Soothe Your Soul
There are also sleep disorders like insomnia that can be challenging to deal with and disruptive to daily life and responsibilities.
If you feel that you are dealing with insomnia or having other sleep related issues contact your doctor.
Sleep Health and Benefits of a Good Night's Rest
Self-Compassion Exercises
Click here to add some self-compassion to your day!
What is self compassion?
Self-compassion involves acting the same way towards yourself when you are having a difficult time, fail, or notice something you don’t like about yourself - Dr. Kristin Neff
Watch Dr. Kristin Neff describing self compassion here.
What it is not?
Self compassion is not self pity( being immersed in one’s own problems forgetting others have the same problems)
Self compassion is not self indulgence (letting yourself get away with anything)
Self compassion is not self esteem ( our sense of self worth)
Self compassion involves self kindness, common humanity and mindfulness.
If you are interested in more exercises, check out this link.
Showing up for yourself
We thought it would be good to encourage students to show up for themselves. Classes are online and the semester is getting busier. We hope that video will bring some encouragement to fellow students. Also for you to remember you are your own responsibility and before taking care of anything or anyone else, you have to take care of yourself first.
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)
An introduction video to EFT explaining more about it and featuring a quick tapping session can be found here:
Free Meditation and Physical Activity App
The Down Dog app is FREE! All you have to do is sign up using your Concordia email!
The app offers a variety of classes for any fitness and experience level. Start by choosing what type of workout you want to do: Yoga, HIIT, Barre, Meditation or Prenatal Yoga. Then customize it for how long, the level of difficulty, and the music you would like to listen to.
Here are the steps to register (you can also download the app)
Follow the link https://www.downdogapp.com
Click the type of class you would like to participate in on the left hand side
Click the start button
Register with your Concordia email on the google option
Enjoy your session!
Tip: Some of the workout options (eg. Barre) do not provide a warm-up prior to starting exercise. Please ensure you are doing an adequate warm up prior to exercise. An adequate warm up should include raising the heartrate and dynamic stretching for each muscle group.