“Spaciousness and community care support strategic thinking and wise action.”
Some call it distance, but I quite prefer spaciousness. Distance feels, well distancing. It feels scary, as if I need to stay away from you for fear of our mutual danger. While spaciousness –allowing for space– feels warm, human, understanding; that we are giving one another space to encourage life, not fear.
With social-spaciousness we have the room to be ourselves and tend to our needs all while consciously caring for the health and wellness of others.
Although we live in a society that has done its best to limit our connection to Self or our ability to sit in stillness, this is exactly what this moment calls for. Now is the perfect time to set in motion a deep and lasting connection with our inner world. Through meditation, movement, writing, and compassionate creativity we can grow ourselves and protect our communities.
đź’–In this post I have listed some resources for COVID-19 social-spaciousness. I will continue to update it as I find more.đź’–
đź’Ś Feel free to send along any that you find particularly helpful.
Thank you for being who are you and thank you for helping heal our world.
Resources to encourage wellbeing of spirit, mind, body, and soul during this time of the ages:
Mediations & Meditation Resources:
- Abraham Hicks Wellbeing Mediation
- presence guided meditation by lauren ash | for you & for me
- UCLA Free Guided Mediations
- Oak Meditation App: I use this regularly as a meditation timer, but it also has great guided mediations as well as breathing exercises to help create inner calm. Easy to use and free.
For Health & Immunity:
- Breathwork/Pranyama:
- Boost Your Immune System In 11 minutes
- Oak Meditation App: download for access to their short breathing exercises
- RA MA Antiviral And Immune Boosting Technologies Livestream (w/Kundalini Class)
- Simple Exercises for Energetic Balance
- Meridian Point Tapping for Immunity Support
Online Workouts:
- Strength Training:
- No Equipment at Home Workouts (free) by Present Tense Fitness
- MadFit exercise videos on youtube (free)
- Yoga:
- Jewel City Yoga BK (livestream – $10 drop ins)
- Speakeasy Livestream (livestream – $40 p. month)
- Modo Yoga Daily Offerings (livestream – Free, w/ suggested donation $5-$10)
- Yoga with Adrienne on Youtube (free)
Soothing Sounds:
Community Connection:
- Sadhguru Darshan Live From Isha Yoga Center – 15 Mar
- Just the Tip: A Digital Open-Mic Variety Show (March 20th)
Self-Care Actions:
- Cook a yummy meal
- Like one of these 10 Essential Nigerian Recipies from Yewande Komolafe
- Read this perfect post by my friend, Christine (that’s not tl:dr)
- Start a new book (or finish that one you’ve been wanting to finish)
- Write anything
- Just let it out
- Exercise
- Go for a walk
- Sit in the sun
- Open the windows and feel fresh air
- Take a soothing shower or bath
- Adding epsom salts or lighting candles, incense or sage make it even lovlier
- Play music that makes you feel good
- Call or facetime peolple you love
- Cry as much as you feel like
- Sit and focus on your breath, deep breaths in and out until you feel yourself relax
- Start that new creative project (pinterest has got you covered)
- Play a board game (or single-player games like Solitare or Banagrams)
