Healing doesn’t always come from doing more; sometimes it comes from doing less, but doing it on purpose. This five-minute practice helps your body downshift from overdrive, signaling safety to the nervous system and giving your energy a chance to reset.

If you’ve felt heavy, puffy, or foggy for months, it might not be “just inflammation.” The lymphatic system, the body’s drainage and detox network, often gets sluggish after viral illness. When that flow slows, toxins and inflammation linger. The result? Fatigue that doesn’t lift, and symptoms that don’t make sense.

If you’ve been told “everything looks normal” but you still feel anything but, you’re not alone. Your body isn’t broken — it’s overwhelmed. When too many systems stay on high alert for too long, the signals start to tangle. The work of healing is untangling them, one layer at a time.

If you’ve felt wired and tired for months: unable to rest, easily startled, or stuck in high alert, your nervous system might still be running emergency mode. After a major stressor like COVID, that system can forget how to switch off. But the good news is: it can be retrained.

If you’re living with Long COVID, you’ve probably asked yourself: Why do my symptoms feel so random? One day it’s a pounding headache. The next it’s brain fog so heavy you can’t finish a sentence. It feels unpredictable, like your body is pulling symptoms out of a hat. Here’s the truth: your symptoms aren’t random, and they’re not your fault.

You’ve canceled plans, gone to bed early, slept late … and you still wake up tired. It’s not laziness or lack of willpower. When your body’s nervous system gets stuck in overdrive after illness or stress, “rest” doesn’t actually register. The body is trying to protect you, not restore you. It helps when you can understand that exhaustion is a signal, not a failure.