RESOURCES FOR PRACTICING MINDFULNESS
MEDITATION
Meditation is the practice of centering your thoughts on the present without judgement. Practicing meditation is a great way to learn how to calm your thoughts and deal with the chaos and stress of everyday life.
YOGA
Yoga is not only great exercise, but can also complement mindful endeavors quite nicely. The following resources offer yoga that is great for all fitness levels! Try watching and following along! And don't be afraid to freestyle by doing poses of your own :)
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Alo Moves Yoga is offering free community yoga classes on
youtube. Check out their Restful Sleep Yoga Flow Class to the right or visit this link to see a full list
of their classes.
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Adrien's Youtube channel has 6.7M subscribers and offers an extremely wide variety of yoga and
guided meditation videos that are great for all fitness levels and meditation experience.
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A sun salutation consists of 12 yoga poses done in quick succession.
The best time to practice sun salutations is at sun rise, but you will still benefit from this yoga practice at any time of day.
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EXERCISE
Exercise helps you build strong muscles and bones, maintain good cardiovascular health and a healthy body weight, and reduces your risk of developing chronic health conditions. However, exercise is also an important component of your mindfulness practice. Exercise promotes relaxation, brain health, memory, improves sleep quality, and promotes overall happiness. Check out the following resources created by Chris Warburton and Alex Commette for at-home exercises.
VIRTUAL TRAVEL
Traveling or going on vacation is a great way to take your mind off daily stress. However, traveling is expensive, time consuming, stressful, and now impracticle and unsafe in many ways. Check out this video created by Caitlin Wild and Aylin Blanco as they show you around their home-away-from home, Switzerland.
READING LIST
Below is a list of books CSSC volunteers have loved and highly recommend! If you do not typically enjoy reading, try listening to an audio book on Audible.
Podcasts
Quarantine
Activities
Blog Posts
In case you missed a post the first time around or saw something you loved and want to read it again, you can check out our quarantine activities blog posts below! Although many things are closed due to the COVID19 pandemic, such as the park pictured on the left, there is still fun to be had.
Go exploring below and get busy creating your next socially distanced, Lysol soaked quarantine adventure!