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April 14, 2020
COVID-19
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Wellness Tools
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| Wellness tools support your physical, mental
and emotional capacity to "sail your ship" successfully.
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| The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2020 has created a natural reaction of stress, worry, and fear within our community. Fear can create strong emotions and a sense of overwhelm for adults, children, and youth.
As we navigate this challenging time, it is important that we are able to identify symptoms of stress within ourselves and our family members in order to take care of each other.
We also have an opportunity to access wellness tools to prevent and alleviate our stressors. Wellness tools support your physical, mental, emotional capacity to "sail your ship" successfully.
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| Signs your Wellness May be "off course"
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Behaviours - increase or decrease in energy and activity levels
- increase in substance use
- increase in irritability
- increase in outbursts and arguing
- difficulty with sleeping
- frequent crying
- excessive worry
- isolating self
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Body - stomach aches
- headaches
- loss of appetite or eating excessively
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Emotions and Thoughts - being anxious or fearful
- feeling overwhelmed by sadness
- feeling depressed
- feeling guilty
- feeling angry
- difficulty remembering things
- feeling confused
- difficulty thinking clearly and concentrating
- difficulty making decisions
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| Tools to Keep your Wellness "on course"
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Mind
engage with hobbiesalternate hard tasks with fun activitiesreadAnxiety Canada My Anxiety Plans are anxiety management programs based on cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT), which is an evidence-based psychological treatment.
You can choose from two Anxiety Plans - Children & Teens or Adults.
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Body
eat healthy foods and drink wateravoid excessive use of substancesget enough sleep and restget physical exerciserelax your body, take deep breaths,
stretchDo Yoga With Me is offering free two month
subscriptionsThe YMCA/YWCA Victoria. Each week the Y team will be providing new resources, activities and ideas for you to fill your week.
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Spirit
listen to musictalk about your feelings with loved ones and friendstake time to renew your spirit through prayer or helping others in needmeditateCalm app has a collection of free mindfulness videos / audios Colorfy is a digital adult coloring book with a selection of images and mandalas to choose from, or upload your own sketches to color. You can spend hours in a flow state or focused meditation through this app.
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Indigenous Medicine Wheel? What is an Indigenous Medicine Wheel? There isn’t a simple answer to the question as medicine wheels come in more than one form, and their significance and use is culture-specific. There is, however, one fundamental similarity besides the shape - medicine wheels represent the alignment and continuous interaction of the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual realities. The circle shape represents the inter-connectivity of all aspects of one’s being, including the connection with the natural world. Medicine wheels are frequently believed to be the circle of awareness of the individual self; the circle of knowledge that provides the power we each have over our own lives.
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| Staying Well During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Below is a list of Community Services and their availability during the pandemic
IMCRT (Integrated Mobile Crisis Response Team): Individuals in crisis can call the Vancouver Island Crisis Line at
1-888-484-3888 and the staff will support and offer crisis intervention options. ...
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| Learning Resources for Students with Complex Needs
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| Food Resources for Families
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