Lifestyle At Home: Wellness & Programming
As you continue to face the challenges of closed amenities and fitness centers, FirstService Residential is here to help you to stay healthy and engaged!
At-Home Workouts
We're pleased to extend free yoga and meditation to our valued clients via our partners from Down Dog until May 31, 2020. Choose your favorite yoga practice and Down Dog will create a personalized experience every time. To begin, download any of the Down Dog apps (Yoga, HIIT, Barre or 7 Minute Workout). Once you log in, swipe to the right to get to the menu screen, scroll down until you see "Enter Code" and enter firstservice to immediately see your membership update. Namaste!
Meditation
Meditation is clinically proven to help deal with a variety of stressors, particularly emotional stress. By redirecting your thoughts, meditation can help you practice choosing your thoughts, rather than letting worry take over.
Wondering how to prevent your mind from wandering? Watch: "How mindfulness can help you to live in the present" by Rev. Takafumi Kawakami | TEDxKyoto.
"SomeGoodNews"
Did anyone say "I wish we had Some Good News"? Log into YouTube and watch John Krasinski's "SomeGoodNews" from around the world, including an interview with Steve Carell to mark the 15th anniversary of The Office, as well as John's newest hero Coco. Episode 2 even includes a reunion of the original Broadway cast of Hamilton.
Keeping Kids Busy
Are you looking for more ideas to keep your young ones engaged? Here's a few more virtual tours of zoos and aquariums.
► The Cincinnati Zoo: Check in around 3 p.m. for a daily home safari on their Facebook Live Feed.
► Atlanta Zoo: This Georgia zoo keeps a "Panda Cam" livestream on its website.
► Georgia Aquarium: Sea-dwellers like African penguins and Beluga whales are the stars of this aquarium's live cam.
► Houston Zoo: There are plenty of different animals to see on this zoo's live cam, but we highly recommend watching the playful elephants.
► The Shedd Aquarium: This Chicago aquarium shares some pretty adorable behind-the-scenes footage of their residents on Facebook.
► National Aquarium: Walk through tropical waters and the icy tundra in this floor-by-floor tour of the famous, Baltimore-based aquarium.
Virtual Theme Parks
► Walt Disney World: Set aside some time, because there's plenty to see here. Virtual tours you can take include Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, and Epcot, just to name a few. There's even unofficial YouTube videos that feel just like you're on famous rides like the Frozen Ever After, It's a Small World, Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue! and Pirates of the Caribbean.
► LEGOLAND Florida Resort: The Great Lego Race and Miniland USA are just two of the attractions you can check out in a virtual tour of the park.
► SeaWorld Orlando: The virtual tour of includes a visit to Discovery Cove and the option to "ride" the steel roller coaster, Mako.
Online Learning
Did you already "walk" through the museums we sent out? Here a few more of the world's most prestigious museums to check out:
► Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum: The works of Pablo Picasso, Piet Mondrian, Jeff Koons and Franz Marc are just some of the 625 artists included in Guggenheim's Collection Online.
► Getty Museum: Los Angeles's premiere gallery has two virtual tours, including "Eat, Drink, and Be Merry," which takes a closer look at food during the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
► The Vatican Museum: The Sistine Chapel, St. Peter's Basilica and Raphael's Room are just some of the sites you can see on the Vatican's virtual tour.
► Georgia O'Keeffe Museum: Six virtual exhibits are available online from this museum named for the "Mother of American modernism."
► NASA: Both Virginia's Langley Research Center and Ohio's Glenn Research Center offer online tours for free. Also, you can try some "augmented reality experiences" via The Space Center Houston's app.
► National Women's History Museum: Have a late International Women's Day celebration with online exhibits and oral histories from the Virginia museum.
► Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam: The Golden Age of Dutch art is highlighted in this museum, which includes the work of Vermeer and Rembrandt.
► MoMA (The Museum of Modern Art): New York's extensive collection is available for view online.
Parents With School-Aged Children
Are you overwhelmed with being thrust into having to school your children at home? Here is some encouragement just for you!
Celebrate Your Wins!
It's likely a stressful time for everyone, so it's more important to celebrate the wins! Did your kids finish that book? Get an assignment done early? Those are wins! Celebrate your kids daily to keep them motivated and your family positive.