Dearest Reader:

How are you?

Stop. 

Take a deep breath.

Let your shoulders relax, just for this moment.

I invite you to use this newsletter as a brief reprieve from our currently chaotic and scary world. 

I want to offer you a few minutes of calm and maybe even some peace.  Last month, I wrote about self-compassion and its effect on the body.  Offering yourself compassion engages the parasympathetic nervous system and the body calms down. 

Calming ourselves is one of the most important actions you can take right now (along with washing your hands).  The calmer and more relaxed you can be, the stronger your immune system will be. 

A stronger immune system fights viruses more effectively.   

A stronger immune system recovers from viruses more quickly.

It’s hard to stay calm or get calm when you are around people who are panicking, when you have to make decisions based on information that is changing hour by hour, when you are worried, angry, afraid….

Please know that it’s normal to feel everything that you are feeling and if you can let yourself feel it all, even if only for a few seconds, you will find that you can relax a little bit. 

I recorded a short visualization for you to give you a break from everything and to bring some calm to your body, heart, mind and spirit.  I hope it helps – you can listen to it here:

A Stroll Through the Forest

Also, you are invited to join me for a no charge virtual gathering on Sunday March 22, 2020 at 1:30 pm CT.  I’ll share a few more practices that can assist you right now and we’ll have some time for a few questions and support.  There is no fee for the gathering, but you do need to register to get the links for attending.  You can register here.  I hope you can join me. 

I am sending you love and virtual hugs – stay well, stay connected to your heart and soon we will be on the other side of this wild and shaky time.

Love,