From: slider@atashram.com

Lockdown shouldn’t be a time to put extra pressure on yourself.

Forget those plans to write an epic novel and put away those unattainable exercise programmes – times are tough enough out there already.

https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/attractions/new-hobbies-to-try-from-home-lockdown-a4420291.html

A new hobby, though, is a good way to go. Plenty of things can be tried
for the first time at home, many of them therapeutic and good for
relieving stress.

We’ve put together a list of manageable activities to seek out during lockdown, from arts and crafts to cooking and meditation.

Take an online art class

Grayson Perry will be starting his new role as the UK’s art teacher next week, when his new show on Channel 4 will see him open up his art studio
to the nation.

The Turner Prize-winning artist’s programme, Grayson’s Art Club, begins on Channel 4 at 8pm on Monday April 27 and hopes to inspire artists of every ability level to try out something new during isolation – it’s a good
place to start.

Elsewhere, Makings and Musings is offering online classes, all with a
focus on mindfulness. Ask questions via the live stream and watch live demonstrations of new painting techniques. It’s a good one for families
too, with host Irene de Jong organising daily creative classes for kids, reading from a book and illustrating simultaneously.

Get your needlework skills up to scratch

Get your creative and artistic juices flowing by taking up needlework,
which is a fantastic way to relax and feel productive during quarantine.
Learn on your own by purchasing beginner’s kits online, or take things a little more seriously with online classes. The Royal School of Needlework offers introductory classes on everything from Jacobean crewelwork to
canvas work, with video instructions, written and photographic guides and online discussion boards. Prices start at £110.

Give yoga and meditation a go

Trying a new hobby or skill during these strange times doesn’t have to be difficult – trying yoga for the first time is as simple as clicking onto YouTube. Yoga with Adriene is one of the best accounts to try for
newcomers, with a huge list of videos catering for different levels of experience and abilities, and a friendly, enthusiastic host in Adriene
Mishler. The sessions are often mixtures of yoga and meditation, which
makes them great for relaxing and managing anxiety. Set aside 20 minutes
and give it a try.

Take a one-to-one class with the wellness app Urban, which is helping
people to up their yoga game during self-isolation. It’s not just yoga, either – check out the guided classes on everything from fitness, physio,
and mindfulness, with practitioners on call to teach from home.

The School of Meditation is another place to head for free half-hour
sessions every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 11am. Everyone can take
part, with the introductory classes designed to help people relax and
relieve tension...

### - up to this point i was, admittedly, scoffing & yawning at the whole prospect as they start to encourage peeps to find inane pursuits they can
maybe follow & do at home whilst under lockdown etc? and then it gots to
this part??

'Give yoga and meditation a go'

hmm ok, so here's an idea that's right out there in a similar vein to meditation & yoga heh: like how's about learning to lucid dream,
particularly: the WILDs version thereof! if people can't go out so much
then maybe they'll go-for a form of escape (at least initially anyway heh) whereby once they learn to do it they can then go out... anywhere! -
albeit virtually?

it's the perfect solution!

that if'n ya can't go out, then go... in! ;)

it's certainly an extra opportunity to do so anyway!

oh boy what i wouldn't give for some decent advertising just now boss?

we literally gots us a captive audience of people all searching for summat decent to do with their time, and it's directly related to going out too!

good job have already made all those vids then huh, as they may just be
the only way to let 'em all know about it! (no money for advertising see?)

lol this could even knock 20 or 30 years off the whole program! :)))

getcher' upgrades to awareness folks! once yer' up to speed ya can go
anywhere ya like!

even to the moon! hah! :)))

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