3 Essential Practices to Boost Immunity

It is the time. The time where sickness increases around the house!

As a Health Coach specializing in nutrition, yoga, breath work and mindset to support Mamas in feeling strong and confident in their bodies + Mama of 4 young kiddos 6 and under, I am in it! I understand and know what it's like to have the sickness run through the family BUT I also have tools that help boost my family's + clients immune system. 

Sharing with you my top 3 practices to support your immune health. 

1. Breath work – my favorite tool! It is so powerful, so transformative and so simple! You have it right within you . Can’t get any better than that
   • My go to that I share with my clients is an elongated exhale…why?
   • It stimulates the parasympathetic mode – relaxtion system
   • The opposite of sympathetic – the creator of the response to stressful events that we want to reduce
   • Practice…
   • Inhale for 1-2-3-4 secs, HOLD 1-2-3-4, Exhale for 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8
   • Let’s practice together…
   • Do this 3-5x until you start feeling your body calming down
2. Take a walk outside – my favorite twofer! Remember I shared with you I love tools that provide multiple benefits…so this is one
   • Walking outside – outside vitamin d – helps with depression, anxiety and also boosts immune system and bone health! So you get plenty of benefits
   • Take a moment to just breath and be in your body and walk
   • Fresh air is good to increase oxygen, get the oxgen flowing throughout your body
   • Walking releases the tension and get movement in your body
   • Benefits from vitamin D – releasing serotonin – the happy hormone

The next tool is meditation – this is to cleanse your energy, ground yourself.

• This helps reduce and manage stress levels
• Studies have shown the benefits of slowing down and meditating especially for the mind
  
  • So incorporating a meditative practice will help you in reducing and managing your stress
  • My favorite meditation is yoga nidra – another twofer! You are going to love my twofers! I have plenty of them
  • Yoga nidra is a meditation where you are consciously asleep but awareness is present receive the benefits of rest along with management of stress
    • 45 mins = 3 hours of sleep
    • This is a great way to end your day or if you need a midday recharge or reset

Integrate the tools I have shared with you as often and as frequently as needed to support you in boosting your immunity!