Summer Cleaning Tips To Renew Your Mind And Spirit

Many simple things in life will help you feel at ease. Things that do not involve money, family, or the stress of a successful career. There is no substitute for things like the cool breeze hitting your face or the sight of fresh flowers.

Just like the changes of seasons at regular intervals, it is necessary for you to change your views and actions over time. This urge to renew and rejuvenate is not unknown to us. A prolific psychologist Robin Haight says it is a natural instinct to feel the need to be renewed. She also says that just like getting rid of clutter in your home, de-cluttering your mind would also help you feel more fulfilled. 

Here are a few ways to renew your spirit:

Improving your core

• Allow yourself to laugh, laugh, and laugh: A mind cleanse does not require much. Laughing and indulging yourself in positivity is the perfect way to change your vibrations and energy. Humor and laughter are the two things that help everyone feel inspired enough to do things for themselves. Researchers from the University of Rochester found that people who are intrinsically motivated are less likely to suffer from depression and other mental health issues. 

• Transform anger to love: One of the latest studies that were published in the journal of personality and social psychology clearly tells us that rage, aggression, and violence take away the peace and happiness of your soul. Controlling your breathing helps in turning this aggression and rage into love. Sadhguru once said, “Do not try to fix whatever comes in your life. Fix yourself in such a way that whatever comes, you’ll be fine.”

• Mastering the art of self-control: Clipping off of your overwhelming and erratic emotions and feelings can help you in staying in control. It is important for you to understand why you are losing control and what is pushing you towards this edge. The ability to recognize these issues can help you manage your response to these situations in the future. After all, the ultimate expression of power is self-control.

• Meditation: Vacations and holidays are not the only things that help one relax and rejuvenate. Closing your eyes and meditating for a few minutes when stressed is a brilliant way to feel renewed. This is a method to renew your soul. Visualizing positive thoughts and allowing the associated feelings and thoughts to flow helps in renewing yourself rather easily. 

Enhancing your interactions with others

• Improving your relationships with your friends and family: One of the simplest ways to achieve peace of mind and renew your spirit is to improve your relationships with your friends and family. Eliminating misunderstandings with the ones you love helps remove negative forces in your life while replacing them with positive ones. Focusing on your spouse and reconnecting with old friends also does the trick.  Experts say that a constant and monotonous routine can be detrimental to a relationship. It is important to make an effort and reminisce with friends and loved ones.

• Stop judging: This is actually one of the most important things that one needs to clean up. Cleaning up our judgemental side can help us fill up that space with more positivity. It also ensures that the words and comments of others do not get to you. Stopping yourself from judging others helps you feel the calmness that lies within yourself. Giving yourself 10 seconds to let go of judgemental thoughts will help you cleanse your mind and soul.

It is very important for you to understand that all the power lies with you. The change you want to see in yourself should begin with you. Taking that positive step and getting into the habit of cleaning up all those cobwebs and dead grass in yourself can help you find your highest self. It shall help you increase your productivity and help you live a fuller and happier life. 

An ongoing commitment

Cleaning out emotional closets that accumulated over the years helps you find a version of yourself that you did not know existed. Internal summer cleaning all about new beginnings that most of us yearn for today. With the pandemic and all the other noise in our lives, a little “cleaning up” gives us a chance to start afresh all over again truly renew our spirit.