The Department of Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services will be providing recommended activities to do within the comfort of your home through the Virtual Recreation Center.
Mindfulness Monday Activities
Mindfulness means being present, aware of your actions, and not feeling overly reactive or overwhelmed by what’s going on around you. Here's some recommended activities related to mindfulness:
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| Roosevelt Community Center Pushup Challenge |
Roosevelt Community Center staff challenges you to take a video of doing 20 pushups! Tag #FlattenTheCurveSJ and @sjparksandrec on Facebook and Twitter. |
Ted Talk: Compassion
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Expanding your circle of compassion. It's hard to always show compassion — even to the people we love, but Robert Thurman asks that we develop compassion for our enemies. He prescribes a seven-step meditation exercise to extend compassion beyond our inner circle.
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| Fairy Floss YouTube Video |
A Cosmic Kid Yoga Adventure designed specifically for kids aged 3+ |
| Fitness Blender Youtube Channel |
Over 500 free workouts by length, difficulty, training type, muscles used, calorie burn and more.
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| How Mindfulness Can Help During COVID-19 |
Child Mind Institute article on tips for calming anxiety during a difficult time |
| Daily Calm YouTube Video |
Tamara Levitt guides this 10-minute Daily Calm mindfulness meditation to powerfully restore and reconnect with the present. |
Share what you're learning and how you’re having fun at home by tagging our Facebook and Twitter with the hashtag #FlattenTheCurveSJ. We appreciate your input on ways we can keep growing this page!
We all have a duty to stop the spread of coronavirus by staying at home. Thank you for doing your part to keep our community safe. Let's continue to build community through fun during shelter-in-place!
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