2 Creative Ways to Get Energy Back

Hey guys. How are you? Depleted? Exhausted?

One of the top inquiries I get from clients is about wanting help finding more energy in their life. Whether it's that spark, that loss of sense of self, they're in just a perpetual state of languish, or they're feeling no energy, this is such a common concern. Of course we have to first start with the really important practical things such as, getting eight hours of sleep, non-negotiably, you need to be eating balanced, full energizing meals, you need to be finding movement every single day, and have a mental discipline practice (meditation FTW).

Those are your bare-bones energy essentials, but sometimes your physical health is in check and you're still missing the umph. Let's talk about bringing in some actual creative and exciting energy life force energy back into your body. Here are two really practical tools to bring that zeal back into your life:

1. Make a Creative Energy List.

I've been using this method to help people become re-energized for a long time and it's proven to be invigorating and awakening. Make a list of what energizes you and rank it. It'll take three minutes, maybe less, and it'll remind you of what in your life energizes you. Maybe it's not in your life right now, and that's the whole problem. Refer back to this list when you need a pick me up and ensure you're scheduling or implicating the ones that energize you the most. Here are some possibilities to add to your list:

Nature

Color

Travel

Conversations

Emotions

Solitude

Weather

Thoughts

Intuition

Love

Movement

Music

Connections

Traveling

Drive

Boundaries

2. Breath of Fire.

This energizing, agni-activating and solar plexus-connecting (center of self, transformation and personal power) breathing technique is clarifying and invigorating. The breath is a passive inhale and sharp exhale both through the nose. You'll feel a gentle pulsing in the solar plexus of your belly with every breath. 3-5 rounds of 30 breaths with breaks as needed in between will do you wonders.

Should you want some help, try my meditation for energy. Also, try making a habit of meditation by signing up for my 21 Day Meditation Challenge, which covers all different kinds of meditations and gets your mind disciplined and re-energized. Most importantly, make it fun, make it nice, make it easy on yourself. You know what a huge energy drain is? Not having fun along the way.