• Be clear about your aim. Bring purpose to your activity by consciously envisioning how you want your guide your session. 
• Warm-up (5 minutes). 
• Settle into a rhythm (10 to 15 minutes). 
• Challenge yourself (10 to 15 minutes). Try faster speed, more repetitions, or heav...

First thing in the morning:

• Take a deep breath. This simple, yet profound advice helps bring more oxygen into your body and widens the space between the stimulus of the traffic and your heightened stress reaction. In this space lies perspective and choice.
• Ask yourself what you need and give that to y...

• Trip over what you want to do. If you intend to do some yoga or to meditate, put your yoga mat or your meditation cushion in the middle of your floor.
• Refresh your triggers regularly - add variety or make them funny so they stick with you longer.
• Create new p...