Holistic living helps you to achieve balance and harmony in all aspects of your life. By paying greater attention to your diet, exercise, thoughts, and sleep, you begin to understand how they work together to impact your physical and mental well-being. Self-reflection can reveal areas that could be improved by implementing small lifestyle changes. 4improve is a brand-new app that helps you to assess your current state of wellness and introduce achievable health habits. The following 5 simple lifestyle adaptations are a great place to start.

Small Lifestyle Changes That Everyone Can Achieve 

1. Up Your Water Intake
The British Nutrition Foundation recommends drinking 6-8 glasses of water per day. Insufficient hydration can lead to headaches, fatigue, and difficulty concentrating. 4improve's built-in water tracker helps you monitor your current water intake and set targets if you're falling short. Improved hydration levels can help you to achieve additional small lifestyle changes by preparing your body for digestion, exercise, and meditation.

2. Introduce Daily Stretching
Muscles and joints become stiff after spending an extended period of time in one position. By allocating a small window of time to stretch in the morning, or the middle of the day, you enable your muscles to work effectively and help your joints to move through their full range of motion. 4improve contains stretching programmes that focus on the back, neck, arms, legs, and general flexibility, allowing you to tailor your morning routine to your needs.

3. Prepare Meals Ahead Of Time
Meal prepping is one of the most beneficial small lifestyle changes you can make if your dietary habits need addressing. By planning your meals ahead of time, you hit nutritional targets, avoid unhealthy snacks, reduce food waste, and save money on your shopping bill. 4improve's nutrition section contains delicious recipes, spanning breakfast, lunch dinner, snacks, beverages, high-protein, pre-workout, and post-workout. A well-balanced diet helps to fuel your body and mind, paving the way to enhanced holistic living.

4. Meditate For 5 Minutes Per Day
There is a growing body of research that suggests that meditation not only improves your mental health but your physical health, too. Setting aside 5 minutes per day to calm your mind can lower stress and anxiety levels, unlock creativity, and improve your blood pressure. 4improve contains a guided meditation section that teaches visualisation, mindfulness, and other techniques that focus your thoughts. Once you have developed your meditative skills, a variety of calming music and soundscapes create the perfect backdrop for self-led practice.

5. Increase Your Step Count
Walking is one of the easiest small lifestyle changes you can make if you're looking to ease into better health. Whilst you may have heard that 10,000 steps is the magic number you should strive for, it may not be right for you. If your lifestyle is largely sedentary, starting with a lower target and building on this each month is advisable. The 4improve step tracker uses 'smart' targets, which allow you to set the bar at an appropriate level, with increases in daily steps added each month.

Download 4improve Today

4improve is the only holistic lifestyle app of its kind. Meditation, exercise, nutrition, and trackers are all housed under one roof, allowing you to increase your knowledge of each area, set personal goals, and monitor your progress. By facilitating small lifestyle changes, 4improve helps you to become the best version of yourself. Subtle adjustments are easy to implement but, most importantly, almost effortless to maintain. This leads to long-term health changes.

For a limited time, 4improve is FREE to download. Head to the App Store and Google Play to join thousands of others who are using 4improve to enhance their well-being. Don't forget to follow us on social media. You'll find us on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.