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Waking Up Exhausted

Watch Rianna as she shares her experience when waking up exhausted. She talks about feeling unbalanced. The best way to feel better is to recognize this feeling within ourselves, and that meditation and self-body work is a helpful solutions to checking in on our mind and body.

She discusses checking in with ourselves both physically and emotionally for tension and anxiety. When we check in emotionally, we should recognize what makes us feel anxious. Ignoring the issues in our life can contribute to us feeling exhausted, both physically and mentally.

2:40 Mindful Check-In Body Scan (Self-guided exercise)

When we wake up exhausted, it is often due to a blockage between our mental and physical selves. The best way to do meditation is to go through the body from feet to head and relax your body.

Stretch your arms upwards and take deep slow breaths.
Next, she sprays Organic Hand Sanitizer, Lavender, and Lemon on her hands and rubs it. She also recommended spraying the Eucalyptus Spray Air around your linens to bring clarity and a zen-like feeling.

Benefits of Lemon and Lavender Aromatherapy

  • fights exhaustion
  • helps with depression
  • clears your skin
  • kills harmful viruses and bacteria
  • reduces inflammation.
  • promotes relaxation
  • believed to treat anxiety fungal infections, allergies, depression, insomnia, eczema, nausea, and menstrual cramps.

4:07 Start of Meditation

  • We will start with the feet. She points and flexes it and feels if there is any tension there. And take a deep breath and think about the tension in your feet, and exhale.
  • Afterward, she proceeds to the ankles with a circular motion. Next, she breathes in while in this position and exhales.
  • She proceeds to the calves with a circular motion. Next, she breathes in while in this position and exhales.
  • She proceeds to the knee area with a circular motion. Next, she breathes in while in this position and exhales.

  • She proceeds to her thighs and moves them around. Next, she breathes in while in this position and exhales.
  • She proceeds to her hips and moves them around. Next, she breathes in while in this position and exhales.
  • She proceeds to her abdomen and moves them around. Next, she breathes in while in this position and exhales.
  • She proceeds to her stomach area and moves them around. Next, she breathes in while in this position and exhales.
  • She proceeds to her chest and back area with a circular motion. Next, she breathes in while in this position and exhales.
  • She proceeds to the fingers with a circular motion. Next, she breathes in while in this position and exhales.
  • She proceeds to the arms and then flexes them. Next, she breathes in while in this position and exhales.
  • She proceeds to the neck with a circular motion. Next, she breathes in while in this position and exhales.
  • She proceeds in her back and spine with a circular motion. Then take a deep breath and flex, then exhales.
  • She then moves to her head, breathes in, holds the position, and exhales afterward.

Continue reflecting on your body and when you’re ready, open your eyes slowly. She offers one more big stretch and gently shakes her body to awaken a little more balanced for the day ahead.