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Natural Care: Some Ideas

Calm

  • Take a break or greatly reduce your time on social media. Start by deleting phone apps so that if you want to go on social media you have to make more of a conscious choice to get on your computer.
  • Protect you introvert needs
  • Music/Nature Sounds/Chants
  • Low-soft-yellow-green lights/Sleep mask/Blackout curtains
  • Noise diffuser
  • Lotion
  • Candles/Incense/Essential Oils/Smudging
  • Weighted blanket
  • Heating pad-blanket
  • Apollo Neuro/wrist band that delivers soothing frequencies of vibration to calm your body
  • Rocking chair/Hammock
  • Hot Shower/Suana (in-home ones can be purchased)/Steam room
  • Cold Shower/Springs
  • Bath: head pillow, bubbles/bath bomb, music, bath table
  • Scalp Massager-Whisk/Brush your hair/Blow dry
  • Mud mask/Skin care routine/Dry brushing skin
  • Foot-calf massage/Soak
  • Hand massage/Kinetic sand
  • Dancing/Singing
  • Cry it out
  • Intermittent fasting (if you have disordered eating, this might not be appropriate)
  • Masturbation/Wearing sexy clothes/Erotica/Sex
  • Dressing in clothes/accesories that delight you
  • Emotional Freedom Technique (Tapping)
  • Watch sweet and funny animal videos, such as the Pet Collective Channel on YouTube

Rest

  • Plan a day with nothing to do. Say “no” to things you really don’t want to do.
  • Noise cancellation headphones
  • Routine sleep/Naps
  • Sleep study/Sleep specialist
  • Natural sleep supplements

Monitor + Track

  • Pulse Oximeter (e.g. emWave by Heart Math; Goal 80-100):
  • Menstrual cycle (e.g. Ovia/Life app)
  • Blood Pressure
  • Steps/Amount of exercise (e.g. smart-fitness watch; careful for those w. eating disorders)
  • Blood sugar

Nature

  • Open windows
  • Fill a bowl with water & flowers-stones-shells
  • Grow potted plants/veggies
  • Pet (brush, bath, take on drive, cuddling)
  • Garden/Weeding/Pruning house plants
  • Laying in the sunshine/Picnic/Earthing-Grounding (e.g. walking barefooted on the grass/dirt)
  • Ocean (canoeing, kayaking, paddle boarding, walk the beach)
  • Parks/Camping/Treehouses (Georgia’s Hostel in the Woods)
  • Gathering: rocks, shells, driftwood, trash
  • Visit flower/botanical gardens (e.g. Bok Tower)
  • Visit animal sanctuaries, petting farms, etc. 
  • Feed the birds (e.g. bird food, not people food)
  • Vitamins & Supplements

Professional Care

  • Physical Therapy
  • Chiropractor
  • Massage/Rolfing
  • Acupuncture-Dry Needling/Cupping
  • Flotation Therapy/Cryotherapy/Sensory deprivation tank
  • Reiki/Cranial Sacral
  • Energy/Sound Healing
  • Hypnosis
  • Integrative/Functional/Holistic doctors