Free Resources to Help Wellbeing During Shelter-in-Place
The COVID-19 outbreak is stressful for everyone. Fear and anxiety cause strong emotions in adults and children and bring out the best and worst in all of us. Coping with stress will make you, the people you care about, and your community stronger. Keeping your body and mind healthy and active is challenging with travel restrictions and closed recreation activities. Here’s a list of free resources to help keep your body healthy and fend off boredom. This list will grow as more resources are identified so check back often!
Free Breathing, Mindfulness and Meditation Resources
- Ted Talk – Breathe to Heal: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2gX6wUWUFHM
- Science behind Meditation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTA0j8FfCvs
- Ted Talk about 10 Minutes of Mindfulness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzR62JJCMBQ
Free Mindfulness, Meditation Tutorials
- 3-minute Mindful Breathing Meditation (Relieve Stress): https://youtu.be/SEfs5TJZ6Nk
- Chair Yoga Flow for All Levels: https://youtu.be/6VLw2sjvuNU
- Free Guided Meditations from UCLA: https://www.uclahealth.org/marc/body.cfm?id=22&iirf_redirect=1
- How To Calm Down During A High Anxiety: https://youtu.be/IAODG6KaNBc
Free Exercise Classes from Home
- Core Power Yoga free online classes: https://www.corepoweryogaondemand.com/keep-up-your-practice
- The YMCA has free online classes – https://ymca360.org/
- Orangetheory – Free daily 30 minute workout: https://www.orangetheory.com/en-au/member-communication-regarding-coronavirus/
- Peloton app has yoga, meditation, strength, stretching, exercises for free: https://www.onepeloton.com/
- Free yoga classes: https://www.doyogawithme.com/
Museum Tours
- Tour the Guggenheim Museum: https://artsandculture.google.com/streetview/solomon-r-guggenheim-museum-interior-streetview/jAHfbv3JGM2KaQ?hl=en&sv_lng=-73.95902634325634&sv_lat=40.78285751667664&sv_h=30.75703204567916&sv_p=0.06928383072430222&sv_pid=MfnUmHRyOSzMtY3vtYU05g&sv_z=0.9645743015259166
- Tour the National Gallery of Art: https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/national-gallery-of-art-washington-dc?hl=en
- 10 Free Virtual Museum Tours: https://www.top10.com/virtual-museum-tours
Learn Something New
- Yale – The Science of Wellbeing: https://www.coursera.org/learn/the-science-of-well-being
- SkillShare: design, writing, illustration, photography, etc. Currently they are running a special where you can get a 2 month premium membership for free: https://www.skillshare.com/
What You Can Read:
- JSTOR – digital library that normally requires a subscription, has announced that 6,000 of its ebooks and more than 150 journals will be freely available to the public: https://about.jstor.org/oa-and-free/
- Scribd –This online library, containing ebooks, audiobooks and magazine articles, is making all of its content accessible for free for 30 days.
- Audible Stories – https://stories.audible.com/start-listen
For Kids & Families
- ENTIRE LIST OF EDUCATION COMPANIES OFFERING FREE SUBSCRIPTIONS DUE TO SCHOOL CLOSINGS – https://kidsactivitiesblog.com/135609/list-of-education-companies-offering-free-subscriptions/
- 20 VIRTUAL FIELD TRIPS TO TAKE WITH YOUR KIDS – https://adventuresinfamilyhood.com/20-virtual-field-trips-to-take-with-your-kids.html?fbclid=IwAR0mRqdpYMPsUwLSqaXGK0SqOROZH3uxN5OqAWiOJgJOgrKPruLcDbY4oL0