3 Fun Resources for Your Body, Mind, and Spirit

I love M. Night Shyamalan movies.

There is a weightlifter in Lady in the Water that worked out only one side of his body.

I think he missed the lesson on balance.

We laugh, but how often do we do the same thing? It’s so easy to forget that we are body, mind, and spirit. To become the best version of ourselves, we need to nurture all three.

Here are three fun resources that I use:

BODY

Yoga with Adriene (YouTube)

I was clueless about yoga until a few years ago when injuries left me looking for a new workout routine. My daughter recommended Yoga with Adriene, so my wife and I decided to give her YouTube videos a try. It’s been wonderful. At a basic level, yoga is simply stretching and strengthening exercises you can do at home that have mind and spirit benefits too. Adriene is a charming and relaxed guide, especially helpful for beginners. Her channel has a number of “30 Day Yoga Journeys” that are a great place to start, and her lovable dog Benji always makes an appearance.

MIND

MasterClass (masterclass.com)

MasterClass is a streaming service with video-based lessons by the best experts in the world on basically everything. Want to learn how to cook? Take lessons from Gordon Ramsey. Interested in improving your backhand or your three point shot? Serena Williams and Steph Curry are there for you. Curious about photography, interior design, cosmology, business, comedy, acting, directing, public speaking, gardening, negotiating, etc? The finest teachers anywhere are waiting. As an aspiring author, I just finished Neil Gaiman’s series of 20+ video lessons. That alone was more than worth a subscription. Each class comes with a pdf class guide, and the production quality is stunning.

SPIRIT

Travelzoo (travelzoo.com)

One of the many things that COVID-forced restrictions have taught us is the importance of travel. Seeing new places, meeting new people, and having new experiences not only helps us grow, it nurtures our spirits. After the year we’ve had, most of us could use all the nurturing we can get. Travelzoo’s weekly Top 20 Travel Deals email (sign up on their website) provides an amazing variety of incredibly cheap travel around the world. A few years ago, I booked a Travelzoo package and spent eleven amazing days in China, seeing the sites with an English-speaking guide and staying in top hotels. Literally everything was included for a price cheaper than booking just the flights on my own. My wife and I spent eight days island hopping in Greece on another fantastic Travelzoo bargain. Fully refundable deals with travel dates into 2022 are available now at rock bottom prices.

So what part of you could use a little TLC? Your body, your mind, or your spirit? Try a little yoga. Scroll the list of Masterclasses. Sign up for the Travelzoo email. Set aside some time for yourself today, and you’ll take another step toward Becoming Yourself.

This post was originally published April 3, 2021.