So to us the most important thing about every single day is how we invest the very first few hours
win the morning win the day
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We'd like to start our days as early as possible so that means
Ideally, we like to wake up around 6:00 or 7:00 a.m. However with a crazy lifestyle sometimes
That changes based on if we're traveling if we're shooting if we're flying jet lag
So there are many many variables
but right now the beauty of us spending some time at marks family's cottage is that it gives us the
opportunity to have this routine and schedule that we can stick to
And
Then when we get up a big rule is that you know, we use our cell phones as an alarm clock
But we do not look at our phones until our morning routine is done. That means we're not checking emails
We're now looking at text messages or an augury on social media if you want to have an incredibly productive
day
the last thing we find we ever need in the morning is to start thinking too quickly about what we should be doing and putting
Yourself into more of a work state when really the real work at the beginning of the day is aligning the mind and body
Oh, yeah, that's the real Orcas. You're right there
Once we're up we have another we have so many weird things now that I'm like having to think about
Well, we do in the mornings mark and I are obsessed with making sure that the bed is made it's really weird
I know
but the first thing you do is make our bed because it just feels like
We've already succeeded in something the day hasn't even started
We haven't even gone to brush your teeth yet and already we feel like we've succeeded
So many of you guys may know the first thing that we do before we get anything
Started in our morning routine is our personal yoga practice
so grab those mats and head on over to the deck and I usually make a stop in the kitchen and
I get about a half a liter of cold
And I squeezed in a half a lemon and then probably about two teaspoons
Of cayenne pepper at first just say like your love your kindness
it'll mix it all together and I bring that down for the practice for myself and its really great to help kick-start the
Digestive system just wake up the body and I find like that's really strangely refreshing while I do yoga
before we get the actual physical aspect of a practice started we have this ritual we love to do and that is
Burning sage or Paula Santa we switch on and off whatever we feel like fits that morning
but it's an incredible way to
Just still your mind for a minute and to burn the Palo Santo or the sage and to cleanse yourself
Cleanse the aura cleanse the energy around your yoga mat and just allows you to really set a good intention for your practice
A lot of you guys asked us about what is our personal yoga practice on a daily basis?
What we give you on YouTube is exactly what we do ourselves
The only difference is that our practice is usually at least about 45 to an hour
if not an hour and a half, depending on how much time we have that morning, I mean
There's no secret to what we do is the same classes on YouTube just longer
So just like our complete program or 10-day program. It's exactly that just sometimes it's yoga workout. Yeah, will we need a physical workout?
And when we need to relax, sometimes it's a in or restorative or sometimes we want to work on specific body parts
Really our yoga practice to ourselves. We just let our state of being dictate what we should be doing
We're trying innately
Listen as deeply as we can to our body and and then give it exactly what it's asking for
Listening to your body is the key to creating your own yoga practice
The most interesting thing about our personal yoga practice is that we use that to prepare ourselves for meditation
So meditation always comes last for us at the very end
And now that the body is ready to sit still for an extended period of time
You really allow ourselves to go deeper within so
Whether that is a specific
meditation that we like to practice or again the times we have like 5-10 minutes and you know
We have to be somewhere. So like okay. Well, we're just gonna have five minutes to sit and breathe whatever it is
just giving yourself five ten fifteen minutes to recenter yourself to breathe to reconnect with something deeper within you is
exactly what we need to start our day and
Any investment in yourself in finding stillness, even if it's a minute is an investment well made
Especially in the morning because there's so much that can just be sorted out before you begin your day by just going inward
So once we're done our yoga and meditation we head on back to the kitchen and make sure we take our vitamins and supplements
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So after that
We take our dog for a walk and this works as a double bonus
Because not only do we get to take our dog for a walk. It's a prince is very active
We also get to spend some time with each other and in nature and we always try to make sure that we're still not
Speaking about work or anything that will cause any stress in their minds Mark and I work together
24/7 I mean our life is our business
So it's important for us to find that
Balance between work and just seeing with each other
So our morning walks with Prince is a moment for us to reconnect with ourselves
With each other and also our dog just to really be a fan
So once we're back from the dog walk
We're preparing yourselves enough to get our work day started so usually before we sit down
And start talking about what our day is gonna be like we like to comfort ourselves with a nice drink whether that is coffee
I see we like dandelion sometimes which is a coffee substitute or marshal of your to America lattes
Yeah, actually this complete called. Jammie. It's really amazing
and once we have our drinks we sit down and
We are basically one step away from the rest of our day and that last step is making a list
lists are crucial in our lives because it really allows you to write down your goals for the day your tasks your
Things like you just need to tackle
And I find that when we don't do it and when you don't write it down and have it in front of you
And it's in your brain everything just you just go just goes crazy to me
I find especially I'm like, I don't know where to start
It allows you to visualize what needs to be accomplished
But also to look back at the lists from the day before to make sure nothing falls through the cracks
And then there is a sense of momentum and it's like what we talked about was making the bed
It's when you scratch things off the list. It gives you more energy and inspiration to do the next things on your list
Lists are a very very important thing
And then once we got the list ready to go like it's it's game on like we work and we work a lot
Sometimes we have to work till 10 or 11 o'clock at night depending on what we have on our plates
But we just go and that's the thing because when the day is set properly and this is our perfect routine
Sometimes we hit all of them
Sometimes our life only allows us hit some of them but we know that all of them have a value each
Individually, so collectively as a full morning routine
It sets us up for success and that's all that matters because if you win the morning
We can't say it enough you win the day