Features: 1. Yoga Nidra FREEBIE 2. Body scans & brain boosts for kids & grownups 3. The podcast on “how to participate deeply with life”
If SEL, or social-emotional learning, is all about emotional intelligence, it makes sense that the first step is emotional awareness. … How are you feeling RIGHT NOW?
Take a moment to check in with yourself with a quick self-scan via The BMT Index™:
What does your body feel? (These are physical sensations only, like cold, tired, hungry, twitchy.)
What are your moods? (This is the spot for emotions, like mad, glad, sad, scared or even bored or lonely.)
What are your thoughts? (No need to censor!)
First: Freebies!
If you are in the Greater Chicagoland Area, check out this upcoming FREE Yoga Nidra workshop happening soon … ! Look for signup details in the calendar for Sat., April 6.
Make kids’ moves meaningful (& mindful)
Green Child Magazine is featuring an article this issue on 6 Somatic Exercises for Kids. Sure, you may already be employing finger labyrinths, movement dice or cross-crawls. (No? Contact me & I’ll pass along more free resources that I love & personally use.) But what about yoga moves, body scans or butterfly hugs?
Turning these self-care exercises into games or brain breaks can be doubly helpful. And to deepen the state of focus, check out the included guided meditation scripts, clickable at the bottom of the article.
Goodbye, perfect … hello, podcast
Book author & confidence researcher Homaira Kabir (of Goodbye, Perfect) is re-launching her podcast, “Below the Head, Above the Noise.” Her goal is to create something that helps listeners “participate deeply with life” in a safe way. Not sure what that means? Here’s her description:
“Based on my studies in positive psychology (the science of a meaningful life) and research on what makes life worth living, I want to talk about ways to nurture, feed & build an awakened heart that has the strength to deal with the beauty & brokenness of our individual & collective lives.
I’ll be on this journey with you because I know that when we can’t find ways to honor this fundamental aspect of who we are, we enter that gaping hollowness that leads to hopelessness, addictions & other ways of running away from existential pain.”