An Unending Quest: Finding Friendship & Building Community Guest Post by Anusha Shrivastava, PhD Alternating between trikonasana and setubandhasana on a grassy meadow at my local Y last week, it hit me how the instruments in my search for friendship and building community have changed. Over 20 years ago, I was a first-time mother, stuck …
Maintaining Mental Wellness during Quarantine May is Mental Health Awareness Month. While we’re all stuck in quarantine, some of us are having a hard time maintaining mental wellness. Not only are many of us physically isolated from family, friends, and loved ones, but we are also inundated with overwhelming information about the state of the …
10 Strategies for Effective Online Teaching The shift to digital teaching and learning has been a sudden one. Teachers and students alike are still navigating this change, which has been a long time coming, though the suddenness has been unprecedented. The climate in which we are currently living has shown us that digital education is …
Surviving Physical Distancing: Guest Post by Anusha Shrivastava We are all hurting in different ways since the fallout from the global pandemic has us cooped up in our homes, frantically working from home (if we are able), and practicing physical distancing. I’m sharing a few tips that have helped my family navigate the past few …
Physical Distancing is NOT Social Distancing In the midst of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, we have heard extensively that we need to practice “social distancing.” In the context of the pandemic, the phrase “social distancing” has been used to imply not spending time in physical proximity to other people in order to protect ourselves from …
