Rituals for Health
There is a vast difference between instilling beneficial rituals into your day and obsessive-compulsive disorder. A study by Tel Aviv University, examines how ritualistic behaviors improves focus.
Just think about some of our most famous sportsman, those that cross themselves before entering the field of play, those that perform the same celebration upon scoring, or in the basketball players they observed taking free throws… bounce the ball the same amount of times, on each occasion, before taking their shot.
While there is a link between the pathological rituals and normal rituals, the difference between the two is that OCD sufferers feel a sense of emptiness if they fail to perform theirs. Continue reading
First of all, what are fitness rituals?
Well, the Cambridge Dictionary defines a ritual as “any act done regularly, usually without thinking about it”.
We all have rituals in our lives. Brushing our teeth is a nighttime ritual that most of us have. How can using rituals to keep you on track with fitness?
Rituals turn something hard into something automatic. Most of us don’t even think twice about brewing our morning cup of coffee, or brushing our teeth. These automatic behaviors become ingrained into our lives. We would never leave the house without that first cup of coffee. Continue reading
