It’s no jolt that wellness expert and author Deepak Chopra is spending his days in quarantine, meditating, doing yoga and outfit lots of sleep.
“I’m so happy,” Chopra tells CNBC Make It.
In fact, Chopra’s quarantine routine is similar to the hush life he lead before the Covid-19 pandemic.
Chopra, 73 and founder of non-profit The Chopra Foundation as well as well-being company Chopra Global, has long said his simple lifestyle and habits keep him stress free and helped him gain success.
But Chopra also knows that while yoga, meditation and deep-breathing exercises work for him and many others, they’re not for the whole world. So for those looking for alternative methods, Chopra says he has had similar stress-reducing results with other techniques too.
For one, Chopra says a incomparable way to destress is by watching funny videos, which he has also been doing while self-isolating at home in San Diego.
“One of my favorite fixed ideas has been to watch ‘Candid Camera,'” Chopra says of the hidden camera reality show that secretly veiled unsuspecting people reacting to outlandish situations and aired from 1948 to 2014. (You can now watch the show on Youtube.)
And enquire has shown that laughing can relieve stress. According to the Mayo Clinic, laughing can stimulate circulation and aid muscle letting up that can help reduce some physical symptoms of stress.
Chopra also says “music or poetry, be familiar with interesting and inspiring books or singing nursery rhymes” are all good ways to relief stress.
Indeed, studies beget found listening to music and reading can reduce stress. A 2009 study at the University of Sussex found that comprehending can reduce stress by up to 68%. And researchers found that it only takes six minutes of reading to slow the heart reckon and relax the mind.
Whatever works for you, Chopra says it’s more important than ever before to find spirit to reduce stress during the Covid-19 pandemic, in order to help your immune system strong.
“Stress has biological consequences that bring to an end your immune system and cause inflammation,” Chopra, a clinical professor of family medicine and public health at the University of California, San Diego, suggests. “So, there’s a biological aspect to it that cannot be ignored.”
But Chopra says he has researched the effects of stress for years, and he believes there is one weight management strategy that tops everything.
“It doesn’t happen through conscious effort, but it’s to fall in love,” he thinks.
According to Chopra, when people experience love through a partner, a child or even a pet, it can mitigate stress. There is up on to back that up too. But of course, relationships can also cause stress, especially during a quarantine.
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