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Mindfulness In The Time Of Crisis
Be aware of your hands
Increased awareness of your hands throughout the day can help you avoid touching your mouth, eyes, and nose.
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Things we can't control
There are so many things we cannot control in times of health crisis (coworkers that come to work with a headache and a fever, people that sneeze or cough in public, etc.)
Instead of stressing over these things, it's best to focus our attention on the things we can do and control (i.e. in the case of the new virus, handwashing has been recognized as a first-line defense in disease prevention).
Handwashing and mindfulness
Wash your hands with intentions and thoroughness:
- Stand in front of the sink and release the tension from your shoulders and smile.
- Turn on the faucet and considering what a privilege it is to have warm, running water.
- Listen to the sound of the water.
- Using soap, warm water, and friction, give your hands a little massage, which helps to relieve stress.
- Wash your hand for 20 seconds.
- Notice and enjoy the feeling of your clean, dry hands.
Be aware of your hands
Increased awareness of your hands throughout the day can help you avoid touching your mouth, eyes, and nose.
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Washing our hands the right way
Hand-washing is one of the best ways to protect against the new virus. But it has to be done the right way.
You have to scrub your hands thoroughly with soap and clean water for at least 20 seconds. And make sure you cover all the important parts: palms, wrinkles, fingernails, between fingers, under rings, bandaids, or splints you may have on an injured finger.
Soap vs. hand sanitizer
Destroying the structure of viruses and other contaminations with soap and water is different than using disinfectants and sanitizers, which are designed to kill germs but not remove them from your skin.
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Spreading respiratory viruses
Our hands are the front lines in the war against the new virus.
Respiratory viruses (the new virus, the flu, and the common cold) can be spread via our hands: We can pick up dro...
Prevention is essential
- Wash your hands often for at least 20 seconds.
- Cover your cough or sneeze with a tissue, then throw the tissue in the trash.
- Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects.
- Stay home when you are sick.
- Contact a health worker if you have symptoms; fever and a dry cough are most common.
- Don't touch your face.
- Don't travel if you have a fever and cough.
The top way to clean our hands
Washing your hands with soap and water is the top way to clean our hands. If soap is not available, using a hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol can help.
When you wash your hands with soap and water, you’re wiping viruses off your hands and sending them down the drain. The whole process is actually annihilating the viruses, rendering them harmless.
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They generate an impulse to do a behavior with little or no conscious thought.
By forming a habit, the brain frees the mind to do other things without deliberation. So behaviors that require concentration, deliberation, or extended effort, are not habits.
What drives motivation
Motivation is not driven by pleasure and pain, but rather by the desire to escape discomfort.
Our brains get our bodies to do what they want through discomfort. And the same rule applies to psychological discomfort.
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