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Resources for Shelter in Place
Author: ruth       Mar 27th, 2020

Shelter in Place Resources: Including links to AA meetings, virtual museum tours, yoga classes etc.

AA/AL ANON Meetings/Resources

Al ANON Meetings via Zoom

You can have your camera off, change your screen name, have complete anonymity and just listen in to check it out.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1znbPbHC493WrwxmFEvTrNViWSOWfMtCz3B9ZJVOFd-w/edit

AA Meetings via Zoom

https://sites.google.com/view/bayareazoomaameetings

Ongoing Online AA meetings that were already online before CoVid:

link: https://aasfmarin.org/online-meetings

SLAA (Sex & Love Anonymous)

https://slaafws.org/onlinemeetings

OA (Overeaters Anonymous)

www.oasf.org

The Buzz is the newsletter that will keep you up to date with what is happening in AA in both SF & Marin. They are covering the virtual shift in meetings and making announcements.

https://aasfmarin.org/the-buzz

Youtube’s infinite resource of AA speakers

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=AA+speakers

Al Anon Speakers

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=al+anon+speakers

Recovery Dharma Online Meetings

Guided meditation in Buddhist fashion (“May you be free of suffering…etc./dedication of merit). You can show up as anonymously as you like, with no video and no name. Free. Many daily meetings.

https://recoverydharma.online/

Meditation Resources

At-home meditation with San Francisco Dharma Collective: 

https://sfdharmacollective.org/

Tara Brach Meditation

https://www.tarabrach.com/facing-pandemic-fears/

Some favorite podcasts

  1. This Jungian Life- Deborah Stewart, Lisa Marchiano, Joseph Lee
  2. On the Power of Unplugging- Tiffany Shlain
  3. On Creativity, Empathy & Resiliency- Mari Andrew
  4. That Escalated Quickly- comedy by Franchesca Ramsey
  5. Change your Story, Change your Life- Erica Williams Simon
  6. On Being Wise- Krista Tippet

Virtual Yoga

https://jivaniyoga.com/home-yoga-video-series

https://yogaflowsf.com/

https://www.glo.com/15 day free trial

https://dannipomplun.com/practice-online/

https://lovestoryyoga.com/

http://peteryoga.com/online

https://www.yogajournal.com/practice-section/in-these-times-webinar-series

Ayurveda

https://rasa-ayurveda.com/blogs/lifestyle-support-blog

https://tiffanynicholson-smith.com/womens-ayurveda-tantra-online-immersion/

Breathing Exercises

https://www.healthline.com/health/breathing-exercise

https://youtu.be/qViH3a4S-Uk

Virtual Concerts

https://www.npr.org/2020/03/17/816504058/a-list-of-live-virtual-concerts-to-watch-during-the-coronavirus-shutdown?utm_campaign=npr&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_term=nprnews&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR3PgaovlWLnAXtli_XC3uEfmWMrGlXJbkk3yPfmCGJvW2FLHfvjCwAVW2s

Virtual Dance

https://www.rhythmandmotion.com/social-distance-dancing

Virtual Field Trips

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SvIdgTx9djKO6SjyvPDsoGlkgE3iExmi3qh2KRRku_w/preview?pru=AAABcQTpcvo%2A1SUyF3QzAL8hhmWGT2F0-A&fbclid=IwAR1KcUOJnUk4r25SmSPwEhsRe5T0hhRqf2liMW0ph9fIzBSsDn-cyYfpJ24

Museum Tours

Stroll the Uffizi Gallery from your armchair! Also at the bottom of this link, the Metropolitan Opera is offering opera performance streaming.

https://www.travelandleisure.com/attractions/museums-galleries/museum-moment-of-zen-hashtag-help-people-relax?fbclid=IwAR1U_YgU5pq2m_67LsUO3c_8FhkkGao3pYeN2tf9wyloIUZTVQXAI7itB6U

Other Museum Tours

Virtual tour of the Boston Children’s Museum https://www.bostonchildrensmuseum.org/museum-virtual-tour

Tour the Louvre

https://www.louvre.fr/en/visites-en-ligne

Monterey Bay Aquarium feeds (jelly cam is the coolest, with “spa” music!)

https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/live-cams.

Visit a Place on Earth You’ve Never Been:

Globe genie: http://www.globegenie.com/

360 citieshttps://www.360cities.net/

Air panohttp://www.airpano.com/

Live stream nature… such as the Northern Lights:

https://explore.org/livecams/aurora-borealis-northern-lights/northern-lights-cam

Free Adult Education

Yale: The Science of Well Being

https://www.coursera.org/learn/the-science-of-well-being?ranMID=40328&ranEAID=EHFxW6yx8Uo&ranSiteID=EHFxW6yx8Uo-8ARcMzzDcKhuNAtXEK7NDg&siteID=EHFxW6yx8Uo-8ARcMzzDcKhuNAtXEK7NDg&utm_content=10&utm_medium=partners&utm_source=linkshare&utm_campaign=EHFxW6yx8Uo

Itunes U

https://itunesu.itunes.apple.com/coursemanager/

Some Writing/Creative Ideas:

Write a letter to your future self

Write your story, start your autobiography

Collage, draw, paint, practice an instrument Express yourself and your internal landscape.

Parenting Programs

www.practicesanfrancisco.com/online-programs

https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html

Kids Schooling/ Academic Games

https://www.kennedy-center.org/education/mo-willems/

https://www.khanacademy.org/?fbclid=IwAR1KhePddahtPGBmg-Ozohog73iZZaFwqFFDTxy6RianCq3_3U2IatAfm10

https://www.turtlediary.com/?fbclid=IwAR2vk707Rv8AATvNsOQTHMBXgcpC6toFyDUgpJb3iHbxOEI9OJ8C11bxxiU

Most of this content was developed by Dr. Tonya Dowding, PsyD, Registered Psychological Assistant, Adjunct Faculty, California Institute of Integral Studies

Copyright 2020 Ruth Krumbhaar. Marriage and Family Therapist MFC53637.