We’ve created this page as a way to offer resources, tips and information to bolster your physical and mental health during this difficult time. While the world is still learning, shifting and questioning, one thing we do know is that we’re all in this together. You are not alone. If you have anything to offer that you think may be beneficial to the community, please reach out.
Supplements and Herbs
In our Beat the Bug blog, we shared our top 5 supplements to prevent and treat viral infection. Plus…
An Herbalist’s Notes on the COVID-19 Virus by Northeast School of Botanical Medicine
Note: flu and the recent COVID-19 virus both have the potential to be mild and quick or to become more serious and lead to further complications such as pneumonia. Accurate diagnosis and appropriate medical care, including conventional approaches, is essential.
Meditate
Balance being proactive, alert and resilient with being still, calm and at peace. Check out Insight Timer’s Releasing Coronavirus Anxiety, Tara Brach’s Guided Meditation offering, or the tracks below, featuring our fave local Yoga Nidra master, Kerry Martinez who made this guided meditation in response to the pandemic.
Qi Gong
Stay active and healthy with immune boosting movement.
Taken among the beauty in Costa Rica, Mend’s own Jan Bull, Lac. offers this tapping exercise for immunity, to move Qi and break up stagnation and release things you may be holding on to. A great tool to use if engaging in smoking cessation.
This simple exercise can be done:
- mornings
- evenings
- whenever you need to feel invigorated
- if you are feeling stressed
- when you are confused and cannot make a decision
This 17 minute qigong practice from Mimi Kuo-Deemer is designed around the Wood element, the element of Spring. Its focus on creating stability and rooting, to support upward growth and rise, feels timely and appropriate.
Subscribe to her Youtube channel to check out her other videos.