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<h1>Love me from Afar</h1>
<p>During these times it’s especially important to continue our mission of spreading love around the globe (from afar). That is why we launched our Love Me From Afar Campaign. For every mask sold, a medical mask will be donated to frontline workers keeping us safe!</p>

<h1>Help spread the love </h1>
<p>Each mask comes with a card to write a thank you note to our hero’s. Post a photo on Instagram and #eyeoflove #lovemefromafar ❤️</p>

Love me from Afar  — @Eyeoflove's mag on Magma

@rachelwolchin's mag on Magma

spaceMVMNT Peer Support Group — @spaceMVMNT's mag on Magma

San Diego

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<p> We have all been stressed and challenged to the braking point during this pandemic . By something as simple as just remembering to breathe can be extremely helpful to calm the nerves during these trying times.</p>
<p>Learn the 4-7-8 Pranic breathing technique, also known as “relaxing breath.” This breathing pattern aims to reduce anxiety or help people get to sleep. It’s a great tool to calm and center yourself during stressful times of the day .</p>
<p>1. Get yourself in a comfortable position. Take a slow deep breath in from your belly for the count of 4 seconds</p>
<p>2. Hold the breath counting slowly for 7 seconds </p>
<p>3. Exhale through your mouth counting slowly for the count 8 seconds</p>
<p> 4. Repeat this process six times and you will see how quickly everything seems to relax in your body. You can repeat this as many times a day as needed. It’s also a great way to start off your meditation or to relax you before sleep.</p>
<p>Try it and let me know how it works for you!</p>
<p>Love &amp; Light</p>
<p>Ronda Chowaiki 🙏</p>

Ronda’s Reiki — @Rondasreiki's mag on Magma

Paris

@MayaB's mag on Magma

<h1>The Peloton App</h1>
<h2>Free trial for 90 days</h2>
<p>The Peloton app is not just for cycling! I have been so pleasantly surprised by this app/website. Obviously peloton offers classes and schedules for their own equipment, like boot camp classes for their treadmill and cycling classes for their bike. However, majority of the classes have no dependence on their equipment. </p>
<p>The app offers strength training, outdoor running programs, yoga classes and more. They also extended their free trial to 90 days!</p>

<h1>Melissa Wood Health</h1>
<h2>7 Day Free Trial</h2>

<p>I have always been a sucker for yoga and Pilates classes. Melissa Wood is a health and wellness influencer who creates her own kick ass workouts that also happen to be super chill. She specializes in hybrid workouts that consists of yoga, Pilates, and meditation. They are super gentle on your body while also extremely difficult, since all of them center around your core. I definitely feel sore after these!</p>
<p>I have linked both her instagram and her website. She posts on her Instagram but the website would be best to use for working out. You can create an account and try it out for 7 days for free!</p>

<h1>The Workout LA</h1>
<h2>Instagram and YouTube Classes for Free</h2>

<p>These two girls are so cute and offer free home workouts. They give adjustments as well if you don’t have certain equipment like weights lying around. They do mat Pilates type classes that specialize in toning. They also offer cardio toning classes and dance cardio. Each week they feature a new schedule for their instagram live classes, which helps keep you accountable. </p>
<p>Don’t be fooled by their demeanor, these classes are tough!</p>

<h1>At Home HIIT Classes</h1>
<h2>Instagram Live for free</h2>
<p>Ally is a fitness/wellness influencer and model. She has teamed up with world class trainer Kevin Mejia to offer free instagram live classes during quarantine. Each week it changes and is usually offered on Thursday’s and Sundays. These workouts are not for the faint of heart. They are heavy on cardio and usually include equipment like weights and bands but they are so worth it! Definitely recommend if you feel like changing it up and releasing some pent up energy. </p>

<h1>Ted Mcdonald </h1>
<h2>Free through Instagram lives </h2>
<p>Ted is the small business owner of 5 Point Yoga in Malibu. I worked for Ted and this studio for a couple years and think it’s so important to help those small business owners that are hurting during this time. Ted is offering free yoga classes on his Instagram every morning at 9am. Ted owns a yoga studio, teaches there, and also does videos for Beach Body Fitness. His flows are difficult yet humbling and relaxing. 5 Point Yoga is also offering online schedules on a donation basis if you feel so inclined! </p>

<p>At home workouts are how I’ve managed to stay fit, healthy and sane during this time. Otherwise my body would have to learn to function off of chocolate chip cookies and tequila alone, so thank god for these!</p>
<p>Tag me <a href="https://www.instagram.com/brookewex/?hl=en">Www.instagram.com/brookewex/?hl=en</a> if you try any!</p>

Free at home workouts! — @Brooke's mag on Magma

<h1>TONIGHT 5:30 PM PST ZOOM</h1>
<p>SPSG is going virtual! Looking forward to having a cyber space to chat with friends.</p>
<p>The benefit and purpose of the spaceMVMNT Peer Support Group is the comfort and comradery resulting from knowing that everyone here has some experience feeling some type of way. This is a non-judgmental, non-traditional atmosphere for people to be able to express their feelings and share their experiences with others who can relate. SPSG is a peer support group; we are not clinicians, doctors or professionals. We are people with lived experience. SPSG absolutely does not discriminate against race, color, sexual orientation, sex or gender, disability; including physical and mental conditions. We are all humans existing in a world where our stories and voices need to be heard. We all have something to say; spaceMVMNT is here for you to say it.</p>
<p>All we ask at SPSG is that what is said in group, stays in group. We protect our friends, our anonymity and our dignity. This is a non-negotiable for us.</p>

LET’S VIRTUALLY CHAT — @spaceMVMNT's mag on Magma

Beverlywood

<h1>I’ve been thinking about all of the positives this past week:</h1>
<p>1. I’ve been able to appreciate nature and going on walks. Normally I would just go to an indoor workout class. </p>
<p>2. Because I wanted to use up all my fresh produce first, I’ve barely eaten anything processed. Normally I would go for the processed first because it’s easier.</p>
<p>3. We’ve been Marie Kondoing our entire place (something I would never be able to get the hubs to do with me and something I was always too busy to do)</p>
<p>4. I work from home so it wasn’t so different for me but I’ve gotten to spend quality time with <a href="magma://users/OKasHv0gfSQySAgMo7EMqPscKQp1">@lee </a> who’s working from home as well.</p>
<p>5. I’ve been repurposing meals and using all my produce. Normally I hate eating leftovers and let it go to waste. Now I made plain cous cous for example and for the next few days I played with adding different dressings and different veggies to it.</p>
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<h2>What are some positives you’ve seen this week?</h2>

The bright side  — @Jax's mag on Magma

Los Angeles

<h1>HAD IT. BEAT IT. DON'T PANIC.</h1>
<h2><em>It’s not what you think.</em></h2>
<p>As someone that hardly ever gets sick, I never thought I would be sharing a first hand story of how I overcame the Coronavirus.</p>
<p>As personal as this story is, I’m grateful to be able to share this with you in the hope that it will not only be informative but ease some of the anxiety/fear surrounding the situation.</p>
<p>The information circling online is only part of what actually happens when it comes to the actual experience. Although being informed, implementing good hygiene and social isolation can help, I truly believe the factor that mattered most was that I took action right away by quarantining myself and calling my healthcare provider.</p>
<p>My doctor informed me that <strong>many people have it </strong>and don’t even realize they do and just go about their day spreading it. Please, be a good Samaritan, stay home, and take extra caution. Open up the line of communication with your doctor, wash your hands often, be extra clean, and drink A LOT of water.</p>
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<p><u><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/url?q%3Dhttps://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html?CDC_AA_refVal%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.cdc.gov%25252Fcoronavirus%25252Findex.html%26amp;sa%3DD%26amp;ust%3D1584320263592000&sa=D&ust=1584320263602000&usg=AFQjCNH6DQUWcwQrEwXpre79WcJgZrZtcw">COVID-19 updates here.</a></u></p>

<h1>HAD IT.</h1>
<p><strong>Tuesday evening</strong>: I attended a large gathering earlier in the day and am almost positive I caught the virus there. I’m lucky. I immediately started to feel a little tired and checked my temperature. I have not left my home since. I self-quarantined the moment I felt something.</p>
<p><strong>Wednesday</strong>: I woke up feeling a bit feverish with no other symptoms. Nothing in my sinus, no sore throat, and no respiratory challenges. Being someone that rarely ever gets sick, I proactively chose to call my doctor right away. He directed me to a Cedars Sinai off-site building on Wilshire Blvd. At this point, my fever was 24 hours in but physically, I began feeling better each hour.</p>
<p><strong>Thursday</strong>: I drove to Cedars and got tested. I was told to only take TYLENOL to monitor my temperature and that Advil/Ibuprofen is <strong>NOT</strong> the best option if feeling a fever. </p>

<h1>BEAT IT.</h1>
<p><strong>Friday</strong>: I woke up feeling 100% like myself again. 3rd day in self-quarantine, awaiting my test results.</p>
<p><strong>Saturday</strong>: I woke up feeling even better but still stayed home and continued my self-quarantine.</p>
<p><strong>Saturday night</strong>: I got a call from Cedars telling me that I had tested positive for the virus. Honestly since I was feeling fine I just started to laugh...The doctor said to just chill for a couple more days and that my case was mild. He advised me to refrain from any contact with the elderly because they are at high-risk and to sit tight until my primary doctor says otherwise.</p>
<p>I then received a message from my Doctor:</p>
<blockquote>“I have been closely following your condition. I am glad to hear that your symptoms have improved. I agree that you should continue to self quarantine for at least 3 days after symptoms have resolved. You will be fine.”</blockquote>

<h1>DON'T PANIC.</h1>
<p><strong>I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH.</strong></p>
<p>After going through the process of contracting and surviving the virus, I’ve learned many important lessons that must be shared.</p>
<p>If you have it, and are in good health + self-quarantine, you are highly likely to beat it no questions asked. More importantly, whether you think you have it or you don’t, please STAY HOME. The information known regarding the nature of the virus is so minimal at this point and if you can, I wouldn’t risk it.</p>
<p>Symptomatic vs. asymptomatic cases: COVID-19 is a respiratory virus that is highly contagious and will enter the immune systems of everyone in one way or another. Regardless of symptoms, please PRETEND LIKE YOU HAVE IT. Even if you aren’t showing any symptoms or maybe you think you do but you’re not sure, by pretending you do and removing yourself from the rest of the community can do WONDERS in stopping the rate in which the virus spread and the LOWER the chances of it reentering your system.</p>
<p>The numbers don’t tell the big picture yet. With so many things still unknown, please don’t use the low numbers being reported on TV sway you into taking the situation lightly. My doctor told me that there are thousands of people that have been testing positive for the virus and that although the majority of those cases are mild and most people feel fine after a day or two, they are still contagious and those numbers matter when it comes to reasons why it is <strong>MOST IMPORTANT TO SELF-QUARANTINE and STAY AWAY FROM THE ELDERLY and ANYONE WITH A COMPROMISED IMMUNE SYSTEM right now.</strong></p>

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