Resources: Staying Connected, and Prioritizing Self-Care

With some days at home in the near future for most of us, some of my amazing colleagues gathered a few useful resources and community/business good deeds. If you have any to add, just send it this way using the form at the bottom.

Stay connected, stay mindful, and reach out if you need help.

 

AND start here if you haven’t seen this!

Penguins Field Trip

Self Care:

• #selfcare app
• CBT app
• Coloring Pages
  • Trees Turkey Mandala
• The Dr. Faith Gratitude Journal 12 Week Program
• Color Our Collections : Free Coloring Books from over 100 museums
• Sketch A Day app on Play and iTunes
• Free Mindfulness Class
• Run an Empire
  • a free location-based strategy game for runners and walkers.
• Run Zombies Run (Running Game & Audio Adventure) app on Play and iTunes
• Zwift
  • Immersive cycling and running
•  SF MOMA
  • Text 572-51 with the words “send me” followed by a keyword, a color, or even an emoji and you’ll receive a related artwork image and caption via text message.
• Online Worldwide Movement
  • Dance Classes, Movement and Livestream Recordings shared by the creators impacted by shutdowns
• Yoga Nidra
• Carrot App
  • Snarky short workouts with a side of sass
• Planet Fitness
• Blogilates 14-day Quarantine Workout Plan
• Down Dog: all apps free until April 1
• Yoga Heights DC is streaming
• Bluebird Sky Yoga is doing classes by Zoom
• Tone it Up App is free until April 13th
• Revolution Studios livestream classes
• Dfit Montclair live stream workouts
• Architect Studios live virtual training through Zoom
• The MAX Challenge of Montclair
• YMCA Montclair Youtube channel
• Guerrilla Fitness CrossFit Montclair daily workouts without equipment
• Corefire  Instagram page
• More here!
• And here!

Go Out at Home:

• So Lucky 
  • So Lucky is an original Asian/Asian American play exploring themes of community, family, and mental health. – the Thursday show is a livestream opportunity- Don’t miss this one!
• Social Distancing Festival
  • An online festival dedicated to art and artists impacted by social distancing
• Google Arts and Culture
• Juanes and Alejandro Sanz present
• • the next one is 3/21/2020, 6-10pm, and the livestream archive is up and awesome!
• 3 For The Stream
  • “Sounds Australia’s inaugural live-streamed showcase, featuring 19 acts who were poised to showcase at SXSW 2020” – on March 19-20, 2020
• Living Room Concerts from Broadway World
• Dancers and Studios: CLI is offering free live streaming
• NPR’s Collection of Concerts to Stream (a daily updated document)
• Birth.Movies.Death.
  • Let’s All Watch Glenn Danzig’s Verotika Together: Thursday, March 19, 2019 @9pm CST
• Patton Oswalt
• Comedy Quarantine THURSDAY 3/19 6PM – 9PM PST
  • Stream on Instagram Live at @comedyquarantine
  • Donate at
• Metropolitan Opera
  • Nightly Livestream
• Lake Tahoe Cam
• Monterey Bay Aquarium
• Discover Hawaii webcams
• Oakland Zoo
• Billboard’s Updating List

Food:

• Meals provided if school is closed longer than spring break : Austin, Round Rock, Del Valle, Leander

Information

These publications are removing paywalls for updates on the pandemic

• The New York Times
• The Wall Street Journal
• The Washington Post
• The Los Angeles Times
• The Guardian
• AP News
• The Athletic

School at Home:

• Adobe is Free until May 31st for any student who usually has access at school but not at home
• NY Times Resources
• Scholastic Learn at Home
• KiwiCo Stay at Home Resources
• Mo Willems Lunch Doodles

Companies Caring for Their Employees:

• The Soup Peddler
• REI
• Various Sportsball Team and Stadium Owners 
• Patagonia
• Apple
• Eater’s Running List of Chains Providing Time Off

Neighbors Caring For Each Other:

• In Austin: Intellihelp
• Duke Mutual Aid ( a terrific model for mutual aid groups)
• If you know anyone in these areas: Mutual Aid and Isolation help groups
• Community Mutual Aid Door/Window Cards

Pass the Time Mindfully:

• Make lists, keep a schedule, keep track of your goals.
• Re-pot plants for spring, sit on the patio, open the windows a few minutes a day (if it is a possibility)
• Take care of those regular chores that don’t get done:
  • Baking soda and vinegar bomb drains
  • Clean the baseboards
  • Finally fold all the laundry
• Knock Knock via text, maybe with your dog?
• Mad Libs
• Set up Google Hangouts with friends and loved ones if you don’t feel like it’s a good idea to hang out in person or if they are far away
• Listen to some Quarantunes

Helpful:

• Texas DPS extends expiration on DLs to 60 days after lifting of state of emergency
• Companies offering Telehealth platforms and subscriptions for *FREE*
  • Doxy.Me
  • MimoNote : notetaking platform offering 60day trial free
  • VSee
    • VSee also has Telehealth Training: Thursday, March 19th
• Austin Pets Alive needs help!

*the links above are not endorsed by me – and I am not receiving any $ when you click.*

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