The Christmas vacations are much desired and full of excitement and plans; however, they can also be a stressor because of the intense pressure to create Christmas magic; gifts, menus, decorations, lights? and to make everything perfect. 

December is a sprint month, the last month of the year. There is more rush, demands or commitments that then translate into exhaustion or nervousness, when what we really need is to slow down and enjoy this time in calm and coherence with what we want. 

Adaptogenic mushrooms can work magic on these dates, helping to regulate our nervous system under pressure or demotivation, working where we need it; more energy, more calm, greater concentration, focus, and keeping our immune system in shape.

Some suggestions to survive the Christmas celebrations:

• Prepare varied menus: healthy and delicious and incorporate Cokare elixirs to vinaigrettes, enrich salt, or at the end of cooking some dishes. Choose desserts with less sugar and have a digestive infusion or enzymes always at hand to minimize excesses. Cokare's range of mushroom coffees is perfect for after-dinner drinks.
• Detoxify: If you have overdone it, the next day opt for a mono-diet of soup or roasted or steamed cleansing vegetables such as artichokes, broccoli, asparagus, pumpkin, etc.
• Hydrate yourself: with water before meals (never during), moderate alcohol, alternate it with mocktails based on energetic and refreshing ingredients.
• Choose sustainable and healthy gifts for a more conscious consumption with the needs of the planet and those who inhabit it.
• Look for moments of rest; disconnection and relaxation, this way you avoid the overload of people, food, noise? The simple act of pausing to focus on your breathing can bring clarity and relief.
• Be thankful: and celebrate this time and remember that Christmas is not complicated, we complicate it by not listening to what we really need. The idea is to arrive at the vacations in an optimal state and with plans that we enjoy.