The age of fear & stress.

Even if you are not aware of the stress response happening when you watch houses being destroyed and people being displaced, cold and hungry, your internal reaction do. activation of the sympathetic nervous system has multiple effects, especially muscle tension and that will result in poor blood flow, reduced oxygenation of your tissues and fatigue, just to name one of the reactions. Long term release of the stress hormone - cortisol - will raise blood sugar, reduce your immune responses, and elevate your inflammatory response. The longer this situation goes on, the more chronic damage is done inside your body.

So here are some easy daily activities to bring into your life.

• Bhramari Pranayama: Buzzing Bee Breath. The combination of vibration of the head and neck, concentration of the breath when ‘buzzing’ and taking time out to do this practice will have instant effects. 3-5 mins each morning and just before bed.

• Getting early morning sun on the back of your (closed) eyes. It only takes a few minutes of the sun hitting the back of the eyes for the circadian rhythms cells to be activated. These cells are Intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells - ipRGGs.

  The buzzing bee breath releases tension in the next muscles. This aids blood flow to and from the brain. Also tight neck muscles impedes the drainage of glymphatic flow during sleep. This glymphatic flow aids with keeping the brain’s metabolic waste products cleaned out.

  Circadian rhythms aid with the health of every cell in the body especially with metabolic health. It also aids with restful sleep.