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Pets Relieve Stress
Pets Relieve Stress
Did you know that taking care of our pets can be a calming activity? When we play with our pets, groom them, or take them for a walk it is good for them but helps us as well. Everyone knows I have many animals at my house. I know when I need to free my mind of negative things I often turn to my pets to help me and make me feel happy. Maybe you should try it!
Mindfulness Activity #1
Mindfulness Activity #1
Cooking Up Connections
1. Sit mindfully with your spine straight and body relaxed. Close your eyes and take three soft, slow, mindful breaths.
2. Think about how you are always connected to other people, plants, and animals.
3. Imagine eating pancakes. To make them you need ingredients like eggs, milk and flour.
You need farmers to milk cows, gather eggs and grow and harvest grain.
You need drivers to take these things to the supermarket.
You need people who work at the supermarket to sell the food and your family to help buy it.
4. Before you open your eyes, take a moment to thank ALL those people, plants and animals for all of your tasty food. We are all connected.
Mindful Story Time
Mindful Story Time
I Am Peace
I Am Peace
A Book of Mindfulness
By Susan Verde-Art By Peter H. Reynolds
mindful listening Activity #2
mindful listening Activity #2
Close your eyes. Listen for human sounds around you. How many different human sounds can you identify? What new or different human sounds do you notice while listening for 1 minute?
Here are some exercises to help you feel calm. Watch the video and see how they work!
Here are some exercises to help you feel calm. Watch the video and see how they work!
Bunny Breathing Activity #3
Bunny Breathing Activity #3
Close your eyes. Sit up straight. Take in 3 quick sniffs like a bunny. Then do one long exhale through your mouth. Do this for 5 breaths. What do you notice?
Hug Someone You Love
Hug Someone You Love
Stress Less Activity #4
Stress Less Activity #4
Close your eyes and think of being with someone you love even if you can't right now. Move closer to that person in your mind and give them a hug. Feel it in your body. Your body won't know the person wasn't really there, and it will react as though they were. When you feel positively your body will react and stress will be reduced.
Mindfulness Activity #5
Mindfulness Activity #5
Dance it Out
Dance it Out
I can move emotions through my body by dancing. Whenever I start to feel too much energy or cranky, I will play some music and move it, move it, move it. I will then feel the stress or heaviness begin to leave my body!
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