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9 Resources That Will Elevate Your Spirit in the Virus Crisis

9 Resources That Will Elevate Your Spirit in the Virus Crisis

I’ve gathered a short list of resources that will elevate your spirit as you shelter-at-home during the Coronavirus crisis. Let’s jump right in. Just click on the title to take you to the resource.

Hope Goes Global:  21-Day Meditation Experience - Join Deepak Chopra, Oprah, and millions of meditators around the world to find peace of mind in the midst of turmoil, and do your part to help our global community find hope and optimism.

What the World Needs Now Is Love: A virtual performance of Burt Bacharach and Hal David's "What the World Needs Now Is Love" by students from Boston Conservatory at Berklee and Berklee College of Music. You can find many other virtual performances created especially for this time on YouTube.

Corona Oasis:  Create Your Inner Oasis: 7-day free course from Bernie Schreck, Mindfulness and Emotional Intelligence Coach and Trainer.  This course will introduce you to a simple practice of mindfulness. Mindfulness can help you stay calm in a crisis, remain focused on the most important priorities, create new habits, and take care of your emotional well-being.

10 of the World’s Best Virtual Museum and Art Gallery Tours: You can still travel the world and visit the best museums, just in a different way.

Rosary Circle with Carolyn Myss:  You can join in prayer every day at 3:00 pm in your timezone. This prayer circle is devoted to prayer and to creating a network of grace that can help sustain every person in some way. The power of prayer grows as more souls unite together in prayer.

Are you wondering how to stay inspired as you shalt at home during the Coronavirus crisis?  Use these resources to lift you out of dark place and to keep your spirit elevated.  You'll find free resources on mindfulness, meditation, music, prayer cir…

An Introverts Advice on Social Distancing + links to other helpful articles: Great tips on how to manage all that unexpected time at home.

Staying Conscious in the Face of Adversity:  A Special Message from Eckhart Tolle: I found this video very calming as well as illuminating. You can also find additional free teachings from Tolle here.

Managing Stress Tarot Spread: At the start of this article, you’ll find some great tips for grounding in the midst of the crisis. The Managing Stress Tarot Spread is at the end of the article. The four questions offered can be useful even if you don’t use Tarot cards. They are powerful question to reflect or journal upon. Doing so could bring important insights about your relationship to stress and how to change it.

Practicing in a Pandemic from Tricycle Magazine: Six new teachings on how to find compassion and equanimity in a time of great uncertainty plus a free series of live online meditation sessions, which began with a video teaching by Sharon Salzberg on Tuesday, March 17 at 1:00 p.m. EDT.

Lift Yourself Up

You don’t want to stick your nose into the computer 24/7 as you shelter-at-home. But there’s a wealth of inspiration available on the internet that can bring you up when you feel down. So take advantage of it!

Use these resources to lift yourself out of the dark places, and to keep your spirit elevated as much as possible. Stay connected with peace, love, beauty, and truth, not as a means of denial but as a way to also hold the bigger picture.

And remember, be grateful to have internet access. It’s a privilege many people don’t have, including children who have no way to access online school lessons at home.

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Your Turn

How are you staying inspired as you shelter at home? I would love to hear in the comments. And let me know if any of the above resources especially inspired you. Stay safe!


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