Wellness

This issue of The National Jurist contains articles such as How to Excel in an Online Class; The Self-Care Guide for Law Students; How to Stay Healthy, Positive, and Productive in the Time of COVID-19; and more.

This article discusses things you can do to take care of your mental health in the face of uncertainty.

This popular mindfulness and meditation app has a free account option. If you aren't interested in downloading an app, Calm has curated a selection of free meditations, sleep stories, music and more to support your mental and emotional wellness through this time.

Headspace is a free mindfulness app that is currently offering some meditations you can listen to anytime related to "Weathering The Storm." It includes meditations, sleep, and movement exercises to help you out, however you’re feeling.

The Monterey Bay Aquarium has compiled several videos that contain guided meditations with visuals of various sea creatures.

This mindfulness app has a Coronavirus Sanity Guide that contains free meditations, podcasts, blog posts, and talks that can help you build resilience and find some calm amidst the chaos.

The National Emergency Library has opened up their collection of millions of titles so that students working from home will have access to content in digital formats. They are suspending waitlists through June 30, 2020, so that students in schools and universities can freely access the materials.

A list of museums, zoos, and theme parks offering virtual tours. You can see Frida Kahlo at MoMA or visit the Shedd Aquarium without leaving the couch.

A list of some free online workout classes to get some exercises during the coronavirus outbreak.

Experience a walk in Paris, Vilnius (Lithuania), Tokyo, Los Angeles, a floating market in Bangkok, and in a rainy forest.

Author Priya Parker shares tools for creating meaningful connections with friends, family and coworkers during the coronavirus pandemic -- and shows how we can take advantage of gatherings that are unique to this moment of social distancing. "We don't necessarily need to gather more," she says. "We need to gather better."

Miriam Itzkowitz, the Director of Trauma-Informed Care for the Institute for Children, Families and Communities at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, discusses core needs of self-care and how we can connect to those needs in a time of anxiety.