LibGuides: Mental Health and Wellness Resources: Virtual Relaxation Station

Are you having a mental health crisis?

Help is available! You can get free support 24/7: if you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, call 1-800-784-2433 (1-800-SUICIDE), call 911, or go to your local emergency room.

keep.meSAFE
keep.meSAFE provides Columbia College students with real-time and/or appointment-based confidential support in 60+ languages for any school, health, or general life concern at no cost. Get matched with a counsellor that speaks your language, is from your culture, or has a shared experience. keep.meSAFE is completely confidential within the limits of the law, so no one – including your family, friends, or instructors – will ever know you used the program unless you choose to tell them.

Soothing Sounds

Calmsound
Relax with your choice of a variety of sounds from nature, including rainfall, ocean waves, or even Antarctic wind.
Sounds of the Bodleian Libraries
Immerse yourself in the soothing sounds of the University of Oxford's libraries while working in the comfort of your own home.
A Soft Murmur
An online background noise generator designed to help you relax, focus, and tune out unpleasant sounds from your environment.

Virtual Jigsaw Puzzles

Jigsaw Explorer
Choose the image and number of pieces you'd like in your puzzle and take a calming mental break as you use your mouse to put the pieces together.

Drawing and Colouring

Weave Silk Art
Take a break and create symmetrical, flowing images using your mouse.
Stay Well, Stay Inspired
Library-themed colouring pages and writing prompts from the American Library Association.

Virtual Bubble Wrap

Window Swap

Window Swap
This fun website lets you enjoy the view from other peoples' windows around the world!

Live Kitten Cam

Live Aquarium Cams

Monterey Bay Aquarium
Watch live footage of schools of fish, floating jellyfish, sea turtles, penguins, and other sea creatures. You can also relax to calming live scenes of the Monterey Bay oceanside.

Live Puppy Cam

Poetry Phone

Vancouver's First Free Poetry Hotline
Callers can dial 1-833-POEMS-4-U (763-6748) to listen to poetry recordings provided by 10 local writers. After dialling the main line, callers can press numbers 0 to 9 to listen to different poems.

COVID-19 Support

COVID-19 Support and Resources

Collected information, resources, and links to free virtual counselling, phone support, and other tools to help you handle this new kind of normal.