StreamBU: Restorative yoga, an ASL library, and more
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Restorative yoga & meditation for deep rest
Are you getting enough good, deep rest? Allowing our bodies to enter a state of deep rest for an extended period of time is essential for overall mental, emotional, and physical well-being, but extremely hard to do in today’s culture of go, go, go. Learning how to be in this state of rest where our ever-seeking minds quiet down is crucial, especially during highly anxious times. Our parasympathetic nervous system, also known as the “rest and digest system,” is the part of our brains that turns on when we’re deeply resting – encouraging our heart rate to slow down, our minds to quiet, and our body to truly heal.
Join BU alumna and yoga instructor, Corinne Tramuta (MET’17) for a one-hour restorative yoga class focused on meditation, deep breathing, and relaxing to help calm your mind and bring your body back into a balanced state during this challenging time.
A virtual library for American Sign Language
As the coronavirus pandemic shuttered schools and upended the lives of students around the globe, Aiken Bottoms (Wheelock ’18) was thinking about the extreme isolation suddenly facing a special group of students: deaf children. Many are now living in double seclusion, sequestered by coronavirus in households where family members often struggle to communicate in sign language.
Created by Aiken Bottoms and BU Deaf Studies Co-director Andrew Bottoms, the Deaf Education Library is a bilingual repository of courses, curriculum, and books available to children and parents everywhere.
Try the latest fitness-at-home challenge
According to the Mayo Clinic, “exercise increases your overall health and your sense of well-being, which puts more pep in your step every day. But exercise also has some direct stress-busting benefits. It pumps up your endorphins. Physical activity helps bump up the production of your brain’s feel-good neurotransmitters, called endorphins.” In times like these, it’s important to focus on both our mental and physical health. Take a few minutes of your day to target your abs with this five-minute planking session, instructed by FitRec barre instructor, Faith.