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Gwyneth Paltrow And I have a lot in common. Of course, I never have won an Oscar Or founded a business, but listen: we both have two children, we are both divorced amicably, we are both dated with guys named Brad (she married one of her two brads - that I did not marry mine), and we 're the two babies Gen X (I am three years younger, sorry to report it Gwynnie). We are also both important on health and well-being (it's like, My real work ). Unfortunately, only one of us can afford to pay large dollars for things like an infrared sauna and a cold diving pool. (My apartment in New York is probably smaller than Her home spa .) So when she shared her favorite well-being advice on a budget via His Instagram stories Recently, I was impatient to try them for myself. Read the rest to discover what they are and how it happened.

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"Honestly, the best advice of well-being that I can give you are all free," said Paltrow, shining without makeup, pulled hair, black glasses and a soft white bathrobe, starts by saying. She then reveals her first: sleep. She calls it "super important" and advises "not tons of screen time" before bed, avoiding things that cause anxiety, like social media. "Let the body really start to rest," she said, suggesting a bath to help relax before hitting the hay.

I already know how to avoid screens at night and try to practice it, but wait, does a TV count like a screen? I put my phone in the kitchen in the evening, far from my bed (well, not This Far - See an aforementioned small apartment), but I often watch a show with my daughter before returning. Yellow jackets The final of the season has certainly caused anxiety, but in a way, I still managed to fall asleep in the last 15 minutes. I can't take a bath now because my bathtub drain is broken and I forget to ask my great to repair it. (Paltrow cannot be related to this problem.) Putting your phone in another room so that you can better sleep is a tip that I warmly approve.

"Meditation is so useful for so many levels," explains Paltrow. "There is research on this subject, you can read everything about it." She suggests going online to learn to meditate for free, which is completely valid, but it turns out that I have read Vogue that herself Transcendental meditation practices (TM), which is definitely not Free to learn.

Again, I am already connected The advantages of meditation , even if it's been a while since I had done it. But during Paltrow's suggestion, I renewed my commitment to practice and tried to carve out for a few minutes every day to close my eyes and let my thoughts drift in my mind like clouds. I was reminded that when I take the time to meditate, it makes me feel a little more in peace with the world. Why is it so difficult to do? Between cats ignoring me to be fed and children who send me texts on the school forms that must be filled, life just feels like too Sometimes. Meditation does not make my list of tasks shorter.

I am everywhere in Paltrow's third well-being on a tip: exercise. She suggests "moving your body, walking, stretching, making yoga". All this is already part of my routine, and they actually help keep me healthy. A few mornings per week, I meet my friends to run in the park, and the days we are not running, I do Yoga with Adriene in my living room. (When poor air quality in New York kept me inside Last week, my friends and I had to skip our planned race and I found myself crying at my office in the afternoon. The exercise is important!) AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

Although the racing shoes are not cheap, I already have them and that the YouTube videos are obviously free. I also obtained a free yoga carpet when I attended a yoga lesson at sunrise last summer. (Like Paltrow, I am sometimes invited to events and Swag.) If you do not have a yoga carpet, however, I bet that you can hang one on your room Buy nothing . I recently won a "top contributor" badge on mine and I highly recommend them. (Do you think Paltrow knows the purchasing groups of nothing?)

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Paltrow says breathing "is incredibly useful in terms of body oxygenation" and helps reduce stress and anxiety. "This is one of my favorite well-being tools," she said seriously. Didn't I tell you that Paltrow and I have tons in common? I have been breathing boxes for years. If I could do only one practice of well-being for the rest of my life, it may be it.

All you have to do is breathe slowly during an account of four, to hold this breath and to count on four, to expire 1-2-3-4, to hold on to the bottom for four and to repeat until What you calm down. When I have a panic attack, or I feel an coming, I breathe boxes and I can feel my pulse slowly and my body starts to relax. It's like magic, really, and you can do it anywhere, at any time, for free. Cleveland Clinic experts can give you the full scoop on Why it works .

Paltrow's latest advice, remaining well hydrated, is another that we probably all know. "Drink tons of water," she said, and I do it! Do you know what's going on? I have to pee about 37 times a day. (Six times just by writing this article.)

However, she is right. Drinking enough water is linked to longevity and a multitude of Other health benefits , including more energy, lighter skin and less headache. And again, it's free! Not only did I spend less than $ 5 by putting Paltrow's well-being advice, but I did not spend anything at all. So, even if I do not have my own spa, my ex-husband is not a rock star, and I am not the CEO of nothing except my tiny apartment filled with cats and children, I can always live like a Celebrity - and therefore, you can.

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