Play that Funky Music

Dancing is optional but 100% recommended, play a favorite song to get lifted

Reach Out

Give a hug.  Hold on for at least 30 seconds to get the mood-boost.  Hug a friend, partner, parent, child, pet, trees.  

3-Part Breath

An easy pranayama technique: inhale slowly in 3 parts, belly first, then ribs expanding, chest filling last.  Exhale slowly in reverse: chest, ribs, belly

Find Upside Down

Get fresh blood flow to the brain:  a simple forward fold, downward facing dog, or handstand changes your perspective 

Prayer and Chanting

Fill

Get Fresh

Fill

Remember Love

Who is easy to love?

Place a hand on your heart and reflect on someone who you love effortlessly.  A few minutes remembering and savoring creates a quick shift 

Eat the Real Thing

Eat something that grew in the sun and got onto your plate without very many steps in between.  

Favs are avocado + cilantro wrapped in a lettuce leaf, sliced apple with almond butter, 

fresh beet-kale-lemon juice

Add Color

So many ways to boost the color in our lives: wear a favorite color (socks count!), add it as a screensaver, close your eyes and visualize your color

Notice Inspiration

There is inspiration everywhere.  Look to the sky, a co-worker's style,  

Make Some Noise

Quick shift a room's energy: clap loudly around the perimeter of a space clockwise.  

Wash hands afterwards

Take a Bath

Even 5 minutes outdoors can shift and lift.  Can't get outside?  Look out a window or photos of the great outdoors

Drink Deeply

Get hydrated!  Take a 5 minute break to pause and notice the sensations of drinking a tall glass

Walk

Even 5 minutes outdoors can shift and lift.  Can't get outside?  Look out a window or photos of the great outdoors

Clear Horizons

Make your bed, clear off a counter, organize your desk.  

Clear a horizontal surface and create a sense of spaciousness + visual margin

Be Scentational

Essential oils, fresh fruit, flowers, and spices all use the olfactory nerve to tap into the parasympathetic system

Practice Kindness

Even 5 minutes outdoors can shift and lift.  Can't get outside?  Look out a window or photos of the great outdoors

Honor Recess

Even 5 minutes outdoors can shift and lift.  Can't get outside?  Look out a window or photos of the great outdoors