5 Reasons You Should Roll Out Your Mat Every Day of Your Vacation

The main point of vacation is disconnecting from your daily life and finding peace in a new change in pace, but your vacation doesn’t have to mean completely abandoning your routine. When you go on vacation, you’re sleeping in, eating differently, exploring all day — and that’s exactly what a vacation is for. But there is one small ritual that is absolutely worth keeping; rolling out your yoga mat. On vacation more than ever, maintaining your practice allows you to stay connected to yourself and not completely lose track of who you are and what you value. Of course you should leave the worries and stress of work and life behind, but yoga is just an addition to the feeling of peace that vacation can bring. Let’s dive deeper into 5 reasons why you should continue to practice yoga, even on vacation.

Reason #1: Start your Day Feeling Grounded

Yoga can become an easy way to transition into vacation mode, if you allow it to. Your morning practice can become a ritual that anchors you, even in an unfamiliar place. There is nothing better on vacation than waking up slowly, taking a few intentional breaths, and stretching the tension away after a long travel day or a long night of sleep. Rolling out your yoga mat in the morning sets the tone for the day and allows you to move through the rest of your day with intention and presence, allowing you to enjoy your vacation even more. It also incentivises you to start the day connecting with yourself, before even thinking about your phone.

Reason #2: Undo the Effects of Travel

After six hours on a plane, your hips don’t care that you’re on vacation. Yoga can help you move, stretch, and reconnect with your body after travel. Long flights, hours sitting in a car, walking more than usual, unfamiliar beds, and carrying luggage all take a toll on your body and cause more tension than it's used to. By adding in even a quick yoga flow each day, your body stays nimble and loose, allowing you to move throughout your days without any pain and discomfort. 

Reason #3: Make More Space for the Experiences Around You

The goal of vacation is not to do more; it’s to experience more of what you are already doing. Daily yoga practice encourages presence, and when you’re on vacation, this presence translates into noticing your surroundings, slowing down, being less attached to your phone, enjoying meals fully, appreciating nature, being more present with the people around you. Without intentional practice of presence and consciousness, it is easy to become distracted and start worrying about things that have nothing to do with what you are presently doing. By keeping your daily yoga practice, you are more likely to put your thoughts and energy into nothing but the present experience. 

Reason #4: Balance Out the Indulgence

On vacation, we often fall out of most routines and indulge a little but more than we are used to. Big breakfasts, long lunches, cocktails, late nights — this is what vacation is all about. However, on vacation, yoga is not a punishment; it is another form of enjoyment. You’re not exercising to earn your vacation. You’re exercising to feel good. Yoga is known to aid digestion and speed up the body’s natural detoxification pathways. By continuing to practice yoga on days of extra enjoyment you can leave your mental and physical body feeling amazing and ready to take on the next indulgence. 

Reason #5: Create a Vacation Ritual You’ll Actually Miss

Whether your yoga practice takes place on a balcony, beside the pool, on a beach, in a garden, or in your hotel room with the doors wide open, chances are if you practice daily, you’re going to miss it. By the end of the trip, your mat will become part of the experience. When you roll it out again at home, you’ll wish you were back in the warm sun where you first learned how to do a headstand. It becomes a vacation ritual you don’t want to leave behind, which of course are the best ones. 

How to Actually Make it Happen

All you need is 10 to 20 minutes a day to create the perfect vacation yoga formula. No pressure. No perfect sequence required. Just a beautiful setting (if possible) and consistency over intensity. Luckily for you, I found the perfect vacation spot to make not rolling out your mat nearly impossible. Serenity Eco Guest House in Canggu is the most perfect, serene, and peaceful place to vacation if you want to practice yoga. Starting in September, if you book a minimum of 3 nights in any room, you will receive a free Unlimited Yoga Pass… good luck not practicing yoga on vacation now. 

Book your stay here and get into the habit of practicing yoga, even on vacation!

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Email: info@serenitybali.com

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