Hey guys, welcome back to Lavendaire.
So I wanted to kickstart a challenge
that we can all do together this month in July,
a challenge where we will take care of our mind, our body and our soul,
basically a wellness challenge.
And the reason why I'm kickstarting this is,
it's something that I wanted to do for myself.
And I just thought that I would share with you guys
in case any of you guys want to do it with me.
So if you've been watching my videos the past few months,
I really have been in like a lull
and kind of like a lower state for the past few months.
My energy and level of motivation has been lower.
And I couldn't really pinpoint exactly why.
And I think it's a lot of things at once because,
you know, 2020 was just an exhausting year.
That, coupled with just my personal anxieties
and my career, just the social media landscape.
And also just things that I didn't realize
I didn't heal from my childhood,
just all of these piled up on top of each other,
added up to just me struggling
and just feeling really low for the past few months.
So one step in the right direction
I know is taking care of my health
and kickstarting, healthy habits again.
Just doing things that will bring me
mental strength and mental clarity,
and ultimately the goal of having more energy
and more motivation in life.
Last month, I put a lot of time and energy into healing.
So doing things like weekly therapy, meditation, yoga,
I've been attending this energy healing, yoga meditation type of class
that I really want to share with you guys.
And I've learned a lot about healing,
not just on the mental, psychological level,
but on like an entire body,
like your physical body level,
because the reality is a lot of emotions and traumas
and anxiety, stress, tension.
Those things are held in our bodies
and we don't really know how to release it.
So instead of thinking that healing only happens in the mind,
I recognize that I have to like get up exercise, move my body,
do all these things to take care of my health
so that I can have better energy in life.
I just haven't been taking as good care of my physical self.
For example, I know that I spend too long on the computer
with like a slouched posture.
My posture isn't that great.
So I have tense shoulders.
I have anxiety, so I have trouble falling asleep.
And when I wake up after like a long night sleep,
I still feel tired.
Just all these energetic things that I know I can balance
and I can do better at.
So that's why I want to kickstart this challenge in July.
So I want to do a wellness challenge for your body, mind, and soul.
And we're going to start at 15 days, but I think after 15 days,
if I could do that completely,
then I would continue and do another 30 days
and see if I can finish 30 days.
So in total, that would be like 45 days of doing someting
healthy every single day.
So these are the criteria that I've decided for myself
that I want to do every single day for the next 15 days
and then the next 30 days.
I recognize everybody is different.
So I'm going to share these with you,
but feel free to tweak it however you like to fit your standards.
So here's the challenge:
Meditate for 15 minutes.
Drink one gallon of water every single day.
Exercise for 45 minutes every single day.
And that 45 minutes I challenge myself to break a sweat,
not just like slow walking,
but power walking or doing yoga.
Something that makes sweat come out.
No process to sugar, fruits and whole foods are okay.
I can't live without fruits, but nothing like,
you know, fake, no candy, no chocolate, things like that.
And no alcohol that one's easy for me,
but it might be really hard for some of you out there.
And lastly, take a progress pic every single day.
There's actually a popular challenge called 75 Hard
that some of my friends have done.
So this challenge is kind of inspired by
watching my friends do that challenge,
but I wanted to make it flexible
and make it simpler so that it's not too much
because my philosophy is, you know, take your baby steps.
Don't try to tell yourself to do 75 days of exercise every day, twice a day.
Like don't go too intense because
you don't even know your limit before you start.
So that's why we're starting with 15 days.
And I kind of customized the type of habits that
I want to do for my wellness challenge.
But again, like I said,
I encourage you to customize this
and tweak it only if you think it would suit you better
As usual, we'll be doing this challenge together on Vibely.
If you haven't heard,
Vibely is the place where we have a #LaviLoves community with over 18,000 members.
So you guys are doing challenges and fun exercises every single week.
So this wellness challenge will be part of that.
And let me reiterate that the goal of the challenge is not to be perfect.
It's not about perfection.
It's more about taking steps in the right direction,
towards a healthier body, a healthier mind, and a healthier soul,
building your mental strength, doing things for your body,
so that you have more energy and motivation in life.
So like I said,
the first round of this challenge is 15 days.
And if you can do those 15 days successfully,
then you can challenge yourself to do 30 days instead of 15.
But we'll see where we are.
Let me know down below.
If you want to join this challenge with me, just comment, like hands up, I'm in!
I'm excited to do this.
I'm excited to just jumpstart my health again,
focus on health and healing for the entire month of July.
I'll be sharing more videos on my personal story about my healing journey
and these new things, these new practices that I'm learning.
So keep an eye out for those.
Thank you so much.
And I'm super excited to do this challenge with you guys.
See you next time.
Bye.