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Are you ready for a challenge? Today’s Tip might make you a little uncomfortable. But the long term benefits outweigh the “weirdness”. Today you’re going to learn to stretch your diaphragm which will help you Belly-Breathe better. Plus, it brings movement and sensation to your viscera, stimulating our friend the Vagus Nerve.

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Have you ever heard someone say that they store their tension in their hips or shoulders? Well, there is a lot of truth to that. Your subconscious will move your body toward the fetal position when you’re under stress. That means shoulders and hip flexors tighten up for protection. We did a shoulder release earlier. In today’s Tip, we’ll do one for the hips.

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Do you have a hard time changing your habits? Everyone does! It’s the hardest thing to do. Subconsciously you build your environment to maintain a routine. This happens because your brain wants to save energy. So much so, that it even hardwires itself to maintain your routines. To form new habits, you have to change your environment. This Tip will help you do so!

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Getting the right amount of sleep is so important. In fact, the health benefits are so vast that it probably should have been my first Daily Tip. While you’re stuck at home, now is the best possible time to build a good sleep routine. Today’s tip will give you a method for creating the best routine to fit your needs.

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Mindfulness garners a lot of attention nowadays. And for good reason! We are overwhelmed with stimulus and can all benefit from some down-time. Many mindfulness techniques are simple, but that can be misleading because people think simple means easy. Today’s Tip will offer a type of mindfulness that is a little more complex and a challenge to go with it!

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You’re going to need a paper bag for today’s Tip. Last Friday, when we did Straw Breathing, I introduced the importance of CO2 balance. Today, we’re going to explore that further and challenge your breathing capacity.

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The lower back. When things are good, we don’t give it a second thought. When things go wrong, it can quickly become a problem area. Today’s Tip will help you begin to relieve any issues if things are going wrong and give you reasons not to neglect it when things are good.

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We all know that staring at a screen all day isn’t good for our eyes. Think back to the isometric core squeezes we did yesterday.  Staring at a screen creates that same type of contraction in your eye muscles. But holding that squeeze all day long, as opposed to just 3-5 seconds, fatigues and creates tension in the muscles.  Today we’ll work on some eye stretches to help get your eyes moving and release some of that tension.

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For a couple of Daily Tips last week we worked on squeezing our muscles. We learned how this can not only get you strong, but help enhance immune function too. Today we’ll work on the core muscles which give even more bang for your buck!

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I don’t know about you, but one thing I have noticed building in my body over the last few weeks is neck tension. Today’s tip will show you a couple of basic movements that can help alleviate and prevent neck pain.