Cool Ideas to Optimize Your Health from Home
While many of us are feeling stuck at home, rest assured that there’s plenty of ways to stay active, healthy and entertained – all from the safety and comforts of home.
Practicing social distancing and quarantining at home to stay safe? Why not also explore the many ways in which you can practice wellness indoors?
As you may know, many businesses are starting to move online, offering free classes and remote services through webinar software and conferencing apps like Zoom.
We’ve compiled a list of interesting services for practicing wellness at home and optimizing various aspects of your health from stretching and mobility, to breathing coaching, life coaching, and nutrition advice.
Many of these businesses are extending their services for free or at extremely discounted rates to help those affected by the current COVID-19 pandemic.
Services to optimize your health from home:
Breathe Beautifully – Breathing Coaching
Breathe Beautifully offers online breathing classes with a BREATHE Certified coach. With each class you take, you will receive a breathing assessment that will give you insight on how well you are breathing.
Benefits to taking this breathing class include: lowering stress and anxiety, reducing pain levels in the body, help digestion issues, increase energy levels, increase blood circulation, lower your cortisol, blood pressure, and increase your immune system when you learn to breathe the correct way.
You will feel like a new person after taking a breathing class with Breathe Beautifully.
About Breathe Beautifully
Crystal Hernandez is a certified BREATHE coach and owner of Breathe Beautifully. With Breathe Beautifully, you will learn breathing exercises that will help strengthen your breathing muscles and help create flexibility so that you can breathe more effectively. This is unlike any ordinary breathing class because it focuses on science based information.
Learn more at BreatheBeautifully.com
Follow @breathe.beautifully on Instagram
360 Self-Defense Academy – Fighting & fitness
360 Self-Defense Academy is currently offering FREE live virtual classes a few times a week.
Try your hand at Krav Maga self defense or train in cardio conditioning just like a fighter. This is an excellent way to get a great workout while learning how to defend yourself at the same time.
Their classes run live on Zoom and they’re always posting cool self defense and fight techniques on Instagram @360selfdefenseacademy.
Find the latest updates for class schedules and links to Zoom in their IG bio and on the 360 website.
About 360 Self Defense Academy
360 Self-Defense Academy is a Krav Maga oriented self-defense gym headquartered in Los Angeles, CA. They offer group classes and private training in realistic Krav Maga self-defense combat, fighting techniques and fitness classes.
Learn more at 360sdacademy.com
Udemy – Online courses & education
Udemy is currently offering over 250 online courses for FREE in various subjects.
Got lots of down time? Now is a great time to stay productive by learning new skills and keeping your mind sharp.
With so many exciting courses to explore, you’ll surely find a course or two that interests you.
About Udemy
Udemy is a leader in online education courses. They have an extensive library with courses on everything from learning productivity and time management skills to learning how to code, meditation, or the fundamentals of photography.
Learn more at Udemy.com
Thirsty for more knowledge? Browse all the free courses on Teachable as well.
Limitless Flame – Transformational Coaching
Transform your life by rediscovering your true self and following your inner wisdom.
Transformational coaching will help you to become the master of your own life by utilizing the power of your subconscious mind and the wisdom of your heart. Release the blocks that are holding you back from living in your truest expression and attracting your desires. Learn how to navigate life in a state of peace, confidence, and ease.
Limitless Flame offers personal one-on-one coaching sessions via Zoom or phone. For a limited time, your first session is FREE when you subscribe to their mailing list.
About Limitless Flame
Catherine Nicole is a Hypnotherapist and Spiritual Life Coach who specializes in personal empowerment & evolution. Every session includes a combination of spiritual life coaching and hypnotherapy.
Learn more at LimitlessFlame.com
BrainKanix – Neurofeedback mind training
BrainKanix is a neurofeedback clinic based in Southern California that serves clients primarily in Los Angeles and on the Westside.
Their neurofeedback technology trains your brain to work at optimal performance levels by scanning your brain waves and providing real-time feedback of your brain’s activity.
If you’re not local to Los Angeles, you can rent their neurofeedback equipment. A BrainKanix technician will provide one-on-one training over the web to guide you through your training sessions.
About BrainKanix
BrainKanix is led by a small team of experienced neurofeedback technicians trained in several protocols to heal a variety of psychological conditions.
Neurofeedback training has shown promising results in helping athletes to reduce game-time anxiety and mental blocks. It’s also great for improving sleep, recovering from head injuries, and becoming sharper at your craft.
Learn more at BrainKanix.com
Yoga Salt – BOHDI Yoga
Yoga Salt is currently offering live online yoga classes through their Bohdi Yoga YouTube channel.
Participate in an extensive array of yoga classes taught by world class teachers with everything from strong, sweaty vinyasa flows to calming Ying & Yang sessions. Classes are available live and also uploaded to YouTube so you can still practice around your schedule!
Yoga Salt is accepting donations through Venmo if you enjoy their content (suggested donation of $15 – more information on the Bodhi Yoga channel).
Check their YouTube channel here for more information on schedule and to view the current classes.
About Yoga Salt
Yoga Salt is a yoga studio based in Los Angeles California and also with a brand new location on the East Coast (Wilmington, North Carolina). Specializing in authentic vinyasa flow classes which link breath with movement. They also offer an extensive yoga teacher training, specialized workshops, and periodical yoga retreats.
Learn more at YogaSalt.com
Orangetheory Fitness – Full body workouts
Orangetheory Fitness is offering FREE at home workouts on their website and YouTube channel.
Vary up your workouts with different exercises for the whole body. Workouts include strengthening your core, building endurance, interval training, burning fat, and many more.
About Orangetheory
Orangetheory is a science-backed, technology-tracked, coach-inspired group workout designed to produce results from the inside out. Their workouts push you to 80-90% of your max heart rate for a specific time frame to reach your optimal metabolic rate.
Learn more OrangeTheoryFitness.com