How to PREPARE FOR A POST-PANDEMIC LIFE WHERE COVID STILL LINGERS

GET AND STAY AS HEALTHY AS YOU CAN AS THIS WILL HELP YOU KEEP YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM STRONG AND YOUR VIBRATION HIGH. FOR SOME THIS MAY MEAN GIVING A LITTLE MORE ATTENTION TO THEIR DIET, EXERCISE/MOVEMENT AND SLEEP REGIMENS. FOR OTHERS IT MAY REQUIRE DIALING UP WHAT THEY’RE CURRENTLY DOING.

IF I HAD TO CHOOSE I WOULD PROBABLY TAKE A DEEP DIVE INTO SLEEP FIRST AS HEALING, DETOXING AND A LOT OF IMPORTANT PROCESSES HAPPEN WHEN WE SLEEP THAT CONTRIBUTE TO OUR OVERALL HEALTH. MOST SLEEP EXPERTS SAY WE NEED BETWEEN 7-9 HOURS OF SLEEP SO YOU WANT YOUR GOAL TO BE SOMEWHERE IN THAT RANGE. TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN YOU WANT TO CREATE A NIGHT TIME ROUTINE THAT GETS YOU INTO BED AND ASLEEP AT A CERTAIN TIME. THIS WILL LOOK DIFFERENT FOR EVERYONE BUT SETTING A DIGITAL SUNSET WHERE YOU STOP USING DIGITAL TOOLS APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR BEFORE BEDTIME IS VERY HELPFUL. IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE PRETTY WOUND UP AT BEDTIME, THEN DO THINGS LIKE MEDITATE, LISTEN TO CALMING MUSIC, DRINK DECAF TEA, TAKE A BATH OR TRY DEEP RELAXATION TO HELP YOU CALM DOWN.

I WOULD THEN FOCUS ON GETTING MY EXERCISE/MOVEMENT REGIMEN ON POINT, KEEPING IN MIND YOU DON’T NEED TO DO A LONG, ARDUOUS WORKOUT IN ORDER TO FEEL GOOD. AT A MINIMUM CHOOSE A FEW SIMPLE THINGS YOU CAN DO FOR 10 MINUTES A COUPLE OF TIMES A DAY. FOR EXAMPLE, RUNNING, DANCING, JUMPING ROPE, BIKE RIDING ARE ALL GOOD OPTIONS. THE THING HERE IS YOU WANT TO CHOOSE SOMETHING THAT WILL INCREASE YOUR HEART RATE AND DO IT FOR AT LEAST 10 MINUTES.

THE NEXT THING THAT I WOULD START AS SOON AS POSSIBLE IS A DEEP BREATHING ROUTINE. THERE ARE SO MANY BENEFITS TO BREATH WORK, BUT IF YOU DO IT AT NIGHT FOR A FEW MINUTES IT CAN HELP YOU SLEEP BETTER. A FEW DIAPHRAGMATIC BREATHS WHERE YOU INHALE THRU THE NOSE FOR 4 COUNTS AND EXHALE THRU THE NOSE FOR 8 COUNTS WILL HELP YOU TO CALM DOWN AND RELAX ANYTIME OF DAY OR NIGHT.

I WOULD SPEND MY ENERGY FOCUSING ON BEING HEALTHY AND KEEPING MY VIBE HIGH SO THAT NO SICKNESS OR DISEASE, INCLUDING COVID, WOULD STAND A CHANCE WITH ME.