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Self-Care Activities List
Choose an activity from this list to do for 10-15 minutes. Do this at least 1 time a week or more if needed.
What is Self-Care?
Self-care is any activity that we do with the purpose of taking care of our mental, emotional, & physical health.
A self-care activity should help you feel good, calm, relaxed, or happy.
Self-Care Activities
1) Practice Mindfulness : pick a mindfulness video on YouTube or download a App on the phone.
Get in a comfortable place & position. Here are some suggestions:
YouTube videos:
Just Breathe youtu.be/RVA2N6tX2cg
GoZen! 4-7-8 Breathing https://youtu.be/Uxbdx-SeOOo
Loving Kindness Meditation – good for families to practice together https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC2aHvob0eo&list=PLYriPFosJvr-hj0bb-_adYQ0gR_58gdop&index=10
Hot Air Balloon guided imagery – Good for bedtime
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlv6Y1tq1sQ&list=PLYriPFosJvr-hj0bb-_adYQ0gR_58gdop&index=17
Mindful Apps: Calm, Relax Melodies, Stop, Breath, & Think, Mind Yeti, Headspace
2) Positive affirmations- write down or say positive statements to yourself. You can make a poster with the statement to hang up somewhere.
3) Nature- Get outside! Being outdoors is wonderful for our self care. Take a walk, Look for birds, See if you can spy the budding flowers poking through the ground. Even you can't go outside, look out your window.
4) Physical activity- do some form of exercise, yoga (Cosmic Yoga on YouTube is fun!), or a workout.
Find a workout online, go for a walk, shoot some hoops, play catch, whatever you enjoy that involves getting your body moving.
I am doing Cosmic Yoga everyday with my granddaughter! Frozen and Mindfulness with Dogs are our favorites. Cosmic Kids Yoga
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