10 Days to Optimal Wellness Challenge

Welcome self-wellness lovers!

First I’d like to thank you for being interested in this optimal wellness challenge to engage in your own positive growth and happiness by challenging yourself to step out of your comfort zone by inviting in new ideas and lifestyle choices that will ultimately give you more energy, clarity, focus, and significant changes to your body if you keep utilizing what you learn in these ten days. Lucky for you, this is all free and to be used any ten days you have available to direct your full focus on integrating each idea into your life, but I encourage you to begin right now so this amazing opportunity to nourish yourself does not get pushed aside among your long to-do lists.  The brilliance to taking the time to care for yourself is that once you are full of health and vitality, your performance increases sky rocketing your productivity to get those long to-do lists accomplished.

“You can’t help another until you help yourself.”

How does the Optimal Wellness Challenge work?

Each day, you will integrate one of this simple ideas into your everyday life so that by the end of the 10 days, you now integrate all 10 things into your daily routine. These 10 simple things will be easy to add in to even a busy schedule, and shouldn’t require you to buy any additional items.

Day 1: Day 1 of the 10 Days to Optimal Wellness Challenge is to add in at least one cup of warm lemon water or even just warm water to your day. Steering clear of cold water aids digestion and instantly hydrates the body as it takes away the time the body needs to warm the water to your own body’s temperature.

Day 2: Day 2 of the 10 Days to Optimal Wellness Challenge is to integrate in at least 10 minutes of yoga or stretching to your day. As yoga does include meditation, I won’t separate the two into two different days so, be sure to maintain focused breath work or “pranayama” during your practice. Stretching and meditation in the morning will set a tone for your entire day therefore, try to switch your routinely morning phone check up into a healthier habit that will increase joint mobility, release muscular tension, and add mental clarity to your day.

Day 3: Day 3 of the 10 Days to Optimal Wellness Challenge is to break the fast with a healthy breakfast. If you’re looking for even more energy, try intermittent fasting by skipping either breakfast or dinner so that your body can digest everything else from the day and still have energy leftover.

Day 4: Day 4 of the 10 Days to Optimal Wellness Challenge is to bike or walk instead of driving to decrease your carbon footprint and increase the amount of endorphins in your brain causing sensations of happiness.

Day 6: Day 6 of the 10 Days to Optimal Wellness Challenge is to integrate in Abhyanga an Ayurvedic form of massage into your day. This can be done to oneself (after showering is best) by warming an organic oil of your choosing such as jojoba, coconut, almond, or another oil. After the oil is warm, massage into the skin by creating a friction up-down movement on all the limbs, and circular movements on your joints. Not only will your skin look more radiant, but your lymphatic system will be detoxified, and circulation will increase.

Wishing you wellness along your journey,

Mindy Sheppard