Lifestyles have totally changed in the past few days and are probably going to keep changing, so here are some tips to keep healthy at this time:

Tips and daily practices:

  • Meditate or pray daily to focus your mind and raise your consciousness.
  • Work with fears as they arise but don’t let them overwhelm you.
  • Try and stay away from victim mentality, which has negative effects on our health. Instead, focus on opportunities, not end of the world scenarios: Ask yourself, “How can this situation cause positive changes that we and the world might need anyway?”
  • Think how you can be a positive example and support to others, today with access to the internet we have a choice of thousands of inspirational platforms to join. When we feel inspired we will have a ripple effect on those we are spending time with.
  • Think of small acts of kindness you can do for others out there. Be creative!
  • Try to sleep at least eight hours every night.
  • Get regular exercise, outdoors if possible, but if you are in quarantine the stairs will have to do.
  • Eat a balanced and healthy diet, including fruit and veges and drink plenty of water.
  • Keep remembering to wash hands and follow the guidelines from the health authorities.
  • Look for the opportunities of what can be done at home – Pesach cleaning is coming early this year!
  • Learn something new, this is stimulating. Platforms like COURSERA.COM offer free university courses. Keep stimulated!
  • Gardening is a tranquil activity and connecting to the earth is grounding. If you can be outside, walk barefoot on the grass, or even better the beach.
  • Take time in retreat if your commitments allow. I like to think of this as a ‘spiritual quarantine.’ A time where we can introspect about conscious living, about stuff and our actual ‘boundaries’. When we spend time within contemplating, it can help us to emerge more peaceful and clear about our purpose not just in our own lives but our role within humanity and inhabitants of our beautiful planet as well.
  • Have deeper, longer conversations with people you love. We are forced to be in our homes, so let’s use the opportunity as a time for rebuilding relationships and not as a confinement. It’s all about our attitude.