Strengthen Your Boundaries: Love yourself enough to say no to others’ demands on your time and energy. Step back & reassess the situation. A note from me this week over at Twitter

Monthly Feature: I Dare You to Do Something Different:

I am encouraging you and myself, for the entire month of June to put your whole entire beautiful self first. It’s not about ignoring your family members and friends nor becoming totally self absorbed.

It’s simply about making sure you are nurturing and rejuvenating yourself sufficiently on a physical, emotional and spiritual level. Be mindful you are not ignoring nor depleting your own energy reserves unwisely and unnecessarily.

This months dare is a double dare and an opportunity to experience how absolutely amazing you would feel if you:

* eat and drank well - you’d be nourished and hydrated
* conscious of your breath - slowing down fast shallow breathing
* quality rest - getting a balance between busy and calm, yin and yang
* said no more often without feeling guilty - strong personal boundaries
* released stress and worry often with regular simple rejuvenation tips
* softened your thinking and refreshed your mind - back in your body
* added more moments of joy and bliss - know what fills you up
* restored your soul by listening to its soft guiding voice - meditate or journal
* spent more time outside to revive your spirit and soul - get grounded

Get Your Groove Back By Rejuvenating You - I Double Dare You:

It’s all about energy in and and energy out:

This month I encourage you to observe just how much time you spend on giving energy out compared to receiving energy in. The ultimate goal of course is to add more and more moments of receiving energy in; so you feel full, whole and complete rather than half empty, drained and depleted.

A more balanced and equal exchange of energy in and out is what we are all aiming for to rejuvenate ourselves naturally.

Emotional upset drains you in an instant:

Personal rejuvenation is even more urgent if you have been exposed to a recent emotional upset. Emotional trauma is one of the quickest and easiest ways to deplete your energy reserves in an instant. It often comes without warning and turns your world upside down. The more intense or the longer the emotional upset continues the greater the focus needs to be on putting yourself first. It takes time and energy to re build your energy levels and internal strength again. Have patience and put yourself first more often.

You only have two choices:

1. Rejuvenate regularly

or

2. Deplete yourself with physical, emotional and mental exhaustion and then wait for the illness to arrive

Start Rejuvenating Now:

Simply put yourself first for the month by focusing on one or more of the above suggestions I have listed (just under the photo).

You may choose to put yourself first by frequently focusing on your breath. When your breathing is shallow and fast your thinking is hurried and fast. You talk fast, eat fast, drink fast, become anxious and work fast. It’s a classic symptom of stress.

By observing your breathe and becoming conscious of slower, deeper breathes you are sending quality, life giving oxygen into your body and brain. You greatly calm your mind and actions along with releasing stress and tension with each long slow exhale. All this and much more happens when you simply choose to put yourself first and focus on your breath.

For me personally I’m going to focus on strengthening my boundaries and releasing stress and worry more often. Sounds like a rejuvenation plan to me.

Now, go forth and rejuvenate.

开阔眼界：别人对你时间以及精力上的要求要勇于说不。重新审视你所处的环境。这个星期我将向你提供一些建议。

一周特色：我希望你能有所改变：

我鼓励你以及我自己，在这整个七月能把优秀的自己放在第一位，而这并不意味着让你忽视你的家人以及朋友或完全沉浸于自我之中。

而只是简单的让你在身体、情绪和精神层次上能充分的恢复青春恢复自我。要注意你并不是在忽视或是愚笨和没有必要的耗尽你的精力储量。

这一个月的勇敢尝试效果将是加倍的，同时它也是一个让你感觉惊异的机会，只需要你：

·吃好喝好-滋养你的生命

·关注你的呼吸-放慢那些快而浅的呼吸

·有质量的休息-从繁忙与平静、阴与阳中找到平衡

·多说不而不会有犯罪感-明确自我与他人的边界

·经常用简单而有规律的恢复青春的方法去释放压力和担忧

·柔化你的思想，往你的意识中灌注新鲜血液-回归到身体

·增加快乐和福佑的时刻-清楚什么使你快乐

·通过聆听内心声音来恢复你的灵魂-沉思或是记录

·多在室外来重新振作你的精神和灵魂-来搁浅自己

通过恢复精力来使自己达到最佳状态-我加倍的激励你：

所有的一切都只是能量的获取与释放:

这个月我鼓励你去观察一下你花了多少时间在花费和存储能量。最终的目标是让你有更多的机会来储备；这样你才不会觉得空虚或被耗尽而是感觉充足完整。

一个内外更加平衡和均等的能量交换正是我们所有人追寻的自然的返老还童的目标。

感情上的不快能在霎那间击垮你自己:

自我的恢复显得更加重要假如你近期陷入了感情的困境。感情上的创伤是最快也是最简单的在霎那间耗尽你能量的方法。它来时没有任何预兆但却能让你的世界从此一团糟。一旦那种创伤持续的越长越强烈，你所需要投入的关注也越重。恢复你现有的活力和内心的坚强需要时间和体力。因此要有耐心，把自己放在重要的位置。

你只有两种选择：

1.定期恢复精力

又或

2.身体、感情以及精神上的精疲力竭来耗尽你自己，随之而来的就是疾病的到来

现在就开始恢复你的青春：

简单的花一个月的时间来完成我的建议中的一条或一条以上（照片下面）。

你也许会尝试用关注呼吸来恢复你的青春。当你发现你的呼吸浅而快，你的思想急促，你的说话进食工作也变得快速而且容易焦虑，这就是传统的压力所带来的症状。

通过观察你的呼吸，并且意识到慢而深的呼吸的时候你就懂得了高质量的生活，这种生活向你的身体和大脑传输氧气。每一个缓慢的呼气都有助于你释放压力与紧张，这样你才能缓和你的思想和行动。只要你看重自己关注自己的呼吸，这些都能或至少大部分会实现。

对我个人而言，明确自己与他人的界限，释放压力和担忧更为重要。听起来好像是一个为我自己量身打造的恢复计划。

现在就开始返老还童吧。