The Vine Collective

04/08/2020

Stress management is something I fell in love with after navigating my own stressors & making changes to reduce my stress levels in holistic ways.

So, if you’re feeling it right now. It’s normal. It’s okay. But it is also possible to make healthy changes so that you can stay well in this season.

Let’s get you feeling good again.

6 ways to manage your stress + feel well again (link in bio). 5 min read. Worth the time. Your health matters.

Less stress = healthier immune system.

Let’s stay well 🌿

04/07/2020

04/07/2020

Your rhythms & routines define who you are. And right now, you’ve been given a major opportunity to shift whatever it is that you want to shift.

Don’t love that you had to wait until after work to get your peleton workout in? Don’t have to anymore. Do it at 11am, schedule in a 30 min break, b/c you can.

Always complaining about how you never have enough time to read a good book? Schedule in 45 min. after your work day to make a tea & lay in bed to read before cooking dinner.

You have A LOT of freedom in choice right now. And while the natural response for most of us when we’re given too much freedom in responsibly is to freeze — I charge you with making moves instead.

Do what feels good.

Do what you’ve always wanted to do but never had time for.

Schedule it in.

B/c if it’s not on your calendar you & I both know it probably won’t happen.

New rhythms & routines I’m creating in this season.

1. Keeping my phone out of the bedroom 30 min before bed & using an alarm clock to wake up instead.

2. Reading for 20 minutes after work to reset my mind.

3. Taking a mid-day walk or run in the woods to re-energize.

And you?

04/06/2020

big list coming at you // the best self development books to keep you inspired while you .

Ready for it?

You are a Badass by Jen Sincero.

You are a Badass at Making Money by Jen Sincero.

The Desire Map by Danielle LaPorte.

The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz.

Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert.

Radical Self-Acceptance by Tara Brach.

Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg.

Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling.

Get on amazon. Keep doing good things for yourself 🤍 make the most of it, we’re in this together.

04/05/2020

a few contagious words via that my heart needs right now 🤍 @ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

04/05/2020

pattern interruption // a technique to change a particular thoughts behavior, or situation used to change thought patterns + behavior.

Movement does it for me.

This morning I was able to clear some space mentally for myself via — you can do this too.

If you’re feeling sad, overwhelmed, discouraged, anxious, afraid. Try pattern interruption.

Here are a few ways I’d suggest.

Do 5-10 minutes of repetitive physical movement.

Put your phone away & breathe in and out for 3-5 minutes.

Try transcendental meditation (TM) for 10-15 minutes — you can find some on Spotify or YouTube.

Happy Sunday, stay well & take care of yourself there’s a lot happening right now 🤍

04/04/2020

Today’s meditation & self care routine looked a little different. I felt tense when I woke up. It’s kind of been bubbling up inside my body over the last few days. You know that feeling? When you know something’s there — throwing you off balance but you can’t identify what “it” really is.

That’s how I’ve felt lately.

Today I tried a bubble bath, but still felt tense. Tried a workshop, still felt tired. Tried some movement, still felt an ache in my heart for more restoration. And then I stumbled across a TM meditation (transcendental meditation) and began to listen to & repeat the mantra “SA TA NA MA”. And it worked.

It felt cathartic. So much released. The tension was dealt with as I meditated on the four words. Not bypassed but acknowledged and felt and heard and healed for the time being.

A part of me always hesitates to share my mindfulness practices, because I’ve been told in the past that they’re wrong. Weird? I know. Who gets to say that? Idk. But I listened. And I stopped doing me for a little while.

But this is the truth, my truth, I believe in some woo s**t 😂 I believe in the healing power of crystals & oils & salts. I believe mantras can change our brains. I believe that our bodies store pain & that we are capable of healing ourselves with the support of divine guidance and our own intuition.

So this is me. Woo AF some days but trying to keep it practical & real so that more people can experience the transformational benefits of the healing modalities that keep me going. XO, M.