Gentle Morning and Evening Routines: Small Rituals That Hold the Day

There is a particular tenderness in the edges of the day.

The moment just before sleep, when the world begins to loosen its grip.

And the moment just after waking, when the day has not yet asked anything of us.

These thresholds matter. Not because we should do something impressive with them, but because they are often where we lose ourselves first – scrolling, rushing, bracing, collapsing. Over time, that adds up.

Lately, I’ve been reflecting on how much steadiness comes not from grand intentions, but from small, repeatable rituals. The kinds of practices that don’t demand discipline or perfection, but offer familiarity and care. The kinds you can return to even when you’re tired, distracted, or out of sorts.

From that place, I’ve added two new videos to the free video library: one for the evening, and one for the morning.

They’re simple. They’re human. They’re very much mine – shared not as a template to follow, but as an invitation to notice what might support you.

Evening Rituals – A Gentle Bedtime Routine for Rest and Regulation

The evening video shares the practices I return to as the day draws to a close. Gentle movement, breath, and moments of intentional slowing that help my nervous system settle and my body recognise that it’s safe to rest.

It isn’t about forcing sleep or “doing it right”. It’s about creating a soft landing – a way of transitioning from the demands of the day into rest, rather than collapsing into bed still carrying everything with you.

Morning Rituals – A Grounded Start to the Day

The morning video sits as a quiet counterpart. It reflects how I begin my day when I want to feel present rather than propelled, awake rather than wired.

This isn’t a high-energy practice or a productivity routine. It’s about arriving. About inhabiting your body before inhabiting your to-do list. About starting the day from the inside out.

A Practice of Continuity

What I love most about these two practices is how they speak to one another.

The way we end the day shapes how we meet the next one.

The way we begin the morning echoes back into our evenings.

Taken together, these rituals offer a sense of continuity – a gentle thread of care running through the full cycle of the day. Not as another thing to achieve, but as a way of remembering yourself again and again.

As always, you’re welcome to adapt them, shorten them, ignore parts of them, or let them evolve into something entirely your own. That, in itself, is part of the practice.

You can explore both videos in the Video Library, and return to them whenever you need a little more steadiness at the edges of your day.

Vicki x