Self-care is a term that most people are familiar with by now, but few people actually take the time to consider its importance. For most people, self-care is a “luxury” that they think they can’t afford, rather than a lifeline that holds the rest of their life together. I’ve seen tons of memes joking about “taking a sip of water” or tending to some other basic human need as “self-care”. While I know it is just a joke, it is concerning to see how little weight self-care is actually given by most people. And considering all that we have had to deal with in the States the last couple years, I think we could all use some serious self-care! Lucky for me, I learned early on just how necessary self-care is for my own health, wellness and self-preservation. I began meditating after taking a Psychology of Meditation class in college,…