Mindfulness
Why is Mindful Breathing so Important?
Some of you may be wondering why mindful breathing is so important. There are so many benefits to deep breathing, and mindfulness. It can help your mental health, physical health, your awareness for yourself and your surroundings, and so much more!
Grounding Exercise:
Grounding is a form of mindfulness to help connect you to the present moment. It helps you find the calm in all of the chaos, and allows your mind and body to work together. Try using this technique if you are feeling a high level of anxiety, or panic.
Guided Imagery:
A form of focused relaxation that helps create harmony between the mind and body. It allows for your imagination to create calming images in your mind to help create a "mental escape."
S.T.O.P Exercise:
By occasionally reminding yourself to stop during your day, you can increase your awareness of what is going on around you and inside you. Use this acronym to help you re-engage with reality, and disengage from the habitual busyness of your mind.
By occasionally reminding yourself to stop during your day, you can increase your awareness of what is going on around you and inside you. Use this acronym to help you re-engage with reality, and disengage from the habitual busyness of your mind.
5 Mindfulness Activities for Children
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Here are 5 simple activities for helping your child live in the present and focus on the positive using mindfulness.
Also, check out our mindfulness PLAYLIST on Spotify! This music will help your children relax while doing mindfulness activities.
Visual Breathing Techniques
Sometimes it helps to visualize an object, or relaxing scenery to help you take your deep breaths. This exercise allows you to visualize smelling a flower when you're breathing in, and then blowing out a candle as you breathe out. Visualization can be a very powerful tool in mindfulness!
