{"id":297,"date":"2020-03-23T13:48:58","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T13:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vayuacademy.com\/blog\/?p=297"},"modified":"2020-11-12T12:32:07","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T12:32:07","slug":"how-to-survive-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vayuacademy.com\/blog\/how-to-survive-lockdown\/","title":{"rendered":"How to survive lockdown."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The governments of most coronavirus-hit countries have imposed home lockdowns and strongly instructed citizens to practice social distancing in a desperate bid to limit the pandemic outbreak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Authorities are only permitting people to exit their houses for emergencies like quick shopping for groceries, pharmaceuticals, or visiting a hospital for treatment. This is going to be difficult, and will take serious resolve from all of us \u2013 but ultimately it is what we need to do for the greater social good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Almost all citizens have suddenly found themselves prohibited from going to work or socializing like they normally do, and found that their lives have been turned upside down as regional governments imposed unprecedented restrictions that were almost like a declaration of a state of emergency. People found themselves stuck with endless free time, not knowing what to do during home isolation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The priority: Minimizing social interactions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.              \u2013 Confucius<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

So, what can we do to keep ourselves and our family sane as we apply this principle, and pull together for public health? For the sake of both our physical and mental health over the coming weeks, we need to find ways to integrate good chunks of physical activity into our daily schedule and stick to it. We need to think out of the box and do things that we have not done. And when doing so, we need to make sure that we maintain the minimum social distance from others with a similar mission. The good news is that this is completely doable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keeping active (and sane!)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One particular thing to emphasize is the importance of the physical activity. Being physically active is an essential ingredient for the health and wellbeing of the human being. It positively benefits us in countless critical ways, physically and psychologically. When we do not get the physical activity we are used to, it can affect us negatively. Most predominantly we feel it in our mood in the first instance, but we may not readily realize that it is a lack of activity that is bothering us (and our children). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Calm mind brings inner strength and self confidence, so that’s very important for good health. – Dalai Lama <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

As a rule, adults need at least 30 minutes of “moderate to vigorous physical activity” almost every day, while children need 60 minutes of this same level of physical activity every day. “Moderate to vigorous physical activity” is an activity that makes your heart and lungs work harder than they normally have to, and is usually considered to be a good fast walk or an activity such as jogging, running, and cycling. This is the level of intensity we need to move at to get a health benefit and to maintain our health and wellbeing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We each need to identify ways to get the above physical activity built into our day now, with the added constraint of maintaining social distancing. What this means is that we do the activity with our family and we don’t send them outside to be active on their own. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some ideas on how we might go about this include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n