Weekly Wellness Blog: Wednesday, April 1st, 2020
Today is April Fool's Day! How will you "prank" someone who you are quarantined in with? Now that Swiggy and Zomato are allowed for breakfast, lunch, and dinner - some of us were joking about ordering a nice Southern Indian meal and pretending like we learned how to cook delicious dosas! Yum! Here is a link for FREE DELIVERIES ALL DAY!
Did you know that in France April Fool's Day is celebrated by taping fish on to each other's backs? Learn more about that tradition by clicking here.
Share your silly April Fool's Jokes as comments on this blog!
Beware of April Fools' hoaxes and jokes in the media today. Many outlets are known for playing little tricks today. If you're practicing the habit of reading less news or social media these days, maybe today is the perfect day to skip it! What should you do instead? Follow some of our virtual suggestions...
Suggestions!
Usually, we like to post upcoming events and suggestions. Our biggest suggestion this week continues to be practice social distancing. Don't forget to think about your mental health and wellness. Take breaks from your virtual workload, get some sunshine when you can, and reach out to friends via Skype or Zoom!
Wellbeing Resource from Jen Gold
This link includes a plethora of ideas to help you through distance learning and social distancing. Remember, we can be together...apart.
Virtual Yoga and Meditation with Nora Lim
Nora is offering some of her classes online! Please visit her website at www.thinkoffthemat.com to see her timings and her codes to join via Zoom.
More Free Virtual Zumba Classes
Enrique is offering two more Zumba classes this week! Both classes will be at 5pm Chennai time. No need to sign up this time, but he would appreciate it if you could follow him on Instagram.
Thursday's Zumba Class (5pm) Join Link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/634564776
Friday's Zumba Class (5pm) Join Link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/825592712
Lean on Me - From Jason & The Music Dept
The Music Department invites you to partake in a creative and potentially fun project for our AISC community.
There is no obligation to do this whatsoever. However, you may be interested to know...
We have created a basic recording of the song "Lean On Me" and we invite you to contribute in any way you would like with the audio or video or BOTH.
Photo/Video examples:
- Write a message on a piece of paper and hold it up
- Show a photo with smiling happy times
- Record yourself or others dancing to the song
- I am sure you have better ideas
Audio Examples:
PLEASE use earbuds/headphones while listening to the basic track and try to record in a quiet place (like a bathroom) so that you can isolate whatever sounds you want to record. I am happy to offer advice on free apps for your phone or garage band etc. You can just use a voice recorder on your phone and email me the file.
- main singers (vocals)
- Guitar
- Uke
- Percussion (Cajon, bongos, pots + Pans, wood spoons, metal spoons, glass, water cans, Im sure you have better ideas...)
- Rapping
- mixing
- scratching
- Whatever sounds you want in there...
I will take all the data from the contributions and compile them into a final music video.
Please forward this to any colleagues, faculty, staff, and partners/families in our AISC community
Click the link to download the video and/or audio:
Please use the same folder to upload your contributions:
- Open the Lean On me Folder < Your Contributions
- Make a new folder
- Put your name on it
- Upload your stuff
I will build the project as stuff comes in. Hopefully within the next 10 days or so...
We hope you enjoy the process. THANKS!
P.S. we changed the first line of the lyric in the breakdown:
"Just call on me brother"
to
"Just call on one another"
Healthy Habits - A Call for Experts - From Jack and Ryan
Jack and Ryan will be coordinating the day of Healthy Habits on April 9th. We plan to challenge the community to try a new Health Habit. There's a couple of things we would like your help with if you are willing!
1. We need short video clips of faculty trying new healthy habits and challenging the AISC community to do so too. If you are interested, please reach out ASAP or just send Jack or Ryan a short video before Wednesday evening.
Please ensure this video is under 30 seconds long and if you use your phone to record it, please hold the phone horizontally. We will make a culmination of the challenges and send it out in the blogs next Friday, April 3rd. .
2. We need some Healthy Habit experts to help support the AISC community in seeking out and trying a new Healthy Habit on April 9th.
What does an expert do?
- The expert is a point person for a specific type of Healthy Habit: yoga, fitness, singing, art, etc.
- The expert will support community members that reach out to them in finding ways to try a new healthy habit.
- The experts can contribute to a list of new healthy habit ideas that we will be putting together before next week's communication.
- Your email and/or Zoom information will be sent out to the community with a description of your area of specialty.
If you would like to be an expert, please fill out this Google Form and we will get back to you with more information before April 9th.
