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July 8, 2024

Mos Money Hacks: Dealing with stress 💆‍♀️🌿

Stress is a killer—seriously, it can give you headaches, muscle pain, and even damage your immune system—and being a student can make it feel like stress is your default state. Here’s some free and discounted stress-management resources.

These wellness apps, classes, and mindfulness tools can be great additions to your self-care routine:

  • Headspace Student Plan: Save 85% on an annual membership and access meditations, mindful movement exercises, and sleepcasts.

  • Calm: Get a 3-month free trial with Amazon Prime Student, then pay a discounted rate of $8.99 a month.

  • Alo: With a 30-day trial of Alo Moves you can take yoga, fitness, mindfulness, and self-care classes from anywhere. Then, it’s $130 a year.

  • CorePower Yoga: Students get 20% off All Access Membership and Class Packs.

  • Meditate with Jellyfish: The Monterey Bay Aquarium’s YouTube channel has a delightful playlist of guided meditations featuring their jellyfish.

  • The Free Mindfulness Project: Listen to a series of guided meditations and attend live online sessions on this donation-driven website.

  • The Rubin Museum’s Mindfulness Meditation Podcast: 20-minute meditations inspired by the museum's artworks and led by meditation experts.

  • IAJW’s Free Resources: The International Association for Journal Writing has a ton of free journaling prompts that can help with stress management.

  • Xhalr: This streamlined site guides you through a series of slow, calm breaths.

Finally, go easy on yourself this week. You’re doing your best.

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