Setting Healthy Intentions for the Week
Start this week with a fresh beginning. This exercise serves a dual purpose: It helps clear your mind of worries, stress and unhappiness and it creates a clean slate for you to refresh your healthy intentions. To begin, find a quiet place and concentrate on your breathing. Take deep, steady breaths and visualize letting go of all your troubles: the stress, the worries and unhappiness. Let these negative thoughts drift further away with each passing breath, until you feel calm and centered. In these clear-minded moments, set a healthy intention for yourself. For instance, maybe you intend to develop a more positive outlook. Or become more compassionate. Or feel more confident. Set your intention and focus on it throughout the week. Reward yourself for making progress.
Clear the way to refresh your intentions
- Take long, deep breaths to get calm and centered. Notice your thoughts and feelings.
- Let go of anything causing you stress or unhappiness by imagining it drifting away with each breath.
- With a clear mind, set an intention for the week such as being more compassionate or confident. Refresh your intention during the week.