I'm a huge fan of making tiny habits because they're actually realistic & sustainable, and I often go above & beyond them but never *have* to. For example, I promised myself to meditate 30 seconds every night before bed. Most people would say that's pointless, but I usually end up staying in meditation for several minutes and guess what... at least I do it every day!
From a perspective of someone who sits deep in topic of movement and health for 20 years now >>
Actually after sleeping, your discs and spine areas are filled with a lot of water.
After waking up, stand slowly, do light vertical jumps for a few moments, then do stretches You said.
Your advice is what animals do, but we are a bit different, we walk on two legs ( usually ;) and our spine is attacked by gravity in different manner than those who move on four legs.
I see Your advice as a move in positive direction and setting up good course for rest of the day.
I start (and end) my day with stretching! Though my habit is nine minutes. Why nine? Because that’s the length of my snooze.
My routine: My alarm “goes off” (the brown noise on my sound machine ends and a flute song plays—I’m instantly awake), I do the mermaid (kinda like a banana on your side) on each side, then a spinal twist on each side, and finally child’s pose. When the flute music plays again, I turn it off, do one last stretch (seated forward fold with flexed feet—stupid plantar fasciitis) and get out of bed.
As a side sleeper, my body is curled up when I wake, so the mermaid opens the front of my body (contracts s the over-stretched back muscles), the twists open the SI joint and release the piriformis (glutes), and child’s pose flexes my back extensors, stretched the glutes more, compresses the hips/knees like a deep squat, and the forward fold releases the compression while stretching the hamstrings. I’ll hold each for up to a minute with the twists for 3-ish minutes on each side.
It’s not exactly a “tiny habit” like your suggestion, but I fully support the development of an awakening the body with a stretch!!!
Wow! This is so valuable! I’m also a side sleeper!! My knees are practically against my head when I sleep 😅 I haven’t tried stretching for 9 minutes for though! Should try it out!
And the name! Well, form next week, we’ll have Tiny Habit Tuesdays! Thank you 💕😍
Oh I love this! My first thought was like: "Nah, 5 minutes stretches in bed?!" And then I realised it IS a TINY habit: 5 seconds. Love it, will try it literally first thing tomorrow morning.
I like your idea of posting the tiny habits on Tuesdays: I usually get a general feeling of how a week is going on Tuesdays. And then I can read your tiny habit challenge and get a little boost to try it from Wednesday for the rest of the week!
Ooh I'm so going to join you in doing this! My poor body is like a pretzel when I wake up so this will definitely help.
Welcome Soph!!! 💕 The habit are tiny so would be easy to implement! And the body! Same here. I sleep with my knees practically on my head 😅😭
I'm a huge fan of making tiny habits because they're actually realistic & sustainable, and I often go above & beyond them but never *have* to. For example, I promised myself to meditate 30 seconds every night before bed. Most people would say that's pointless, but I usually end up staying in meditation for several minutes and guess what... at least I do it every day!
I know right? They are easy to implement cause they are ‘tiny‘. Once you start it, it’s easy to carry on! It’s never pointless.
From a perspective of someone who sits deep in topic of movement and health for 20 years now >>
Actually after sleeping, your discs and spine areas are filled with a lot of water.
After waking up, stand slowly, do light vertical jumps for a few moments, then do stretches You said.
Your advice is what animals do, but we are a bit different, we walk on two legs ( usually ;) and our spine is attacked by gravity in different manner than those who move on four legs.
I see Your advice as a move in positive direction and setting up good course for rest of the day.
Ohhh that’s interesting to hear! Thank you so much for pointing it out!!
Welcome Boo
Love the tinyl habits!
I’m so glad you like it Tan 😍💕
Loving this!!! Let's do it! 💕
Glad you joined! On Tuesdays from next week 😍
Will do the challenge from tomorrow. 👍 And I would like it to get it every Tuesday. So that I can start the practice a day ahead.
Glad to hear Shanjitha 💕 Will post in Tuesday form next week on!
I start (and end) my day with stretching! Though my habit is nine minutes. Why nine? Because that’s the length of my snooze.
My routine: My alarm “goes off” (the brown noise on my sound machine ends and a flute song plays—I’m instantly awake), I do the mermaid (kinda like a banana on your side) on each side, then a spinal twist on each side, and finally child’s pose. When the flute music plays again, I turn it off, do one last stretch (seated forward fold with flexed feet—stupid plantar fasciitis) and get out of bed.
As a side sleeper, my body is curled up when I wake, so the mermaid opens the front of my body (contracts s the over-stretched back muscles), the twists open the SI joint and release the piriformis (glutes), and child’s pose flexes my back extensors, stretched the glutes more, compresses the hips/knees like a deep squat, and the forward fold releases the compression while stretching the hamstrings. I’ll hold each for up to a minute with the twists for 3-ish minutes on each side.
It’s not exactly a “tiny habit” like your suggestion, but I fully support the development of an awakening the body with a stretch!!!
And “Tiny Habits Tuesdays” has a nice ring to it!
Wow! This is so valuable! I’m also a side sleeper!! My knees are practically against my head when I sleep 😅 I haven’t tried stretching for 9 minutes for though! Should try it out!
And the name! Well, form next week, we’ll have Tiny Habit Tuesdays! Thank you 💕😍
Oh I love this! My first thought was like: "Nah, 5 minutes stretches in bed?!" And then I realised it IS a TINY habit: 5 seconds. Love it, will try it literally first thing tomorrow morning.
I like your idea of posting the tiny habits on Tuesdays: I usually get a general feeling of how a week is going on Tuesdays. And then I can read your tiny habit challenge and get a little boost to try it from Wednesday for the rest of the week!
Ohh I'm soo glad you like it Fab 💕✨️ I will post it on Tuesday from next week onwards!! Thank you so much for the input 💝