Mental Health & Wellbeing
- Tips for Coping with Anxiety During the Coronavirus Crisis (Source: Blood & Marrow Transplant Information Network (BMT InfoNet) is a leading US advocacy organization for bone marrow, stem cell and cord blood transplant patients).
- Free Yoga to support health happiness and sanity during self-isolation (Source: WhatCharity, a UK Charity that helps charities to report how their donations are used, what impact is being made and lets them ask for volunteers, goods, services and funding from the public).
- Breathing Tree Rebecca Dennis is among the most sought after “transformational breathwork” experts and her free And Breathe podcasts feature breathing exercises around a weekly theme — chakra meditation, anxiety relief and better sleep.
- The Mindful Podcast (www.podbean.com) or www.mindful.org on Apple podcasts. Bite-sized chunks (most are 5-10 minutes long) of guided meditation practice from a pool of experts in the field. Topics featured include “nourishing breath meditation” and a six-minute “mountain meditation to shift you out of panic mode”.
- Man Flow Yoga Texas-based instructor Dean Pohlman, the author of Yoga For Men (Dorling Kindersley, £12.99), has almost 95,000 subscribers to his Youtube yoga channel. He’s currently offering 19 of his 10 to 50-minute workouts for free. Great for men new to yoga.
- Free Yoga to support health happiness and sanity during self-isolation (Source: WhatCharity, a UK Charity that helps charities to report how their donations are used, what impact is being made and lets them ask for volunteers, goods, services and funding from the public).
- Sanvello (Android and iOS). This app for the anxious describes itself as providing “on-demand help for stress, anxiety and depression”. It has been designed by a team therapists, doctors and researchers, and is currently free to download.
- Helen Maria Faliverno @hmfyoga on Instagram; HMFYoga on YouTube. Faliverno is a London-based yoga instructor currently providing free classes from her Instagram live feed. On her Youtube channel she provides tutorials such as top tips about setting up a home yoga space along with a library of free classes.
- Yoga by Candace and Yoga By Candace on Youtube. With 273,000 subscribers to her Youtube channel, Candace is a darling of the yoga world and offers free classes targeting everything from tight hips to sleep preparation.
- Coronavirus and your wellbeing (Source: Mind, a UK Mental Health Charity).
- Relax Kids Free Calm Pack Full of lots of ideas to reassure children and to help them feel calm and safe during these uncertain times. (Source: Relax Kids)
- Mindfulness Full of lots of ideas and advice on how to keep relaxed (Source: NHS)
- 10 Top Tips to help with anxiety related to Coronavirus (Source: NHS)
- What to do if you’re anxious about coronavirus If the current news on coronavirus is making you feel anxious, concerned or stressed, here are some things you can do (Source: Young Minds)