Mindfulness

What is Mindfulness?

Mindfulness can help you to develop the ability to ignore distractions and stay focused on the task at hand. It can teach you to filter out distractions and stray thoughts, helping you to learn.
Mindfulness activities can also help you to observe and identify your own thoughts and feelings.
We often do mindfulness activities to help us relax and take time for ourselves.
Doing these activities in silence keeps us in the creative side of our brain.

Things you can try

Below, you will see different activities, links, apps and videos that you can try out for yourself...

Breathing and Listening Activities

This is a great video for the younger children. Listen to the instructions and try to do it yourself. Be mindful of your thoughts and feelings as you do them.

GoNoodle

GoNoodle offers lots of different videos and activities (e.g. breathing and yoga) that are great for mindfulness. They even have an app! Click on the image to go to their website.

Glitter Jar

Follow the instructions above carefully.
Once you have made it, shake it up and watch as the glitter swirls around. Then watch it calm and settle.

Mindfulness Journal

Use or make a notebook. Jot down your feelings and thoughts when you can. This will make you mindful of the way you feel, to help you recognise emotions and sensations.

Chatterbox

Use the above template to create your own chatterbox. Use it on your family and friends, or even yourself and follow the instructions to complete the mindful activities.

Mini Me Mindfulness

This website includes simple daily habits to help manage, encourage and transform the mind. They also offer live sessions, videos and activities run by kids, for kids.

5, 4, 3, 2, 1...

Follow this video to learn a great way of calming and grounding yourself. It demonstrates how useful our senses and environment are at guiding us through the day.

Positive Affirmation Stones

Find some stones in your garden or the next time you are out. Then wash them, colour them and write something positive on each one.

Drawing and Colouring

Draw around your hand and decorate it as imaginatively as you can (e.g. squiggles, patterns, shapes, etc...).

5 Senses Nature Walk

See how many things you can write or draw in each section. Remember the longer you do it, the more you will find. Silence is key.

Just Talk - Well Being Tracker

Welcome to the Five Ways to Wellbeing module. In this module, we will share some easy ways to improve your mood and boost your wellbeing.

Click on the image to go to the website.

Start off with the What is wellbeing? section and then work your way through the module, followed by the other modules. You can ask an adult for help if you need it.

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