Helpful Resources to Stay Healthy and Reduce Anxiety at this time....

I’ve put together some Resources…..that are free, simple and effective!

From my Heart to yours!

For your Physical health:

Try Hot/Cold showering ~ this is an incredible way to increase immunity by stimulating the lymphatic system. I recently watched a Gwyneth Paltrow Netflix program featuring a chap who helps people heal their bodies through cold water therapy. Whilst plunging into a cold lake or river daily is a bit much for me right now I have adopted the regime of alternating hot and cold in my shower. Ending with as cold as I can bear. Counter to my initial thinking, it actually makes me feel warmer throughout the day!

Thymus Thumping ~ the thymus gland is linked to our immune system and tapping this meridian as often as possible will stimulate the ‘chi’ the energy flow in our bodies. So simply find the center of your chest, the sternum and tap vigorously on it for a few minutes at a time, as often as you want!

Ear Do it Yourself Acupuncture ~ another simple self help tool that will help stimulate all your major organs. Take your thumb and forefinger and start at the top of your ear lobe and pinch and rub vigorously the ear moving down until you come to the lobes rub and then pull your fingers down and off to finish. Do this 3 times. You will really feel your ears come alive after doing this! It feels great!

Reflexology point for lung support ~ I listened to a reflexologist explain where the lung point is on our feet. Good to stimulate each day as a preventative measure, or if you are finding it hard to breathe due to anxiety, or if you have a cough. Its situated on the ball of your foot. Between the big toe and little toe, underneath the middle 3 toes on the pad of your foot. Massage to your comfort level this point moving down towards the arch of your foot. Stop there.

For General Anxiety try EFT tapping the Karate Chop point which is along the outer edge of your hand. This will help release some of the pent up emotional charge going on for you regardless of what it is you are experiencing. You simply just tap along the edge of your hand with your fingers…you will feel a bit silly but…nothing to loose and it does work!

Food ~ I will share more in depth info on this topic to follow in the next few days, but here’s a few quick tips:

1.)   Apple Cider vinegar 1 teaspoon, with lemon and ginger and teaspoon of honey added will boost your immunity. It alkalizes the body and is a great immune drink to have regularly.

2.)   Garlic, ginger, turmeric, oregano, thyme all great to consume lots of right now.

3.)   Consume yellow foods…like pears, onions, garlic, chicken soup they are good for lung health.

4.)   Make bone broth from chicken or beef organic bones…plenty of recipes to be found to follow online.

For your Mental/Emotional Health:

Nature Bathing ~ get outside and put your face up to the sunshine…absorb the Vitamin D in the sun. Look around at the beauty in nature and feel its stillness, feel it resting and breathe deep. Even better find a spot where the snow has melted and stand bare footed on Mother Earth….and allow your electric system to reset with Mother Earth. This is called Earthing.

Deep breathing…..the best way we can reset our Nervous System when we are feeling anxious and flooded with fear is to use this breathing trick. When in fight and flight our Sympathetic Nervous system kicks in and it creates shallow breathing getting our body ready to fight or flight, as if facing a saber tooth tiger. When we take long slow out breaths this tricks our NS to think we are safe and triggers the Parasympathetic Nervous System to kick back in. So reign in your monkey mind that tells you you don’t have time to stop and breathe, and force yourself to focus on taking long slow out breaths…….for at least 5 mins. You will rapidly start to feel better. No need for deeper in breaths (deep in breaths stimulate our fight flight response) just focus on long slow out breaths……Breathe….long and slow!

I pretend I have a straw in my mouth and purse my lips to slow the out breath down………

This works fast, and its totally free, and not only that it will remind you that you DO have control over your emotions, your physiology! A big part of this crisis is the feeling of being out of control, the chaos that is in the world triggers our inner chaos. This is a great way to bring back a sense of control, autonomy and empowerment.

For your Spirit!

Go outside and lean against the trunk of a tree and ask it to help you ground, imagine yourself as like a tree imagining you have deep roots that travel down into the earth….and ask Mother Earth to ground you. Ask her to fill you up with Peace, Calm, Love!

I will be following up in the next few days with some opportunities to join me in some guided meditations to help us soothe our panic and fear and help us come back into our hearts.