IMMUNE POWER
Winter is the perfect time to up your immunity game and sail through the season with vibrant energy and resilience. A healthy immune system does more than fight off potential threats; it supports the other systems in your body to maintain vitality and overall well-being.
Let’s explore how you can achieve immunity peak performance. We’ll break it down to the everyday basics and the flourishes that can help you thrive through the winter chills.
Eat Well
Good nutrition fuels your immune system, so resist sugary, processed and refined foods and opt for a varied wholefood diet. Think fruits and vegetables in a rainbow of colours for beneficial vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and fibre; healthy fats to fight inflammation; and adequate protein for building and maintaining immune cells. Since gut health and immunity are linked, feed your microbiome with prebiotic and probiotic marvels like yogurt, kimchi, kefir, garlic, onions, asparagus, Jerusalem artichokes and bananas. And don’t forget to stay hydrated with plenty of water and immune-supporting infusions like ginger, turmeric and echinacea.
Sleep Well
Prime your body’s natural immunity with quality sleep. While you’re sleeping soundly, your body is repairing, regenerating and regulating key immune cells, helping you stay resilient and robust during your waking hours. Check out our May blog to learn how you can train your body for a restorative 7-9 hours of nightly sleep.
Get Moving
Regular exercise helps your immune system reach peak performance. It increases endorphins, improves circulation and reduces inflammation. That equals reduced stress, efficient transport of disease-busting immune cells throughout your body and a friendlier environment for cellular regeneration. Try for 30 minutes of moderate exercise most days of the week. Time in nature is powerful medicine for your immune health, so if have access to a park, forest, beach or mountain trail, take it outside and get the added benefit of vitamin D from the winter sun.
De-stress
Constantly elevated levels of the stress hormone cortisol can prevent your immune system from firing up to protect you. Switch off stress with relaxing activities like meditation, breathing exercises, yoga, journaling, a hobby you enjoy or time in nature. Even a mindful minute several times a day – and especially in moments where you feel overwhelmed – will bring benefits.
Now that we’ve covered the basics, let’s ice the cake with flourishes that will help you thrive through winter.
The Power of Touch
Regular massage helps to reduce stress hormones, increase circulation, improve sleep, boost white blood cell activity and enhance lymphatic flow, and that’s a powerful combination for strengthening your body’s natural defences.
Aurora Bathhouse Ritual
Supporting immune health doesn’t get more enjoyable than this. Moving through the cycles of hot and cold experiences helps to reduce stress, increase circulation, stimulate white blood cell activity, improve sleep quality and reduce inflammation. Bring a friend, or two, for the added benefit of positive social connection – something that has been shown to reduce inflammation and bolster immune function.
Wellness Infusion
If you’re feeling rundown, our new Immunity IV vitamin infusion is a fortifying treatment that combats nutritional deficiencies with a blend of vitamins, amino acids, minerals and antioxidants, ideal for a diminished immune system and to support recovery from illness.
