Green Child Magazine Summer 2015 | Page 10

finding your balance this summer |by Megan McCoy Dellecese Summer is a perfect chance to rejuvenate your life. It’s both restful and exciting at the same time. If you work outside the home, your schedule may loosen and you find good excuses to take some of that well-deserved vacation time. If you work inside the home, you, too, may grow a bit more lax in your scheduling, enjoying more non-structured free-time with your young ones and adhering to less strict bedtimes. No matter your situation, it’s simply a wonderful time to recharge. 10 Here are a handful of ways to help create some new, healthy habits during this sunny season. • Get Zen. Take some quiet time to yourself and start meditating at the same time each day (yes, even if it involves getting up earlier), or take up a yoga class. By using some of your extra summer free time to learn how to properly focus and find inner peace, you’ll get into a great habit and continue it throughout the rest of the year (the times when you really need it).