Quarantine Stress Soother

1. Enjoy outside time every day- Ecotherapy, Shinrin-yoku (Forest Bathing), benefits of negative ions...not to mention Vitamin D synthesis and fresh air!  

2. Move your body/exercise every day.

3. Stay Social through FaceTime, Zoom, Skype get-togethers; on-line games i.e., Words with Friends, iMessage.

4. Structure your schedule if it  feels better to you.

5. Instant Karma  

6. Worry Diary

7. Essential Oils - lavender, rose absolute, blue spruce, bright orange, peppermint

 8. Attitude of Gratitude

9. Mindfully appreciate, assess, and utilize your new-found time to learn new skills i.e., candle-making, ekphrastic poetry; enrich yourself with culture (visit museums on-line, etc), be more social (hold Skype parties...)

10. Avoid the Covid 15/Quarantine 15 (weight gain).

11. Pampering in place

1. Smile and Laugh Out-Loud (1 full minute)

2. Shoulder Shrugs or Rolls

3. EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique), Gamut Point EFT

4. Rule of 3s (ID 3 things you see, 3 things you hear, 3 parts of your body)

5. Mindful Breathing - 4-Square, Deep Abdominal breathing, Yogic such as Nadi Shodhani Pranayama (alternating nostrils), 'blow a feather'

6. Energy Balancing - Pretzel Arms, Circle Arms

7. Music -spa or other soothing music or nature sounds

8. Meditation - Spheres of light, focus on breath or candle, Ocean Meditation

9. Brain Entrainment

10.  "Happy Time"

11. Self-Hypnosis:  "All is well in my life,"  "Every cell in my body is relaxed and happy,"  "I think peace, feel peace, am peace..."   Repeat 21 times while in alpha state/ twice each day for 21 days or more. 

12. Mindfulness