Resources & Strategies For Staying Well During COVID-19

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In this hectic time, when uncertainty is the new normal, we've decided to pool some resources together to help you navigate this crisis.

I. Essential information on COVID-19:

Here you will find essential information on staying up to date with COVID-19. Government regulations, school policies, grocery stores scheduling, etc. Additionally, they include fun activities like Trivia and other food recommendations. Their extensive list is constantly being updated.

II. Things to do:

Below is a list of resources to help you stay active, engaged and even homeschool, or just to occupy yourself.

A. Education
Need help homeschooling? Looking to use your unexpected free time productively? There are plenty of free online courses in almost any subject you could want.

  • Cousera: A wide variety of courses to help you further your career or just expand your knowledge. They even have a class on COVID-19 here.

  • Khan Academy: A nonprofit with the mission to provide a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere.

  • Harvard: That's right, Harvard.

  • YouTube: One of my favorites. Fun animations and bubbly personalities create for a fun learning experience.

  • Rosetta Stone

    • For students, it’s free! Click here.

  • EdX: Founded by Harvard and MIT, edX is a platform for learning and education. They offer many free and discounted courses.

  • Kadenze: Free and discounted courses in Music, Art, and Design & Technology.

  • DataCamp: Learn DataScience today… for free!

  • CodeAcademy: Another great resource to learn coding, data science, etc. Try their free courses today.

  • ClassCentral: A great hub that helps you search and discover courses that interest you.


B. Fitness and Health (Local and National)
Stay active! Now is a great time to get back into the habit of exercising. Added bonus? Regular exercise boosts your immune system and reduces your chances of getting sick.

Free online fitness classes, or long free online trials:

Local:

  • Dogtown Dance Theatre: A local non-profit studio dedicated to providing accessible dance and movement instruction

  • Project Yoga Richmond: A non-profit yoga studio dedicated to providing quality, "pay-what-you-can" yoga and bringing it out to those in our city through their outreach programs.

  • Humble Haven: a local yoga studio offering a variety of courses ranging from different levels to techniques. Donate to get access to tons of free courses.

  • Fleet Feet: This local running store has paired with The Run Experience to bring to you a new way to train. The Together We Move training includes physical and mental wellness that includes strength, mobility, stretching, yoga, and mindfulness.

  • VCU sports & rec: Is offering loads of virtual classes, including fitness, online gaming, trivia night, outdoor ideas, parent-child activities and even virtual escape rooms!

  • The Richmond Experience

    • Again, check out this link and scroll to the bottom to find more fitness related free events!


National:

C. Food

Many local restaurants are still offering takeout and free delivery options:

D. Mindfulness & Meditation

There is no better, more accessible, cheaper way of guaranteeing improvement in your physical and mental/emotional well being than a consistent mindfulness and meditation practice.

Many of the apps listed below have free options and/or bonus access during the COVID-19 quarantine.

It isn’t important so much which one you do, try a bunch of them and see what you like! The most important thing is to keep practicing. Daily as much as possible. Like any task or muscle, the ‘grooves’ meditation and mindfulness carve into your nervous, hormone and immune system grow stronger the more you simply practice.

Meditation apps

  • Headspace: “Stress less. Move more. Sleep soundly.”

  • Calm: “Sleep more. Stress less. Live Better.”

  • Insight Timer: For “sleep, anxiety and stress.”

  • SmilingMind: 100% non-profit, programs on Mindful Foundations, Sleep, Relationships and Workplace. Helps you take your mindfulness practice off the meditation seat with sections such as “Are You Really Listening,” how to deepen your relationships with mindful listening and Mindfulness at Work, their ‘leading corporate program for employee well-being.”

  • Stop. Breathe. Think. Learn to meditate and “Check in with how you’re feeling, and try short activities tuned to your emotions.”

  • UCLA Mindful: Designed based on guidance from the UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center where “Scientific research shows mindfulness can help manage stress-related physical conditions, reduce anxiety and depression, cultivate positive emotions, and help improve overall physical health and well-being..”

  • 10% Happier: “Meditation for fidgety skeptics.”

  • YouTube: Though not curated, a veritably limitless source of meditation and mindfulness videos, classes and music.

Biofeedback and neurofeedback devices

  • Muse: “Restful nights and mindful mornings”

  • MindAlive: “…improve many aspects of your life - your health, mental functioning, sleep, mood, and cognition”

  • HeartMath: “…improve focus, sleep, anxiety, calmness, fatigue and depression.”

We hope this list helps you stay fit, sane, and maybe even better educated during these times. Now more than ever, keep an eye on your health, practice social distancing, and stay strong! Our clinic is always open for virtual appointments and/or acupuncture. 

Give us a call at (804) 288-1111 if you need anything or have any questions! Stay safe!
 

-The Team at InHealthRVA

COVID-19Tressa Breindel