's how my mornings usually go.  Of course there's always some chaos and something usually goes wrong but I really make an effort to start my day the way I want it to continue -  happily.