Just because you've noticed that you can't work out like you used to, getting some physical activity each day is very important. It actually becomes even more critical when you're healing your body from autoimmune disease and can make the healing process go much faster.

When you work out you:

Increase your metabolism so you can achieve a healthy weight (but it is NOT the best way to control weight) 

Improve your bone density (less breaks, reduce or reverse osteoporosis) 

Regulate your hormones that control appetite, digestion, and sleep 

Boost your mood

Decreases your risk of many chronic diseases like T2D, cancer, cardiovascular disease, and depression 

Handle stress a LOT better (less cortisol produced in aerobically fit individuals in response to acute stressors) 

Regulate your circadian rhythm (which means better sleep!)  

Support your immune system (both from an autoimmune aspect but also colds, flus, infections, etc) 

Create antioxidants that can battle toxin exposure and free radicals 

Decrease chronic systemic inflammation

So it can be extremely helpful for anyone, but it is especially beneficial to someone already trying to reverse a disease.

Popular types of exercise like running, HIIT, cross-fit, elliptical, etc can be great once in a while, but they put stress on the body. While some stress from exercise is great, too much proves to overload the body and sends it into fight-or-flight, promotes systemic chronic inflammation, and stimulates MORE autoimmune attacks on your tissue.

This makes it difficult to do many of the old types of exercises you may be familiar with. And if you push through anyway, you wind up with a flare-up of your symptoms or unable to recover for days to weeks! Definitely not the "benefits" you were hoping for by exercising.

Enter supportive, gentler exercises like Yoga and Qi Gong.

Both of these are ideal for autoimmune exercise intolerance since they support both stress relief and bodily movement at the same time. They don't spike cortisol like higher intensity exercise and in fact, can LOWER cortisol and help bring your body out of a chronic fight-or-flight stress pattern. Yet, they still pump blood through your circulatory system (often even more efficiently than cardio exercises), build strength and tone your muscles, and improve your breath efficiency - giving you all of the benefits of exercise without the negative side effects.

They also can be done in the comfort of your own home and don't require any special equipment or training.

In Exercise for Autoimmunity, you'll have access to on-demand videos ranging from 1 minute through 1 hour that lead you through gentle workouts supportive for your body. Simply find one that looks interesting to you and press play - then follow along to get your body moving! 

Workouts include things like:

Yoga  hip opening slow flow

Yoga beginner flow

Qi Gong for Upper Body Joint Mobility

Qi Gong for Lower Back Pain

Qi Gong Zen Circles for Calming

For a limited time, get lifetime access to Exercise for Autoimmunity for 50% off! Get in for the cost of just a few workouts at your local studio, and get access to ALL of the classes added over the next few years and beyond*

*This may also include other types of workouts, like strength training, in the future. Exercise for Autoimmunity may also switch to a monthly membership subscription model, but you'll be locked in with lifetime access forever. No further charges for this program if you buy now!