Meet Mag, Your New Favorite Mineral

After a stress-filled start to the year with my dad being hospitalized with Covid (he's home and continuing to recover- hallelujah!), I've spent this week reconnecting to my self-care and replenishing what is most definitely feeling depleted. 

In addition to committing to a daily yoga practice with Yoga with Adriene, I've been focusing on replenishing one of the most common deficiencies for most Americans- Magnesium. 

If you’ve been feeling irritable, crampy, stiff or tight with sluggish digestion and overall tension in your body, you might be magnesium deficient (at least half of Americans are estimated to be!).

The great news is it’s relatively easy to replenish your Mag- focus on food sources like avocado, nuts, shrimp and seaweed and consider a supplement. You can also add a cup of Epsom salts to your bath and let your skin absorb this magic relaxation mineral (this works great for kids too!).

And get a handle on that stress! Stress drains our bodies of Mag (and so do the coping strategies we often use).

What’s one way you can enhance your body’s magnesium levels today?