Hold someone’s hand, gaze into their eyes

Go barefoot in nature, bask in sunrise

 

Choose a dance partner, go find your groove

Do tai chi or yoga, mindfully move

 

Share a massage, enjoy healing touch


Focus on one thing and don’t think too much

 

Make time for a hobby, play chess, fly a kite

Make use of your hands, draw, paint, sew or write

 

Help someone in need, donate to a cause

Play games, meditate, read stuff from bookstores

 

Turn off your screens, get a good sleep


De-clutter, spark joy, love what you keep

 

Dig around in a garden, pick up a guitar

Slip into a bathtub, sauna, or spa

 

Care for a pet, take up a sport


Go on vacation, make your home a resort

 

Lie in a hammock, release pent-up stress

Relax and do nothing, then do even less

 

Laugh out loud, share a joke, give someone a kiss

Say a prayer, chant a mantra, follow your bliss

 

Each of the 50 activities in this poem boost immunity, relieve anxiety and help you go from wired and tired to chilled and fulfilled and require minimal cost, skills or equipment. Each activity is linked to the scientific evidence to support it with a preference given to more recent articles, systematic reviews and articles that discuss improvements in mental health, immunity and general wellbeing.

Give it a whirl and make the ‘Whirl of Wellness’ your dance of Life.

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Dr Marc is a medical doctor, university professor, author, poet, entrepreneur, wellness trailblazer and perpetual student of life, trying to coax the world towards worldwide wellness. He has spent more than 30 years practicing and researching holistic health and published more than 100 peer-reviewed scientific papers and many books and technical texts on wellness and natural medicine. He is author of the illustrated children’s book “The Beautiful Mare and the Boy Who Gave Thanks“,  Founder of the Extreme Wellness Institute and Co-Founder of the Bathe the World Foundation, and co-owner of Extremely Alive Wellness Tonics and Maruia Hot Springs. You can find him at www.drmarc.co and on linktree.