An Ongoing Mindfulness Activity.....
Hi Everyone! I am going to post daily mindfulness activities/thoughts here. You can reply if you want to or just keep a journal for yourselves! These activities mostly come from a card game called Mindfulness Matters. Mindfulness is very important! These activities will help you learn how and why.
Week 1 - What does it mean to be "in the moment"?
Week 2 - Mindfulness involves doing things on purpose. When you work hard on a homework assignment or task, this is doing it on purpose. Focusing on it can help you get it
done correctly. Think of a time you worked hard on something. Did you do better than you usually do?
Week 3 - Put your hand on your belly while breathing in slowly through your nose and back
out. Feel your belly expand.
Week 4 - Thoughts and feelings come and go. Our thoughts are not who we are. Imagine your
thoughts as little lights turning off and on in your brain. THey fade and brighten, but
do not last. Pretend a thought is in your head and it's light increases as you think of
it more. Now, pretend it's gone.
Week 5 - Transition from one thing to another can be hard. What do you like to do on your way home from school/work or right when you get home?
Week 6 - When we're angry, we often act too quickly. How can bring more aware help you slow down.
Week 7 - Do you think it is more difficult to be mindful with the use of mobile devices and phones? Why or why not?
Week 8 - When we are upset, what we see and feel is often limited. Increase your awareness of the world around you with binocular vision. Using your hands, make pretend binoculars with very small holes. Slowly open your hands to see more.
Week 9 - Imagine your mind being full of many thoughts. How does it feel to think about too many things at once?
Week 10 - Mindfulness is the opposite of doing something carelessly. Describe a time you zoned out and wish you would have been paying attention.
Week 11 - Look at one of your palms. Slowly, trace the lines. Prentend they are connected and trace backwards. This simple activity is calming and can be done anywhere.
Week 12 - When family and friends are mindful, they are also more aware. Which person would you like to be more mindful. Why?
Week 13 - It's great to be really "in the moment" during a good time. Talk about one of your best days over and try to recall as much as you can.
Week 14 - Sometimes people just have a bad day. How can accepting that sometimes bad things happen help you cope?
Week 15 - In school/work/home, what would you like to pay more attention to?
Week 16 - Keep your eyes open and sit in silence for a few minutes. How did you feel at first? Did you feel any different when you were done?
Week 17 - Mindfulness, like any skill, takes practice. What is something that took you a while to learn?
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