7 Amazing Reasons To Cleanse and Reset This Spring
Apr 19, 2024
“Spring cleaning doesn’t have to be a dreaded list of chores. It can be a rewarding experience that helps provide some structure and organization in your life.”
— Peter Walsh
Springtime cleaning is much more than simply clearing out the clutter in your home. This time of re-invigoration and renewal is also a perfect opportunity to simplify and reset. Why not let this seasonal transition inspire you to take stock, let go, and make room for the most important elements in your life to flourish? The process can truly be life-changing, offering opportunities to focus in and nurture your mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual health. Here are just a few of the benefits of a good spring cleaning for the whole self:
- Reduces Stress: A cluttered and messy living environment can lead to stress and anxiety. Cleaning and organizing your living space can reduce stress and create a more calming atmosphere. The same is true for your mind, body, and heart. Clear out the clutter to make room for ease and abundance in every area of your life! A simplified diet focused on deep nourishment helps the body replenish after the winter, allowing it to function without friction. Clearing out the excess in your schedule helps reduce mental stress, and employing practices to reduce accumulated emotional crud allows the heart to soften.
- Promotes Physical Activity: In spring, the world comes alive again. In the same way, we have the opportunity to start to gently move and groove right along with the flora and fauna. Spring resets invite tender, exploratory physical movement, easeful activation, and the manifestation of winter’s dreams into reality, all of which help to improve overall health and get you joyfully grounded in your beautiful body.
- Improves Air Quality: Dust and allergens can accumulate in your home over time, leading to respiratory problems. Spring cleaning can improve air quality by removing dust and allergens. Mental, spiritual, and emotional spring cleaning do the same for us at a more subtle level. We get to clear out all those little bits of grit and grime that irritate our system and cause dis-ease. Cleansing at the body level allows us to reset, improving our energy levels and ability to receive nourishment via a purified, optimized system. Let that Prana flow!
- Increases Productivity: A cluttered and disorganized body/mind/heart/environment can decrease productivity and cause stagnation. You get lost and overwhelmed in the mess and chaos! By organizing your physical space and aligning your hopes, goals, needs, and desires, you can increase efficiency and open the doors to intentionality, presence, and increased creativity. Physical cleansing allows the body to eliminate waste and take in nutrients with greater coherence, making it easier to access the vibrant energy you need to do your unique (and important) work in the world.
- Saves Money: By decluttering, you can let go of the things you no longer need (physical stuff, patterns, emotions, etc.). As you simplify, you will find it much easier to let go of those things that silently and sneakily cost you… that streaming service, that small distraction, that destructive habit. These little energy leaks add up quickly! You may also discover objects you have been holding onto are now ready to be released. You are freed up to pass on the blessings by selling, donating, or giving away what doesn’t serve you. This can help you to save money and also reduce waste!
- Resets Your Habits: The transitional period of spring is the perfect time to reset your habits, making it easier to shift to a healthier lifestyle than during periods of deep groundedness. As we prepare to reset, we examine which routines work well for us, and which are not as effective in helping to cultivate and support the life we want. We then mindfully prune, just as a good gardener would, to make room for new growth. A spring reset typically involves eliminating things from your routine that don’t serve your highest vision for your life. For the body, this may mean letting go of habitually consuming processed foods, sugar, alcohol, or caffeine in favor of creating more satisfying patterns. It may mean shifting movement routines or sleep hygiene. In the mind, attention may be paid to typical sequences of thought or behavior, and how they can best be channeled. In the heart, we may find that we are holding onto emotions, beliefs, or energies that could use a shake-up. Even your home or environmental routines can be examined and optimized. If you feel stuck, a good reset can get you moving in the right direction again!
- Improves Your Mental Clarity: Resets help increase your mental clarity and focus by eliminating dusty, sludgy accumulation in your life. It can help reduce stress levels and improve your mood. Reducing or eliminating stimulants like caffeine and sugar, as well as depressants like alcohol or pot can help the body and the mind function more optimally. Nourishing with healthy, whole foods, improving your sleeping patterns, and properly hydrating also positively affect your ability to stay sharp and focused. Additionally, a reset can help reduce inflammation, impacting your whole system! Beyond its numerous contributions to physical ailments, chronic inflammation has been linked to depression, anxiety, and other mental health issues. Reducing inflammation through diet and lifestyle changes can profoundly boost your overall mood, cognition, and well-being. Many traditional and modern seasonal resets incorporate practices like meditation, yoga, or other mindfulness exercises that can help you manage stress and improve your mental health. These practices can help you become more aware of your thoughts and feelings, reduce negative self-talk, and improve your ability to focus and concentrate. Finally, it is important to note that a reset can give you a sense of accomplishment and motivation, which can also lift your mental health. Completing a reset can help you regain control over your health and well-being, offering you more confidence in your power to make positive changes. Experimenting with new patterns of thought, behavior, and belief lets you remember that YOU are in the driver’s seat of your life!
These are just a few of the many, many benefits that Spring Cleaning through a mindful Reset offers. Take some time this season to Get Good with yourself; clean, simplify, and reorganize your mind, body, heart, and home. Tend to the garden of your life. Then, sit back and watch those flowers bloom, my friend!
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