Wobbly Days
Photo - Farid Askerov
We’re hearing more and more people say they’re having wobbly days. Many who coped well last year are finding themselves challenged as the lockdowns seems to be go on and on. Here are a few tips for coping with those wobbly days.
Do something you love. Whatever it is, cooking, gardening, listening to music, playing music, whatever it is, just do it. Now. Drop everything else because right now you need to take care of yourself. You need to do something to lift your spirits and de-wobble yourself.
Breathe. It’s obvious, we’ve been doing it since the moment we were born. When we’re stressed or anxious, we may find ourselves holding our breaths. We need the oxygen, we need the calmness, the reassurance that a few good deep breaths bring. We need the connection with the moment. Outdoors is best but if that’s not possible stand by the open window and breath right down into your tummy, at least three or four times good deep breaths. Breathing out first and imagining all the stress leaving with it, and then breath in the good clean fresh air. Counting can help too, exhale (count four) hold the breath (count four) inhale (count four) hold (count four). It is the breath of life. It is the nearest and least expensive tool for helping with the dewobble.
Do something physical. Dance around the kitchen, clean out a cupboard, walk around the garden if you have one. Do some weeding or ironing or wash the floor. Doing something physical gets us out of our heads thus decreasing those stressful feelings.
There are many more ways that we can help our mental health. Much information is available on line. Sometimes in the middle of wobbly day (or few days) the mist descends and that first step out of the panic can be hard to see. So here are three simple little tips to help - 1. Do what you Love. 2. Breathe. 3. Do something physical.
We at Our Spiritual Earth understand this is a stressful time, we’ve all had our challenges too and these are some of the things which we do on our Wobbly Days.
