The Maris Practice a local alternative therapy resource sent me this very useful advice and I wanted to pass it on. In particular the hypnotherapist has given some stress relieving therapy that I’ve used and found relevant in this disturbing time……

In these stressful times I thought it would be helpful to remind you about how to boost your immune system naturally with these pointers;

• A balanced healthy diet – lots of fresh fruit and vegetables, limited alcohol, avoiding processed foods. This is just so key to your health! Read more here.
• Sufficient and good quality sleep – avoiding caffeine from lunchtime, no using screens at bedtime, and if needed a meditation app to help you drift off.
• Exercise, and if you can outdoors, where you can get your Vitamin D which is especially important as we come out of winter darkness – find out more about this here. Daily supplementation of vitamin D has been shown to help with viral respiratory infections so start taking this for the coming weeks.
• Follow good personal hygiene with dedicated teeth brushing and flossing, keep your fingernails short (avoiding providing a breeding ground for bacteria), and of course proper hand washing with soap (don’t forget to moisturise regularly to avoid cracking).

• Manage stress levels – this can be difficult at the moment. Limit social media and news feeds. If ever there was a time to ‘be present’ and live in the moment, this is it. Diet, sleep and exercise will all help, as will meditation and hypnotherapy. Click here for a FREE recording from our hypnotherapist,, Louise Coyle. Remember ‘this too will pass’.