(c)Christina Bolton

(c)Christina Bolton

The CBD Living travel set offers a total of 500 mg of CBD over 6 products – a salve, lotion, tincture spray, roll on 'freeze' and two lip balms. All the products use nanotechnology which they say increases absorption of the CBD so there's no waiting. It does seem to take effect quickly – especially the freeze.

The products are made with natural ingredients for the most part and are THC free so you should be able to travel to many countries with the items. Though if you're going to Africa or Asia, especially, double check the legality before heading off as even though this is made only with hemp and doesn't have THC - its still not legal everywhere. At this time the only place in Europe you can't travel to with it is Slovakia.

The salve was my favorite product with its rich consistency (using shea butter among other things) and pleasant coconut scent. These will all easily fit into your carry on as they are all one ounce or less.

(c) Christina Bolton

Order at: www.CBDLiving.com

Virgin Limited Edition is hosting virtual yoga live from its luxury resort on Necker Island, a private island owned by Sir Richard Branson in the iconic British Virgin Islands. 

The yoga sessions will be for all levels of fitness and will start on Thursday 18^th June and run weekly for four weeks. 

When: Every Thursday at 17:00 BST (12pm EST), starting 18^th June 2020 for four weeks

Where: Instagram @VirginLimitedEdition

Other events they are putting on that you may want to join are two weekly virtual safari's:

Live game drive from the magic of the bush at Ulusaba Private Game Reserve

When: Every Monday at 3:00pm BST

Where: Instagram - @VirginLimitedEdition  

Live game drive from the majesty of the Maasai Mara at Mahali Mzuri

When:  Every Wednesday at 3:00pm BST

Where: Facebook - @VirginLimitedEdition  

Other Virtual Yoga Options: 

If the yoga schedule doesn't work for you, a number of studio's are offering virtual classes, check with your local studio, or try one of these:

Kripalu Center, one of the US's biggest yoga center's is closed until the end of the year but they are offering a 7 day free trial for online classes:

https://connect.kripalu.org/

Soul Yoga, a Baptiste studio has Zoom classes for a donation:

https://www.soulyogasr.com/schedule

Kundalini Yoga School, they have an 11 day course for free:

https://kundaliniyogaschool.org/ 

Yoga Vastu, online Iyengar yoga studio, free for 14 days:

https://yogavastu.com/

There are so many chefs doing cook at home classes on youtube or their own websites that there’s not enough time, even in quarantine, to participate in all of them. You probably get emails offering these sessions or at least recipes from your favorite local restaurants, but if not I’ll point out a few to check out.

Naya Traveler has a Recipe Book online where they give the iconic recipes from many countries. Mango salad from Cambodia, Gazpacho from Spain, Masala Chai from India:

https://www.nayatraveler.com/journal-archive/2020/4/13/naya-recipe-book

A small chain of vegetarian restaurants in the Boston area that I like, Clover Food Lab, has been hosting an afternoon cooking show that I’ve participated in several times since the stay at home advisory has started. The sessions are recorded as well so you can watch them anytime. This could come in especially handy now that it looks like there will be meat and poultry shortages - lots of great vegetarian and vegan comfort food! From New England favorites like Popovers and Boston Baked Beans to newer items like Homemade Fluff with local honey and eggs. He also covers one of the things which is all the rage now - how to make sourdough bread. Its called In Ayr’s Kitchen, check it out here:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIRI4Hfmtyr3RH5hI-qyb6w/videos

Chefsfeed has a large list of interactive streamed cooking classes to support chefs while restaurants are closed here:

https://experiences.chefsfeed.com/browse/

B&B’s have been sending recipes to their clients to stay in touch. Here’s a list of 43 with apple pie and similar recipes:

https://stillinnbusiness.com/wish-you-were-here

John Ash & Co in Sonoma shares their recipes here: 

https://www.vintnersresort.com/dining/john-ash-co/recipes-2/ 

Art galley tours are the next thing to adapt to today’s social distancing. Here are some museums you can explore online with virtual tours or with their collections online:

The Louvre, Paris

Everyone knows its impossible to see all of the Louvre in one visit anyways, so some pre- or post-visit perusal is warranted, even without a pandemic. They also have a free virtual reality app to view Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa in 360: Mona Lisa: Beyond the Glass. Download it on the app store for android or apple.

https://www.louvre.fr/en

You can search the collection here:

https://www.louvre.fr/en/moteur-de-recherche-oeuvres

or see their masterpieces here:

https://www.louvre.fr/en/selections/masterpieces

Their list of video’s is here:

https://www.louvre.fr/en/media-en-ligne

Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy

The best of their collection is right here on the first page:

https://www.uffizi.it/en/artworks

You can do a virtual tour on Google and ‘walk’ around the museum here:

https://artsandculture.google.com/streetview/uffizi-gallery/1AEhLnfyQCV-DQ

or use the museum's 360 for its new galleries:

https://www.uffizi.it/mostre-virtuali/uffizi-virtual-tour

The British Museum, London

https://www.britishmuseum.org/

Their virtual gallery is here:

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/galleries/prints-and-drawings-virtual-gallery#&gid=1&pid=3

or you could do a virtual visit here:

artsandculture.google.com/streetview/british-museum/AwEp68JO4NECkQ

Also, the museum has podcasts here:

https://soundcloud.com/britishmuseum

Schoenbrunn Palace, Vienna

https://www.schoenbrunn.at/en/about-schoenbrunn/the-palace/tour-of-the-palace/

https://artsandculture.google.com/streetview/schönbrunn-palace/RAGmDEX1rezGLA

Other museums with virtual visits:

There are 2,000 on Google arts & culture:

https://artsandculture.google.com/partner

There are some smaller museums in houses on the list which are interesting such as the Museo Robert Brady in Cuernavaca, Mexico:

https://artsandculture.google.com/streetview/museo-robert-brady-interior/wQFrrRqOb0gAsw

and Anne Frank House:

https://artsandculture.google.com/streetview/anne-frank-s-family-home-anne-s-room/DQHUovw4dDhITw

Boca Raton Museum of Art has a youtube intro tour to their new exhibit:

Eye to I: Self Portraits from the National Portrait Gallery

Explore.org is the world’s largest live nature cam network. Imagine seeing Bald eagles, elephants, gorillas, hummingbirds, giraffes and polar bears from the comfort of your home. You can also watch highlights that others have saved if waiting for a discovery is not your thing. When you do see an animal, you can take a snapshot of the moment to comment on and share with others or download it. From oceans to birds nests to African watering holes to animal sanctuaries, there’s got to be something for everyone. Perfect for quarantining.

Northern Lights:

Want to check out the northern lights, live? Late at night check out this livecam:

https://explore.org/livecams/aurora-borealis-northern-lights/northern-lights-cam

African Wildlife:

https://explore.org/livecams/african-wildlife/

https://explore.org/livecams/african-wildlife/tembe-elephant-park

Baby Pandas (in a park):

https://explore.org/livecams/panda-bears/happiness-village-baby-panda-park

Kitten Rescue:

https://explore.org/livecams/cats/kitten-rescue-cam

Pacific Ocean: 

https://explore.org/livecams/oceans/pacific-ocean

The 50th Earth Day had over 100 million people participate, mostly digitally, since much of the world is sheltering in place. 

@Courtesy of Earth Day Network

Just after midnight on Earth Day, the Roman Coliseum was lit with Earth Day Network’s 50^th anniversary logo, and world-renowned musical artist Zucchero Fornaciari played the piano and sang “Canta La Vita” with Bono (adapted from Bono’s “Let Your Love Be Known”) to Pope Francis, Earth Day Italia, and Earth Day Network. 

More than 2.1 million people downloaded a multi-Grammy award winning song Dharti Ma:

If you want to participate in other climate action or see the videos from Earth Day Live visit their website: 

https://www.earthday.org/