Namaskar You listen to a song early in the morning
and that plays in your head throughout the day. That is the power of morning. How you
are going to end the day totally depends upon how you start your day, but most of us begin
the day totally in a wrong way. Here are a few common morning mistakes that people do.
First, staying in dark. Do not stay in dark for long once you wake up, slide open your
curtains and let the light fill your room. Your biological clock is light sensitive.
For certain hormones to get you back into your action, you need to have a bright and
morning light. You must expose yourself to morning light immediately after you wake up.
Exposure to light in the morning and blue green light in particular prompts the release
of hormone cortisol, which stimulates and wakes you up and inhibits the release of melatonin,
which makes you feel drowsy. So, open your windows, look up to bright blue sky and greenery
around or go for a quick walk and come back. Second mistake, which we do is missing our
morning glass of warm water. Your body is in need of water after 7 8 hours of sleep.
The first thing you should do after waking up is to drink a glass of warm water. It would
rehydrate your body and also stimulates your digestive system to action. Missing a glass
of water can put stress on the system because of dehydration and also eating some solid
food directly will again put lots of stress to your system. You must drink a glass of
warm water the moment you wake up, but after 15 minutes you can definitely take water with
lemon, with little haldi inside, with little honey inside. That would be beautiful. Third
mistake we do is rushing to work. Being in hurry is a very big mistake which we do early
in the morning and this restlessness will continue throughout the day. Your state of
mind in morning can decide your energy and your state of being for the whole day. Hence
you plan your morning well in advance in previous night so that you can at least spend one hour
for yourself and practice Yoga, walking, meditation, pranayama, etc and spending time with nature.
The calmness and focus will prevail throughout the day's work. You will be energetic, more
joyful and more peaceful. The fourth mistake, which we do early in the morning, is to check
our mobile phone. 80% of smartphone users check their mobile phones within 15 minutes
of waking up. This habit can disturb the peace of mind which you have attained through sleep.
We are exposing ourselves to overload of information the moment we wake up. This could cause more
stress to your mind. Also, the exposure to bright light of phone can affect your eyes
because of the darkness of the atmosphere. The blue light of mobile phone can cause reddening
of your eyes and dryness, so avoid using your phone at least for one hour after waking up.
The fifth mistake that we do is skipping our breakfast. Consuming more calorie early in
the morning may reduce the risk of heart attack, diabetes, and more circulatory problems. Skipping
the breakfast can also make you eat more throughout the day and also can put your system under
stress. Your body has high absorbing capacity early in the morning. Hence, having breakfast
within two hours of waking up can help your body absorb all the nutrients efficiently.
And don't forget to include proteins in every meal including breakfast as protein is linked
to having less body fat, but has lots of other benefits. Greek yogurt and cottage cheese
are very good source of breakfast protein. Morning makes a foundation of your day. Make
sure that you build your foundation strong. Avoid all these silly mistakes which we do
early in the morning and begin your day with happiness and peace.