COVID-19, How Dare You Mess with my Self-Care!

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way– in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.

- Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities 1859

Dickens wrote A Tale of Two Cities over 150 years ago, and yet he aptly describes the unnerving, mercurial circumstances authored by the current pandemic. With all its epic changes, daunting unknowns, and losses, who dares to wholeheartedly commit to making plans for a year or month or even a week from now? It’s like a sinister, evil character brazenly hit the pause button on our lives, both individually and collectively.

As the current pandemic corrodes our confidence and exacerbates our pre-existing anxieties, now more than ever we need to defy COVID-19! Wholeheartedly commit to outrageous, creative, and defiant self-care.

Despite all the uncertainty, we must truly pledge to soothe and nourish ourselves. On top of violent disruptions to our routines, when we needed them more than ever, we also lost access to precious forms of self-preservation: social gatherings, massage, gyms, yoga studios, worshipping in person with our spiritual communities, and so on.

Now more than ever, we must reinvent how we meet our needs while taking into account our unique creative styles and forms of self-expression!

Know I am here to help you take better care of yourself. You are invited to attend my donation-based Zoom Yoga and Pilates classes. Most people are not sleeping well. That's why I added more evening Yoga and Pilates classes designed to promote sound sleep. Look here for my updated Zoom Class Schedule.

And, defy COVID-19! Be bodacious about your self-care!

Be well,

Natazha Raine O’Connor