With only a few days of exams remaining, we wanted to highlight two specific areas of our stress busters LibGuide to help get you through the final days: the relax and escape pages. In our resources for relaxation you will find links to mindfulness apps, meditation and yoga videos, and even calming sound and background noise generators. On the escape page you will find a selection virtual tours to destination locations, art museums you can visit from your couch on any device, and even YouTube train rides. Below are a few of our favorites:
Sound Baths & Background Noises
Join us tomorrow, Tuesday May 12th at 9 AM for a live ten minute sound bath led by law school web developer Leslie Grove and metadata services librarian Rachel Evans. The two will collaborate from their separate homes via Zoom. Find the link in the 6 ft. Together section of the student portal, or in your email just before the event. If you miss the event, you can create your won sound bath using drone and background noise generators from our guide, including this Indian Drone: Frequency Shaped Noise Generator, Online Background Noises, and Background Noises & Interactive Soundscapes.
Mediation & Yoga Videos
Throughout the semester we have facilitated a few live zoom’s for mindfulness, mediation, yoga and pilates. Although the live events have passed, there are still lots of resources for this type of content online that is free to watch from anywhere, anytime you need it. Two of our favorites include the State Bar of Georgia’s Guided Meditation with Attorney Dani Berry and a Stress Melt session on Yoga with Adriene’s channel.
Visit a Museum from Your Couch
Do you really wish you could get away from wherever it is that you are now? Although we are all limited in where we can go, if you feel a little stir-crazy try some of these options out! In our LibGuide you will find direct links to the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City, and The Olympic Museum. Do you have a favorite museum? Many have partnered with Google to bring virtual experiences of their spaces and collections to the public. Search for More Museums via Google Arts & Culture.
Tours, Destination 360’s, and Virtual Train Rides
Whether you wish you could see the Ancient Monuments of Egypt or visit Earth’s moon, there is something for everyone online to take you to destinations across the globe and beyond. Full Screen 360 is an excellent resource for viewing locations from across the Universe as full screen, 360-degree images. Stand on Mars, in Machu Picchu, on top Mt. St. Helens. Do you miss our Virtual Reality Gaming events from last fall? Recreate that them with video’s like this 20 Minute Underwater Experience. If underwater isn’t your thing, try a train ride along Pikes Peak Cog Railway (Colorado, United States), a Cab Ride of Bernina Pass (Switzerland to Italy), or ride on the Noto Railway Japan (Anamizu to Wakura Onsen).