The Monday diet

The Monday diet
 
Set your alarm clock for 30 minutes earlier than usual, and wake up thinking positively.
; You can’t change the past, so silence the voice in your head that’s reminding you of how much you are over the weekend. Instead, think of the glass as being half full: this week, you’ll exercise and eat right, not just to lose weight but also to improve productivity, creativity, energy and mood. Choose a can-do mantra that     inspires you. Mine is: Though I can’t go back and make a brand-new start, I can and will start from now and make a brand-new ending.

Mantra for the morning

Mantra for the morning

This stress buster is aimed at touching your inner self, a spiritual tool to help begin your day well. Though it’s been long decreed that chanting the Gayatri mantra has definite therapeutic value, only now has the contention acquired scientific teeth. Research even at the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, shows that a regular morning chant has a positive effect on blood pressure, hemoglobin levels, and lung functions, enhances memory, and helps women tackle anxiety, depression and insomnia! For starters, play your Favourite mantra in the background while you and your family get ready to face the day. Otherwise, you can try learning it: the mantra is short, easy and not too time consuming. It was traditionally chanted thrice in the early hours of the morning and the evening. But depending on your religious persuasion any chant or reading related to your personal beliefs helps.