Tiki the Yoga-Dog here, with your weekly Tiki-gram! This week I’m feeling very refreshed and rejuvenated after working so hard the week before in my guard dog capacity. You see, this week I’ve learned how important it is to take a little quiet time to relax. It’s all about creating that balance in our busy lives so that we don’t burn ourselves out.

For me, my life can get very hectic – I’ve got cats to chase, toys to play with, walks to take. Sometimes it just doesn’t seem like there’s enough time for it all, and I start to feel overwhelmed. But I’m realizing how important it is to find those moments where I can snuggle up on the sofa and be quiet. This week I really noticed how restored I felt, just by taking a little time to curl up on the couch and burrow under my favorite blanket. Just a minute or two of relaxing gave my brain a chance to quiet down, so that I could listen, rather than constantly letting my mind chatter away. I even had to help my mommy remember how important it is to relax, too. There were several times when she was trying to run around too much, so I had to jump up on her lap to physically hold her down. I finally let her up after she had taken some quiet time, too!

Now I’m sure you have days where you feel like you’re running around like crazy, and I totally understand how frazzled this can make you feel. It’s on these days that it’s very important to take even just one or two minutes to breathe and relax. Or do what I do and curl up on your sofa and burrow under your favorite blanket. When we take a minute or two to relax, it reminds us to breathe and we suddenly feel focused and energized. As our frazzled minds relax, the mind-chatter starts to quiet down, we feel refreshed, and any feelings of burn-out begin to dissolve.

So this week, remember how important it is to nurture yourself. And remember that we can do this even if we only have a minute, simply by taking a quiet moment to ourselves to breathe. Now be sure to print this out and read it whenever you’re running around like crazy, so that you can remember to take a little time for yourself to relax and just be!

Namaste,
Tiki