Thursday 1 January 2015

Commit to Positive Lifestyle Change

So at the very beginning of January we are all getting ready to get back into the swing of things, and I wanted to share with you my thoughts on New Years resolutions.

It is possible that you may have set some New Years resolutions already, and it is also very possible that you may have broken some already! I think that New Years Resolutions, whilst a lot of people think they are pointless, really do serve a purpose. They're a great way to motivate yourself, and a great prompt to be inspired towards positive change.

Resolutions are a form of goal setting, and a form of committing to something intended to support your greater good.



So this New Year what can you commit to?

Commit to positive change.
Commit to being change.
Commit to inspire change.
Commit to create change.

I am starting off this year by taking stock of what works and what doesn’t work, and drawing my motivation from there, into what I can create going forwards into this year and beyond. My aim is to integrate new habits that stick, and form positive patterns that can be continued J

My resolutions fall into the areas of MOVE, NOURISH, and FLOURISH, which are the three core areas we focus on within optimallyou

My MOVE goals for this year are to include more yoga, spinning, and boxing into my weekly routine. I love the feeling and energy you get from a spin class, with the music and the group, and I want more of this in my life. More of what works, less of what doesn’t. Yoga is great for me, as I tend to have a very busy mind and choose to work long days, and it helps me to de-stress, and become more grounded and centred. I am choosing to practice more boxing, to develop my skill level, and to learn better technique. This works for myself on a personal level, and also allows me to better serve my clients when I can pass on new skills within personal training sessions.

In terms of NOURISH goals, I am going to continue with my usual morning routine of an aloe vera shot on waking, with a warm water with lemon and ginger, and a green vibrance or maximum vibrance green juice. I will also endeavor to prep meals at home more as I found for 2014 that I ate out most of the time (which I love as I am a very social eater – one of the great pleasures in life I think!), and I actually really love to create exciting meals and juices at home. I will be sharing these with you through my blog and via the optimallyou vlog, twitter, facebook, and instagram.

The things that have come up for me to focus on for my FLOURISH goals are the ones that are really exciting for me and I am already feeling the benefits from them, as I started practicing them a few days ago. I have decided to work on forgiveness for January, and I have been developing my own practice of releasing emotions and forgiving myself when I get caught in negative thoughts. I am going to do a vlog on this for our optimallyou youtube channel so look out for that one. I have been combining this forgiveness practice with some daily meditations, which I am committing to doing at least once daily. I am also committing to reading something every day, and writing something every day. Finally, I am committing to taking one day off from working each week. This might not sound like a difficult resolution to make, but when you love what you do, it is actually pretty hard! I’d like to spend more time relaxing on my own (reading, writing, cooking, creating), enjoying time with friends, or even just doing nothing!

So these are my commitments to positive change for 2015.

I would love to hear yours J

Leave a comment below and let me know what you are committing to this New Year!

Check out our optimallyou youtube channel where will be sharing lots of exciting new vlogs, starting next week with our three part optimallyou MOVE, NOURISH, FLOURISH series.

See you there!

With Gratitude,


Niyc xx

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