Wellness

Wellness

A place to discuss mental health and wellness

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@adamhurwitz.eth

Learning it's alright to reset whatever my healthy sleep routine is, has been important to building longer term incremental improvements. If you have a temporarily different schedule, wake up late one day or on the weekends, when sick, etc., reset to your healthy routine as soon as you can do so. I knew my sleep schedule would be different while watching my nephew a few weeks ago so I turned off my morning alarm for those days to be able to catch up on sleep when possible and restarted my normal alarm after to reset.

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Guys, does anyone have an Oura ring? What are your thoughts ? Do you like it?

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In 2019, I decided to take a year off from drinking alcohol. Yesterday marked six years since that day. I didn’t quit, but I don’t think I’ll ever drink again. Recovery has been a journey, and a couple of times a year, I still battle demons. It doesn’t get easier, but each day is a new day, and we keep climbing those mountains.

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what you believe shapes your reality, and when you’re raised in a narcissistic abusive environment without a single caring person to lean on and keep you sane, the beliefs you adopt to survive are incredibly fucked every path leads to a feeling of horrible danger felt deeply in your body—failure? death. success? death. joy? death. misery? death. being seen? death. being unseen? death. money? death. no money? also death not ideal as i unearth all these conflicting programs and heal them it’s clear why my work has been such a struggle, and my body at war with itself—there wasn’t a single safe path!! i have things i want to do without being sabotaged by my nervous system’s attempts to keep me alive, so i’m making sure i fix as much as possible before i waste any more effort and time i’ve already achieved some amazing things despite incredible obstacles. i can’t wait to see what i can do once there are none

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Lori Ann Ferreri

2 spots left for tonight’s class and folks already signed up for next week! I’m thrilled folks are joining this offering. 🧘🏻‍♀️ https://offairstudios.as.me

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i’ve been neglecting my mental health lately (for the past year probably) and compensating for it by being extra diligent with my physical health, forgetting that physical health is only one piece of the puzzle and having excellent physical health doesn’t make up for having terrible mental health they say stress kills and turns out it’s not an exaggeration by letting stress build over the past year and doing nothing to address it, i’ve somehow caused my brain to forget how to see properly - some wiring between my brain and eyes have gotten tangled up or disconnected and my eyes have lost their ability to focus, which has led me to see double and affected my ability to drive, work, do some hobbies, and maintain a strong social life this has been going on all month and i’m finally starting to accept the reality of it and prioritizing my mental health, learning how to destress from the past year, and trying to restore my vision take care of yourselves & don’t neglect your mental health 💜

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i, an angry candy cane, just attempted @loriann ‘s stretch recs. my bones are in sockets they haven’t seen in years. feeling like a slightly less haunted question mark. will report back after lunges and elevated bridge pose.

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i've been obsessed with posture since like 10yrs old bc my mom was so anal about it maybe it's time to start using this again

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@adamhurwitz.eth

I've found doing the 4-7-8 breathe popularized by Dr Weil as soon as I lay down at night helps my mind incrementally relax right away and then continue to lead towards my mind slowing down. I've practiced it for stretches of time in the past and ended up stopping. This time I'm going to do the breath as soon as I'm ready to rest in bed so that it becomes part of my routine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8fjYPC-k2k

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Time To Breather

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@adamhurwitz.eth

Another option to blue light blocking glasses for help slowing down in the evening is creating grayscale shortcuts on your phone and computer to quickly turn on|off as needed. I've started testing grayscale during the day too to see if it helps improve my focus.

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@adamhurwitz.eth

Also experimenting with grayscale on Mac using a shortcut to toggle on|off 🌑☀️

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Lori Ann Ferreri

I'm excited to offer public in-person yoga classes again. Since moving to Paris, I’ve focused mostly on the digital studio and private sessions—but now, with the community growing, it feels like the right time to gather weekly IRL. If you’re in Paris or passing through, you’ve got a place to land.

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@adamhurwitz.eth

I'm experimenting with using grayscale on my phone to be more focused and reduce distractions The home screen button makes this easy to turn on|off Set this up on Android by creating a "Tap accessibility button" [1] for "Color correction" grayscale [2] [1]: https://support.google.com/accessibility/android/answer/7650693?sjid=17417461293191726844-NA [2]: https://support.google.com/accessibility/android/answer/11183305?hl=en&visit_id=638832693467991191-201091389&rd=1.

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i didn't go to the gym at all last week 😇 decided to prioritize outside social time instead as we got some beautiful weather here in montreal! > wed: 12,000 steps, 30 min bike ride, and an evening picnic > thur: terrasse drinks and dinner > fri: @debbie arrived (!!), dive bar dinner & drinks, microbrewery pints, little tour around my neighbourhood > sat: 10,000 steps and a spa day with the ladies (ft. @joellelb) a little gutted my week 12 (aka wrapping up 3 months) is empty, but also not trying to be hard on myself for deciding to spend my time in other, still healthy, ways ☺️

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