Are you overwhelmed by too many options when it comes to building a balanced wellness routine that truly supports your mind and body? With so much information flowing through to us each day, it’s easy to feel like you need to be doing absolutely everything in order to take care of yourself – all while trying to figure out where those tasks will fit into your day. But true wellbeing isn’t about doing everything all at once. It’s about finding a routine that supports your physical, mental and emotional needs in a sustainable and intentional way. Here’s how to build your own balanced routine that supports you, rather than overwhelms you.

What to look for in a balanced wellness routine

At its core, a balanced wellness routine does these three things:

• It helps your body recover from different kinds of stressors
• It supports your nervous system
• It gives your mind the space it needs to reset and refuel

By simplifying what it is your routine needs to achieve, you can make space for the therapies and experiences that will move the needle. Prioritising natural therapies that deliver multiple benefits in a single session is also a power move as you build this routine.

Start with recovery, not punishment

Unfortunately, too many people approach wellness as a form of self-discipline, bringing the same attitude they do to exercise into the recovery space. However, when your body is given the right conditions to repair itself, real progress can start to take place: it becomes more resilient, more energised, and much better equipped to handle the stress training puts on it.

Treatments like hyperbaric oxygen therapy and red light therapy work at a cellular level to support these recovery processes. Hyperbaric oxygen increases the amount of oxygen delivered to your tissues, which can help with injury recovery, inflammation and overall energy production. Red light therapy stimulates the mitochondria, helping this cell powerhouse to produce more energy and repair itself more efficiently.

When this kind of recovery is incorporated into a balanced wellness routine, it’s a crucial foundation that supports everything else in life – work, training and play.

Provide support for your nervous system

Stress goes far beyond our brains, becoming something our bodies hold onto if they’re not supported to release it. A constantly activated nervous system has significant flow-on effects, leading to fatigue, poor sleep, tension, digestive issues and low mood. A balanced wellness routine needs to include tools that actively help your body shift out of the ‘fight or flight’ response and into a state of calm.

Infrared sauna sessions can be a powerful tool in your stress-reducing arsenal. Working to gently raise your body temperature, promote circulation, and improve detoxification levels, time in an infrared sauna also encourages a deep sense of relaxation that can linger for days. When complemented with PEMF (Pulsed Electromagnetic Field) therapy, you can support your body’s cellular communication, giving it additional help to move out of chronic stress patterns. When your nervous system feels safe, tension begins to melt away.

Conclusion

The most effective wellness routine is the one that helps your body to recover, calms your nervous system, and improves your mental wellbeing. Rather than trying to do everything in terms at once, it’s important to find the weekly rhythm that works for you. By combining these powerful natural treatments, you’re giving your body and mind what they truly need to thrive. Find the balanced wellness support that suits your needs at ReGen Wellness.