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May 11, 2018 4 min read
Ahhhh Mother’s Day. A day moms are treated to brunch, flowers, cards, hugs, handmade mugs, and praise galore. For one day of the year. It’s appreciated, no doubt. But this Mother’s Day, perhaps we provide a gift that will keep caring for mom the rest of the year just as she does for all those in her life?
Wholistic Health YYC and Rocky Mountain Soap Co. have teamed up to help you curate a custom self-care toolkit for your mom. Because one hour of alone time and feeling pampered is great, but it shouldn’t just happen at a spa once a year! She can use this toolkit to sprinkle mindful exercises throughout the day or to integrate all together into her morning or evening routine.
Visit your local Rocky Mountain Soap Co to choose self-care products for your mom. Some suggestions that pair well with the mindfulness practices included in the Mindful Mama Routine Building Kit:
After you’ve handpicked the products that suit mom’s tastes and needs, find a basket or bowl in the house that you can reuse for mom’s present. Print the free downloadable self-care practices to include in the basket. If you want to go the extra mile (like mom so often does for you!), visit a local craft shop to hand pick the paper that you will print the self-care rituals on. Write a card that acknowledges how hard mom works year round, and offer any support, from helping around the house to protecting a time period each day, that will help her build a mindful routine.
Does mom live a distance away and you can’t get this custom self-care kit to her? No problem! Download and forward the self-care toolkit and do your online order to send to mom’s doorstep today!
Mama, you work hard year round, there’s no reason your self-care and pampering should happen for one hour a year in a spa!
A daily home yoga practice may not be in the cards for you at this stage in life. And that’s OKAY! Try this mindful movement and breathing exercise in your routine and see how it blossoms. This mindful exercise adapted from Vietnamese Buddhist monk, author, and teacher Thich Nhat Hanh.
The mindful movement “Open Like a Flower” involves the following steps:
When children are young, time is carved out to bath and play. For moms of teens, you’re often feeling like a broken record reminding them to bathe. It’s a chore. But what if we reframe it to being a mindful moment for YOU mama, where you can sprinkle your shower with awareness, relaxation, awaking the senses?
Try one or all of these tips and tools:
Sally Powis-Campbell - a local Registered Psychologist, Yoga Teacher, Meditation Guide, Author and Public Speaker who is passionate about helping people infuse mindfulness into their everyday lives.
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