A Breathing Exercise to Find Balance
Is your breath balanced? You may think so, but often the inhale can be longer than the exhale, or vice versa. If you are giving too much of yourself, your body may be taking long inhales to make up for…
Podcast Series Self-Care Daily with Rachel Brathen
Listen hereA Breathing Exercise to Find Balance
Where Are You Yearning for Balance?
We will always fluctuate when it comes to feeling balanced in our lives. Life is full of ebbs and flows! In today’s episode, Rachel will guide you through an open journaling practice. You will consider where balance may be lacking…
Is Your Life Balanced Right Now?
We have officially arrived at the week of Spring Equinox. This week, the day will once again become as long as the night. Light and dark will balance again. In reflection of this, we are going to consider the balance…
What Did the Past Winter Season Teach You?
Winter always has lessons that it brings with it. Did you learn something important this past season? Did you learn something about yourself, about life, or about the world? In today’s episode, you will settle on one big lesson that…
What Did You Struggle with This Past Winter?
Winter can be challenging in so many ways. It’s cold and dark – and our inner worlds are taking center stage. Is there something in particular that you struggled with this past winter season? Was it something recurring? Or was…
What Are You Most Grateful for About the Past Winter?
In today’s gratitude practice, we are going to focus on the highs of the past winter season. What were the moments that really stand out to you as special? Did something feel really expansive or nurturing or beautiful? Rachel shares…
What Shifted For You Over the Winter?
Bring yourself back to the beginning of winter. Who were you then? What was going on? And has something shifted for you since then? What did the winter season actually bring you? Today’s episode is a free-writing journaling exercise where…
A Week to Reflect On and Process What Winter Brought Us
We are about a week away from Spring Equinox. Officially on paper, this is the last week of winter. Often when spring comes, it brings with it excitement and busyness – and we usually throw ourselves into it all. We…
What Part of Your Day Can You Slow Down and Appreciate?
Today’s self-care practice is to look at your day, figure out where you are moving too fast, and consciously slow those moments down. There are so many things that you normally rush through and wish away. But those moments are…
How Would Life Change If You Could Slow Down?
What area of your life feels like it’s moving too fast? What area is overwhelming and stressful? And the important question of today: how would your life change if you could slow down? In today’s episode, you will do a…