Hydration revelations
I talk about drinking water a lot.
Everyone close to me has gone through phases of being annoyed at my constant reminders, being grateful for how good they feel when they start to make it a habit, and then back to being annoyed - because it’s HARD to stick with a habit like hydration!
It’s annoying.
But there are some very good reasons why I keep hounding people (including myself) about it, and that’s what I’m going to share with you this weekend.
I hydrate because it helps me give my best gifts to the world, especially those in my inner sphere. My loved ones. But not only them. When I am hydrated, I sleep better - and when I get more quality sleep, staying consistently hydrated tends to be easy-peasy - funny how that works!
When I’m hydrated, my mind is clearer. I find greater ease with my cycle symptoms and hormonal fluctuations (which as a practice I try not to fight against, but use as signals from my body that something is out of whack with my routines or resources or priorities). I tend to see others with more compassion and less judgment. My ego is slower to inflate, and easier to bring down to right-size. Humility and gratitude are more accessible to me. I don’t see threats where they don’t exist, or let fear run the show.
When I’m hydrated I’m so much more creative and vulnerable and open. I include others. I trust myself and am more decisive. I feel my own sense of self-worth, so it’s easier to share more genuinely. My problem solving skills and pattern-noticing skills are on point. I feel free with my Inner Child, and more attentive towards her.
When I’m hydrated it’s easier to exercise - the next day. Remember, hydration isn’t an instant fix. You have to build on the previous day’s work. So keep at it, slow and steady, day by day. Don’t push yourself to exercise too much until you’re properly, regularly, functionally hydrated. I like to compare it to keeping up with changing the oil in your car, but unlike a machine, we are organic - it takes time for cells to plump up, regenerate, heal. And it takes time for sluggish systems to re-engage - so it might take a couple weeks for those trips to the bathroom to level out - be kind to your bladder, and it will be kind to you in your older age. :)
Drink water.
Please.
(And keep your electrolytes up, eat a variety of whole foods, stay away from refined sugar. I’m NOT a nutritionist, and this is hot health advice. It’s just a note about what helps me personally, from a life-long student of hydration, wellness and ayurveda.)
Drink more water, not because you’re tired of seeing posts about it, or hearing your loved ones nagging at you. Or even because you’re feeling guilty.
Do it because water is life, it is magic!
It is a gift.
Do it because you believe you are worthy of feeling your best, every day.
Yours in wellness,
Marit
