Why and how to keep oneself fit during lock down period

 For controlling the fire-like spread of the pandemic COVID-19 on the Earth planet, countries have been adopting several means and measures to control it. It has already infected more than 15 lakhs people and has taken death toll over one lakh across 180 countries. Government of India has adopting on war footing some immediate measures like isolation, quarantine, instant health care, IPC 144, Jamaobandi, etc. One of them is ‘lockdown’. We already passed over 2 weeks lock down and passing through the next period of another two weeks.

Some fatal outcomes are already appeared like death toll, inadequacy of health care, no vaccination, financial blow, schools closed, productivity coming to halt, workforce in un-organized sector, rural masses and labor force in a miserable state, etc. The after effects like unemployment, financial status too much down, etc. are also visualized.

Human beings are activities apt, keep on doing lot of necessary and unnecessary tasks both physical and mental. Lock down has turned into ‘leg-down. If one continues with non-activities for a long time, one may lose the inherent capacity of body. One needs to sustain this capacity and ability keeping one self physically fit during the lock down period. Here are anew ways how to keep oneself fit during lockdown period.

1.       Diet: reduce diet, be vegetarian, and select a diet that helps improve immunity power of the body.  Include cow milk, butter milk, ginger, lasoon, eat more vegetables and pulses.

2.       Water: drink pure water, reduce tea/coffee and drink warm water/tea/coffee every after two hours that helps eradicate COVID-19 accumulation in the tonsils part of windpipe preventing virus to enter into bronchial tubes and then lungs. COVID-10 is SARS-2 family virus that stops lungs function causing death. Using ginger, lounge, Tulasi leaves and Haldi will help improve immunity.

3.       Exercise: Take at least 1000 steps s daily near your house, take Yogic exercise: stretching, bending, twisting including such postures as Bujangasan, Shavasan, Tadasan, Sarvanagasan, Konasan, squats 50, Namaskar 25, etc. take such exercise that gives good exercise to both neck and lungs. Take 2-3 different simple pranayama like Bhaskika, Kapalbhati, long breathing. Etc. Bhramar and Brmari stimulates wind pipe and creates vibration pressure in the brain. Practice relevant part of Homeopathy and accu-pressure.

4.       Uddiyan Bandh, Vyaghra Mudra helps strengthen abdomen and wind wipe. It is a good a habit to drink at least half glass of water early in the morning though nose called Ushpan that clans nostrils, wind pipe, sinuses etc and improves vision.

5.       Keep mentally busy: Read news paper, see TV news and serials, work on desktop or so but be not addict, write something, use internet, Whatsapp, etc.

6.       Worship, Prayer and chanting: Put your heart in your daily worship. Recite prayer. Chant some Sanskrit Mantras loudly. This relaxes the muscles in face, chest (including lungs and heart) and improves blood pressure. I have realized that such chanting normalizes ex-haling and in haling giving, improves relaxation and heart and lung capacity improves.

7.       Develop close family relation: Use opportunity to touch the heart of each other, play games, etc.

8.       Focus on the area of your liking that one aspired in the past but have remained unattended. 

One can be innovative and creative to make one fit and prepared for after COVID-19 situation.

Take care; stay fit, secure and safe during lockdown period

Aurangabad                                                                      Dr. P H waghodekar,

Dated: March 31, 2020                                      Adviser (HR) IBS, MIT. Aurangabad,

                                                                          Chairman, advisory Board, MTC Global, Bangalore, and

                                                                          A Member of advisory Board, EduBridgeWorld, Bangalore.

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