- Arlington Central School District
- Staff Resources for Work/Life Balance
Staff Resources for Work/Life Balance
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Apps
- Headspace
- Calm
- Buddhify
- Sattva Meditations and Mantras
- Stop, Breathe and Think
- Insight Timer
- 10% Happier
ArticlesHelp for the Helpers - American School Counselor Association
How to Add More Play to Your Grown Up Life, Even Now - New York Times
How to Hold onto Happiness - Psychology Today
Maintaining Work - Life Balance During the Pandemic - Edutopia
Teaching and Leading Extracurricular Activities? Work - Life Balance Tips for You - Resilient Educator
Tips for Balancing Work and Life While Teaching Remotely - Education Week
Seven Tips for Better Work - Life Balance During Lockdown -Welcome to the Jungle
Switch Off COVID-19 Stress: 5 Ways to Achieve Work - Life Balance in the New Normal - Entrepreneur
Work vs. Life Balance for Educators During the COVID-19 Crisis - International Center for Educational LeadershipBlogs
Maintaining Work - Life Balance While Teaching Online From Home - Bridge Universe
Yoga
Do Yoga With Me
A massive site that survives on donations that offers everything from full yoga classes, to tutorials to meditation practices
Fightmaster Yoga
Yoga for more advanced yogis
Yome
Free yoga videos of the best yoga teachers worldwide to practice yoga of any style at any level and length and allows you to meet yogis from all over the world.Progressive Muscle Relaxation Activity
Music/Sound Healing
Effect of H28 Music on the Endocrine System and Autonomic Nervous System - Research Article - Studies have shown that listening to relaxation music, especially that which is at 528 Hz has shown to reduce stress by decreasing cortisol (stress hormone) levels and increasing oxytocin ("feel good" hormone) levels in the brain.
Individuals can search for music/sound healing at 528 Hz on various platforms, including Spotify and YouTube
Deep Healing Miracle Tone 528Hz Let it Go & Feel Good / Enhance Self Love Be Free / Enhance Positive Energy.
Whole Body Regeneration - Full Body Healing / Emotional & Physical Healing - 528Hz Music
10 Minute Chakra Balance Guided Meditation for Positive EnergyResource Materials
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
When an employee or family member faces a significant personal problem, they can call the EAP for assistance at any time 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The EAP phones are staffed by experienced counselors with a Master’s or Ph.D. degree. If a referral is needed, they have a provider network with over 40,000 counselors.
Coping with Stress During and Infectious Disease Outbreaks - SAMHSA
Guidance for Managing Stress and Anxiety - CDC
SEL and Self Care Resources for Educators, Schools, and Parents Related to Distance Learning and COVID-19 - PanoramaTed Talks
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance - Angela Duckworth
Leaving a high-flying job in consulting, Angela Lee Duckworth took a job teaching math to seventh graders in a New York public school. She quickly realized that IQ wasn't the only thing separating the successful students from those who struggled. Here, she explains her theory of "grit" as a predictor of success.
The Power of Mindfulness: What You Practice Grows Stronger - Shauna Shapiro
Discusses how mindfulness works and why it's important when trying to evoke personal transformation and manage stress, anxiety, depression and negative self-talk.QiGong
Qi Gong with Lee Holden
QiGong is a centuries-old system of coordinated body-posture and movement, breathing, and meditation used for the purposes of health, spirituality, and martial-arts training. Qigong practice typically involves moving meditation, coordinating slow-flowing movement, deep rhythmic breathing, and a calm meditative state of mind.
Free YouTube videos with a leading practitioner of Qi Gong. This ancient practice helps to settle the body and mind while also increasing mindfulness.