This is a mindful walk video.
Mindful activities can help us feel calm. Find a quiet place to watch it. It is a video of a walk around Tinkinswood archeological site, near Cardiff. Always follow Public Health Wales guidelines if you go out into the community during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sorting or counting coins is a mindful activity.
Do you sometimes feel anxious or overwhelmed? Mindful activities can help you feel calm. This video shows you how to sort coins in easy steps. It also shows you how to make it a sensory experience. Sensory input includes: tactile, olfactory, visual, auditory, vestibular and proprioceptive. Are doing chores at home important to you?
Would you like to make these activities more fun? This video shows you how to make washing-up a sensory experience. Sensory input includes: auditory, tactile, visual, olfactory, vestibular and proprioceptive. At the moment lots of people are struggling to understand that their normal routines are changing. Just telling someone they aren't going to be doing what they normally do next isn't always enough to help them understand. Now/next/then boards can help show what the new routine is visually. The person can keep referring back to it, and can clearly see the routine rather than try and imagine it from what you have said.
You can make lots of pictures to represent activities, stick velcro on to the back of the picture and move them around, depending on the routine that day. Make sure you use pictures that makes sense to the person, and make it interesting for them to look at without being distracting. You can just make it a Now/Next board if 3 activities is too much for someone to deal with. This activity flow sheet shows you what you need to do a mindful doodling activity. It also breaks down the activity into easy steps.
When you are feeling anxious, overwhelmed or worried, breathing can help you feel calm and relaxed. Try this activity that uses alternate nostril breathing.
Breathing with shapes can help you breath more calmly when you are feeling anxious or overwhelmed.
This belly breathing exercise is a good way to help calm your mind if you are feeling anxious or overwhelmed.
This video shows you how to mindfully doodle. Mindful doodling can help keep you focused and help you to feel calm. It is a creative activity and is a simple exercise for people of different skill levels.
This breathing exercise helps you feel calm by focusing on the sights, feels, sounds, smell and tastes around you.
This video shows you how to mindfully doodle. Mindful doodling can help keep you focused and help you to feel calm. It is a creative activity and is a simple exercise for people of different skill levels.
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