An Ongoing List of Free and Low Cost Virtual Wellness Resources

It has been an insane few weeks and our wellness practices are more important than ever. I am curating a list of virtual wellness resources that are free or low cost so you can continue to practice self care and wellness during a time when we all really need it. Please submit over IG, email, or in the comments any additional resources and I’ll add them to the list and continue to update!

Workout

Boxing

• NYC’s Shadbox is currently offering free IG Live classes with optional donation to support instructors: https://www.instagram.com/sbx_boxing/?hl=en (Update: they’ve switched to a low cost $5 model here: https://sbxboxing.com/)

• Rumble Boxing is also offering free live classes via their IG: https://www.instagram.com/doyourumble/

Dance

• 305 Fitness is bringing the heat with their free live streamed YouTube workouts that feel like a virtual dancehall: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClTBXlWPx7L_jhJ_vdRAu-A

• The Fitness Marshall is a great quick and hilarious workout by song, get ready for some sexy moves with funny names: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheFitnessMarshall

• Outdoor Voices has a 15 minute 9AM EST dance party on their IG live: https://www.instagram.com/outdoorvoices

• Check out CLI Studios if you want to step up your game a bit, studios are live streaming classes with famous instructors here for free: http://www.clistudios.com/keepdancing

• Dance Church is streaming their dance sessions live on IG, loosen up and get dancing: https://www.instagram.com/dance_church/

• Daybreaker has gone virtual, offering weekly themed dance parties for the month of April for $15: https://www.daybreaker.com/

Yoga

• Humming Puppy is offering free yoga through online live stream classes: https://www.hummingpuppy.com/nyc/live-streaming

• Sky Ting in New York is offering free yoga here: https://www.skyting.com/tv/live

• Down Dog Yoga is an easy yoga app that is free through March: https://www.downdogapp.com/

• Bulldog Yoga is free for the first 60 days with the code EXTEND60: https://www.bulldogyoga.com/

• Yoga with Maura is offering free yoga sessions via her IG: https://www.instagram.com/yogawithmaura/?igshid=1wk3ys0qm3cwm

• CorePower Yoga is offering free classes: https://www.corepoweryoga.com/

Pilates

• Melissa Wood Health offers pilates flows for $9.99 a month with a 7 day free trial: https://melissawoodhealth.com/

• Pilates Anytime is a more traditional pilates approach at $18 a month with a free 15 day trial: https://www.pilatesanytime.com/about/how_it_works.cfm

• Blogilates is a YouTube free workout with Cassie who is a seriously motivational instructor: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIJwWYOfsCfz6PjxbONYXSg

• Barreworks studio will start offering livestream classes featuring barre/pilates classes throughout the day: https://www.barreworksstudio.com/

• Well and Good has some great pilates workouts on their YouTube page and you can find other fitness videos there as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNNx_KyBK64&list=PLUa1mxBKMRYlQZ_h_oTI4Jk0HDxf9reV7

• Tracy Anderson is offering her classes at a low entry cost here: https://tracyanderson.com/online-programs/

• Try a free 14 day trial for The Class by Taryn Toomey, $40 a month after the free trial: https://digitalstudio.theclass.com/

• Live stream classes from Rhode Island studio47 on IG: https://www.instagram.com/studio47pilates/

General

• Obe offers tons of different classes from HIIT to barre to yoga for $27 a month with a 7 day free trial: https://www.obefitness.com/

• Pvolve is similar but does require purchase of equipment, at $19.99 a month with a 7 day free trial: https://www.pvolve.com/

• Beach Body On Demand: Nick’s addition to the list, get access to Insanity, Hip Hop Abs and 1,000 other high intensity workouts for $40 for 3 months with the first 14 days free: https://shauntfitness.com/

• 7 Min Workout App: If you don’t have a ton of time, try the 7 minute app for free which you can get in between work calls: https://7minuteworkout.jnj.com/

• Planet Fitness is live streaming workouts on their Facebook page which are then put on their YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/planetfitness

• PopSugar Fitness is offering all the free workouts from dance to HIIT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBINFWq52ShSgUFEoynfSwg

• Barry’s is doing free workouts every day via IG Live: https://www.instagram.com/barrys/channel/

• A great list of the 50 best free workouts can be found here: https://makeyourbodywork.com/how-to-exercise-at-home/

• Lit Method is offering the first month free of virtual classes: https://www.litmethod.com/

• The Peleton app doesn’t require any equipment and is free for the first 90 days: https://www.onepeloton.com/app

Meditate

• MNDFL studio in NYC just opened MNDFL TV and 1:1 classes (price varies) to tune in to pretty much anytime you need: https://video.mndflmeditation.com/

• Anchor Meditation where I was certified is offering a 14 day meditation boost for $20 as well as livestream meditation on their IG: https://www.anchormeditation.com/

• Check out A Splash of Lemon for weekly meditations I’m putting out based on your requests: https://open.spotify.com/show/0grGrSr944GO9ZdZTwXtOS?si=YbsysjMiQnukj22QHDAXtg

• YouTube is full of amazing meditations for free, type in whatever you need “calm, anxiety reducing, chakra, etc.” + “meditation” and scroll through the list. Here are a few of my favorites right now:

  • Goop Morning Meditation for Clarity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OccjH_2ddQc

  • Master Sri Akarshana Meditation to Raise Vibration Instantly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHsYii0xtsk&t=1217s

  • 5 Minute Grounding Meditation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9b2y3Mg2n8

• Buddhify is my favorite meditation app for $3 a year with meditations from taking walks to waking up: https://buddhify.com/

• Inscape is a great app to use for more atmospheric meditations: https://inscape.life/pages/app

• Journaling and breathwork guide from Maryam Ajayi: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b014c8331d4df35287752ca/t/5e78d6437ad76d5324b74b23/1584977476753/The+Wing_+Breathwork+for+Unknown+Times.pdf

• Book a class at Ceremony Meditation for a sound bath or meditation online or check out one of their free ones on IG Live: https://www.instagram.com/ceremonymeditation/?hl=en

• Jenna Reis is offering a 4 week breathwork course for free here: https://www.instagram.com/jennamreiss/

• Sara Auster is offering free soundbaths on her IG at 12PM ET Tuesdays/Thursdays and 5PM ET Saturdays: https://www.instagram.com/saraauster/?hl=en

Play

• Tabletopia offers an option to play over 600+ board games online with your friends: https://tabletopia.com/

• Netflix Party is a great way to binge the latest Netflix release (hello Love Is Blind!) with your friends: https://www.netflixparty.com/

• Cards Against Humanity is available to play with friends online here: http://playingcards.io/

• Jackbox.tv is a low cost service that allows you to play games with your friends live streamed and on your phone: https://jackboxgames.com/about/

• Eventbrite has a ton of free and virtual events happening that you can join with your friends: https://www.eventbrite.com/c/the-best-online-events-to-attend-right-from-your-home-cwwqhpk/

• For The Love of Travel is offering free trivia nights on Tuesday: https://www.meetup.com/FTLO-Digital-Travel-Trivia-Happy-Hour/

• Karafun is a great way to get your karaoke on: https://www.karafun.com/

• Lively at Home is offering some fun sessions with everyone from Sarah Potempa teaching you how to do beach waves to The Sill founders talking about how to care for your plants: https://www.wearlively.com/pages/lively-events

Self Care

• Learn to do your own manicure with this mani bootcamp from Olive and June: https://oliveandjune.com/products/mani-bootcamp

• The often expensive Conscious City Guide classes are now being offered via zoom for $5 per person on everything from sustainable fashion to race and wellness: https://love.consciouscityguide.com/the-digital-redirect

• Holicitism is offering a virtual series of free Zoom meetings on everything from ‘Witch From Home’ to self care for your hormonal cycle: https://www.holisticism.com/virtual-workshops

• Wellory is a low cost health coach service (created by a fellow Bucknell alum!) that offers texting with your health coach: https://www.wellory.com/

• If you need therapy during this time, Talkspace offers a messaging option that can help: https://www.talkspace.com/

• AXS is your source for finding out which musicians are putting on virtual concerts at any time: https://www.axs.com/livestream#/