Mental Health
How JCTS is Staying Whole-Body Healthy
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Staying Calm
- Download free coloring pages online
- Download puzzle apps and other brain games
- Experience what all the Mindfulness/Meditation fuss is about
- Focus on your skincare routine
- Limit news and social media if you're getting overwhelmed
- New York Times Meditation sounds
- Order a Paint-by-number kit
- Podcast: Meditation Minis with Chel Hamilton
- Shine Meditation App presents Care for Your Coronavirus Anxiety
- Start a gratitude journal: spend 5-10 minutes each night writing down the things you are most grateful for… try to find 10 things per day
- Take a walk around the block without checking your phone
- Use your 5 senses to re-focus and lower anxiety: find 5 things you can see, 4 things you can touch, 3 things you can hear, 2 things you can smell, 1 thing you can taste
- Worry Journal: jot down worries during the day/ before bed to get them out of your head
Staying Inside
- Check out the Zencare Blog for a list of fun things to do during this time
- Check out Stay Home Take Care for even more tips and activities
- Help NASA save the oceans by playing a free game from the App Store
- Listen to Podcasts (Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Android, Spotify)
- Take a Personality Test to learn more about yourself, your loved ones, and how you interact with the world
- Tour National Parks right from your home
- Watch Some Good News
Staying Active
- Mindful Schools free online classes for kids
- Free online workout classes
- Popsugar on YouTube
- Fitness Blender (also on YouTube)