7 Free Online Courses in March: Mood Boosters

As I mentioned on my Facebook page, since we’ve entered the Moody March, I decided to focus on mood boosters. Well, I can’t offer you some happy pills, but I can definitely offer you… free online courses.

Can online courses make you feel better? I’m sure they can, because I collected those that will be most useful for all of us looking for some small activities that will make us feel better. That’s why I’ve got something about physical exercise, music, yoga, hygge, food… and sleep, of course!

Just take a look at the ones I recommend:

1 Ukulele Chords by Marco Cirillo

• Start: on-demand
• Duration: self-paced
• Recommended for: people who want to learn playing the ukulele
• You can take this course with your students
• You will learn:
  • simple and basic ukulele chords
  • simple songs
  • about the importance of art in self-reflection

2 Laughter Yoga Training Workshop for Teachers  by Dr. Madan Kataria

• Start: on-demand
• Duration: self-paced
• Recommended for: people who want to learn Laughter Yoga
• You will learn:
  • how easy it is to incorporate laughter into your classes
  • the benefits of laughter
  • about the importance of art in self-reflection

3 Find Happiness In A Profound Gentle Way With Hygge by Sharon Ramel

• Start: on-demand
• Duration: self-paced
• Recommended for: people who want to learn more about Hygge
• You will learn:
  • how to reduce your stress levels using simple effective quick methods
  • the benefits of Hygge principles in your life
  • how to experience the joys of life and how it feels to live a connected life in this present moment

4 Music Moves: Why Does Music Make You Move? by University of Oslo

• Start: on-demand (access expires 11/04/2024)
• Duration: self-paced
• Recommended for: people who want to learn more about music and its benefits
• You will learn:
  • how to classify different types of music-related body movements
  • how the body entrains to musical rhythms
  • how the body entrains to musical rhythms

5 Sleep Your Way to Wealth and Happiness! by Travis Knoll

• Start: on-demand
• Duration: self-paced
• Recommended for: people who want to get rid of sleep problems
• You will learn:
  • how to choose a better life and gain deep rest
  • how to have more energy
  • about the anxiety and stress and how to sleep them away

6 Food and Mood: Improving Mental Health Through Diet and Nutrition by Deakin University

• Start: on-demand (access expires 21/03/2024)
• Duration: self-paced
• Recommended for: people with an interest, or with experience of, good or bad mental health
• You will learn:
  • the relationship between diet/nutrition, and mental and brain health
  • why diet and nutrition are important for mental and brain health
  • about the principles and strategies of dietary change

7 The Body Matters: Why Exercise Makes You Healthy and How to Stay Uninjured by McGill

• Start: on-demand (it’s an archived course)
• Duration: self-paced
• Recommended for: people who want to learn about the benefits of physical activity and how to prevent and treat injuries
• You will learn:
  • about the benefits of physical activity
  • general principles on how to train and how to prevent injuries
  • how to recover from injury

As you can see, there’s plenty to choose from! I’m thinking about the laughter yoga… or maybe the one about sleep, so I can explain yet another nap?

Enjoy!