Virtual Resources to Support Health and Well-Being
Protecting your physical and emotional well-being is imperative to maintain your health. Exercising and staying active is not only good for your physical health, but for your mental health as well. During the pandemic, many fitness centers and providers have stepped up their game to offer free (or nearly free) livestreams or app-based workouts for the general public. We have identified many of these great resources for you so that you may continue your wellness journey. Be well!
Yoga, Mindfulness & Emotional Well-Being
- - YouTube channel with several full-length yoga practices
- and – Additional yoga channels on YouTube
- - Available for and that offers yoga, Pilates and meditation
- Yoga Glo - Available for and that offers yoga and meditation
- - High rated app for sleep, anxiety and stress
- - Customized meditation practices at your fingertips
- - With Dan Harris (remember the news anchor who famously had a panic attack on live TV?).
- – Choose a meditation practice from various categories
- Cleveland Clinic’s offers 7 different relaxation techniques
- - Heavily grounded in the science of mindfulness
- Be sure to take advantage of our wellness partners, IMPACT and Be Well Solutions, who are committed to supporting your physical and emotional well-being.See how by clicking here.
Physical Activity
- Join SRWC instructors every week for live Zoom fitness classes including Total Body Toning, Yoga, Office Express and Cardio Kickboxing. Visit the Employee Wellness calendar to register for each session you’d like to attend.
- Missing your favorite SRWC instructors? Recreational Services has created a Virtual Recreation page. Click on “Virtual Fitness” to discover workouts led by Allison Yanci and other familiar faces.
- The is currently offering a 30-day free trial. is currently offering a 90-day free trial. Both boast expansive libraries of workouts
- - Learn proper form and build your own workout routines. Filter exercises by body part, experience level, and available equipment. Check out their and this
- – Search over 500 free workouts by length, difficulty, training type, muscles used, calorie burn & more
- - Currently offering a free website with over 100 full-length workouts across 10 categories
- - Find hundreds of full exercise routines for all levels. Also has a free app for and
- - Various types of exercise routines, from walking to HIIT to yoga
- - Barre workouts, exercise routines for older adults, and more
- - A variety of short and long indoor walking breaks
- The American Heart Association is offering live and recorded virtual workouts on their
- If running is more your speed, review this list of the
- - Upbeat exercise routines set to music as well as dance workouts
- Don't own or have access to exercise equipment? iFit has got you covered with a variety of bodyweight, dumbbell, yoga, and recovery workouts! to learn more and begin your 60-day free trial.
Nutrition
Telecommuting can bring with it the advantage and disadvantage of having food at your fingertips. If you find yourself frequently eating, or perhaps overeating and snacking on unhealthy foods, consider taking five minutes before each eating occasion to examine your physical and emotional needs. Ask yourself a few questions to find out if eating will help you to feel better. In other words, take a moment to decide, am I really hungry, or is this masking a different type of need?
A helpful acronym you can use before you make your way to the fridge is to “HALT.” Ask yourself, am I Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired? There are many reasons that we may look to food for comfort or feel hungry when something else is going on. Below are some resources that can help you maintain good nutritional health while telecommuting:
- To learn more about HALT, view a video by the Mayo Clinic
- - Find resources for planning, prepping and cooking at home
- Visit the for recipe instructions on video and more
- to access healthy recipes from the American Heart Association
- to access healthy Recipes from the American Diabetes Association
- Employees and eligible family members can receive nutrition counseling through IMPACT. Call 800-227-6007 to schedule a consultation today.
- Our wellness partner, , provides additional services for full time, benefits eligible faculty and staff, such as telephonic health coaching, a video library, and other web-based tools to support your nutrition goals. From the Be Well , click on My Resources to find a the video library and additional web-based tools to support good nutrition habits. Schedule a telephonic coaching session under My Appointments.
