Holiday Yoga Class for R&R&R

You’re invited! Please come to our annual Holiday Rescue for Relaxation and Renewal on Tuesday, Dec. 28 at 7 pm at the JCS Pavilion located at 5361 S. Milford Rd., Milford, OH

It’s always a blast to come together, gather around the fireplace, and enjoy yoga together.

Please come and bring your friends. It’s by donation and everything collected will be given to the JSC to help them serve even more people and as a token of our appreciation.

Our regular schedule begins the week of January 10. Visit this link for details on the yoga classes in Milford, OH, Anderson, OH and more.

Holiday Helper #11 Laugh

Laugh. Laugh a little or a lot, depending on your level of stress. Laughter reduces tension.

Do something unusual and outrageous each day.

Practice seeing the humor in your holiday dilemmas.

Share your funny story with us.   Laughter is the best medicine, isn’t it?

Holiday Helper #10 Pay Attention to Your Spirit.

Pay attention to your spirit. Listen to your core.  Touch it and let it touch you.

What do you believe?  What’s really important?

Holidays invite reflection.  Nurture this opportunity as part of your celebration.

Please share your thoughts with us.  It will lift all our spirits up.

Holiday Helper #9 Take Care of Your Body

Take care of your body. Don’t overeat, over drink, or overplay.  It saps your vitality and diminishes your ability to enjoy the holidays.

Protect your energy.  Learn to celebrate without abusing your body.

I’m doing yoga and taking walks almost every day.  What steps are you taking?   Add your comment below…

Holiday Helper #8 Give Meaningful Gifts

Give meaningful gifts.  Give blood.  Give your presents (buy something, make something) – and give your presence and pledge your time and attention – don’t just give tickets to a cultural or sports event – plan to go along and share the experience together.  Volunteer to babysit.

Remember to put yourself on the gift list.  Treat yourself to a gift that’s just perfect for you.

What’s the most meaningful gift you’ve received or given?  Please let us know in the comment box.

Holiday Helper #7 Turn Obligations into Energizers.

Turn obligations into energizers.  Rituals and traditions that characterize our celebrations can stimulate spiritual reflection, excitement and wonder.

Even exciting tasks, repeated year after year, may turn into obligations.  Creatively update tasks so they provide new energy.  If anything conjures up an image of drudgery, try a new approach that can energize you.

Traditions can help us get through the difficult times when our feelings don’t quite match the occasion.

How are you updating your holiday traditions?  Please let us know thru the comment box.

Holiday Helper #6 Set Priorities

Set priorities.  List all the things you want to accomplish.  Cross out unnecessary activities.

Refuse to suffer.

Do unpleasant tasks as quickly and painlessly as possible, then reward yourself.

Keep for yourself the activities you enjoy, even if they aren’t essential or could be done by others.  You need them.  They nurture you.

What are your priorities?  Please share your comments below.

Holiday Helper #5 Make positive contact with others.

Make positive contact with others. At parties, make sure you have a good conversation with several people.  If parties aren’t your bag, make contact in some other situation (a neglected neighbor? with a religious group?)

If your friend or family list is too short, look around for others in the same boat.  Try volunteering at Meals on Wheels or the crisis shelter.  Someone in your community needs your love.  Reach out to others – for both of your sakes.

How are you reaching out during the holidays?  What’s your style?  Please comment below.

Holiday Helper #4 Select celebration patterns with care.

Select celebration patterns with care. Remember your past and bring it into the present.  Your “treasure box of memories” will contain pain as well as warmth and joy and it offers you a personalized source of depth and richness.

Repeat a tradition you’ve always kept.

Ask others about their rituals, pick one that’s new for you, and try it out.

Share your traditions with us in the comment box below.

Holiday Helper #3 Give yourself permission to feel as you do.

Give yourself permission to feel as you do.  Listen to yourself.  Feel what you feel, not what you “think you are supposed to feel,” or “wish you felt.”  When you feel down, feel down.  It won’t last forever.  When you feel excited, go ahead and enjoy it.

Trying to manipulate your feelings or act contrary to them will distance you from yourself.

How do you handle this one?  Please share your comment with us.