Mindful Moments by Yogi Squad
-
This week's Mindful Moment is all about Belly Breathing. This type of breathing allows our minds and bodies to feel calm and happy.
-
This week’s Mindful Moment we’re stirring up some yummy goodness! We’ll mindfully pretend to make and enjoy some delicious hot cocoa.
-
This week's Mindful Moment is all about the amazing brain, and how you can teach it to respond (thoughtful action) and not react (trouble)!
-
This week's Mindful Moment we learn how to trace our breath as it comes in and out the body. When our attention is focused on our breath, it's easier to let go of any stress and help ourselves feel calm. Then we can better focus on all the important things.
-
This week's Mindful Moment is all about Elephants. They have really sensitive feet that allow them to feel vibrations in the ground. Let's use our bodies to listen like an elephant!
-
This week's Mindful Moment is sending an arrow full of your kind thoughts and love to someone special. It could be a friend or family member, or even your teacher. You can even send love to yourself!
-
This week's Mindful Moment is a breathing exercise that’s as easy as 1-2-3… 4! We are going to use our finger to draw an imaginary square in front of us. This exercise is great for tricking our brain when it’s hard to feel calm.
-
This week's Mindful Moment is about getting a little silly… Silly as a horse, of course! Let your horse lips loose! This activity was created to make you giggle! Try it when you feel really frustrated to let all the tension go.
-
This week's Mindful Moment let's pretend to make a rainstorm with our bodies. This exercise is a great one to get some energy flowing and refocus your brain. Let's make a rainstorm together!
-
This week's Mindful Moment is practice using kind words or phrases, called Mantras. These help us feel confident and happy. Mantras are a great reminder that when we work hard and believe in ourselves, anything is possible.
-
This week's Mindful Moment we’ll think of someone in your life that could use a boost of positivity. Then, we'll send them happy thoughts, that will boost our happiness, too!
-
This week's Mindful Moment is a simple visual technique that allows us to slow down and focus. We'll take long, deep breaths as we trace our way to calm through the outside of each hand.
-
This week's Mindful Moment is sending an arrow full of your kind thoughts and love to someone special. It could be a friend or family member, or even your teacher. You can even send love to yourself!
-
This week's Mindful Moment we'll take a colorful adventure today, inside our minds! What’s your favorite color? Visualizations are an amazing way to exercise our brain, release stress and tension, and to help ourselves feel great!
-
This week's Mindful Moment we’ll explore super simple yoga poses that are recommended for DAILY practice to keep a healthy spine. Remember, just like a book, your spine is what holds you together, so make sure you take good care of it!
-
This week's Mindful Moment we’ll practice using our breath to draw a star. This is a really quick and simple way to add a calm and quiet moment during your day, anytime you need it!
-
This week's Mindful Moment we’ll practice facial exercises to strengthen the muscles in your face and neck. Face yoga gives you relief from all that screen time, too. Let's stretch our faces for some feel good fun!
-
This week's Mindful Moment let's pretend to be BEES! The hum we create when we buzz like a bee sends vibrations through our body, allowing us to feel more calm and more focused on whatever we are doing.
-
This week's Mindful Moment let's practice blowing all our worries away, with a magic bubble blower! This visualization is a great way to let go of yucky feelings so we can feel better.
-
This week's Mindful Moment let's go for a walk through a field of the most beautiful, fragrant-smelling flowers you’ve ever imagined! Our brains are magical organs that are able to create vivid pictures within our imaginations. Let’s use our imaginations and have some fun!
-
This week's Mindful Moment we’re pretending to light a candle and we'll make a wish! You can wish for ANYTHING, so think BIG. Ready to give it a try?
-
This week's Mindful Moment we’re pretending to light a candle and we'll make a wish! You can wish for ANYTHING, so think BIG. Ready to give it a try?
-
This week's Mindful Moment we’re pretending to put on earrings. Most of us spend a lot of time with our shoulders slumped forward… over tablets and computers, reading books and while we write. Our bodies get stiff, inflexible, and more likely to be injured if we don’t stretch and MOVE! Let’s try it together.
-
This week's Mindful Moment we are practicing being still like statues. We live busy, exciting lives that are always GO-GO-GO! But all the magic happens when we are still, if we are quiet enough to listen for it. Ready to practice being still and breathing? It's harder than it looks!
-
This week's Mindful Moment let's practice squeezing tightly different body parts, then releasing and relaxing them. Squeeze and Release helps us release tension from our bodies so we can get back to feeling fine. Ready to try it?
-
This week's Mindful Moment we’ll practice visualizing ourselves floating on big fluffy clouds with no destination in mind! This type of visualization exercise allows our brains time to relax, and also some fun use of our imaginations. Ready to float on a cloud? Let’s go!
-
This week's Mindful Moment we are pretending to be bats! Spread your bat wings really wide, and open your heart as we imagine flying high through the sky together! Let’s get ready to breathe big like a bat!
-
This week's Mindful Moment we are practicing blowing up an imaginary balloon. This is a great way to relax your brain with some silliness that can really change your day for the better! Ready to try it? Let’s do it!
-
This week's Mindful Moment we'll use our imaginations and pretend to fish for good vibrations! Ready to cast a reel in search of some good feelings? Let's do it!
-
This week's Mindful Moment let's practice sending someone Loving Kindness. In this technique we picture people who might need our positive thoughts sent to them. We'll send loving kindness to three others, and then to ourselves. Ready to give it a try?
-
This week's Mindful Moment we are practicing mindfulness like ninjas! Did you know that ninjas get their awesome powers from mindfulness? Ninjas are stealth because they are masters of silence, and paying attention to themselves and their surroundings. Ready to practice being mindful like a ninja with me?
-
This week's Mindful Moment lets practice TWISTING, BREATHING, and MOVING our bodies! When we twist we help wring out tissues and fluids all around our spine and make our entire body feel better. Ready to give it a try?
-
This week's Mindful Moment we are going to pretend that we are a jar of peanut butter with a problem. There’s barely enough peanut butter to make a sandwich. Grab your imaginary knife. We are going to need to WORK to get the peanut butter out!
-
This week's Mindful Moment we are practicing listening with our hearts. Our hearts shape our passions and dreams, and listening to our hearts can help guide us down a path that best suits us. Ready to tune in to your love organ?
-
This week's Mindful Moment we are practicing using each of our senses to help us identify things in our environment that help us feel grounded, calm, and safe. This is a great exercise to use when you're feeling anxious. Ready to give it a try?
-
This week's Mindful Moment we are practicing soaking up some gratitude. Gratitude is giving thanks for people and things in our lives that are special to us. When we give gratitude we also receive it! Ready for an attitude of gratitude?
-
This week's Mindful Moment we are practicing affirmations. These are words and phrases we repeat to ourselves to help us build confidence and self-esteem! Repeat these to yourself for a little boost in positivity, anytime you need it. Let’s try them together!
-
This week's Mindful Moment is my most favorite meditation! This meditation works because it teaches single-point of focus. That’s when we train our brains to focus on one thing at a time. And that’s what mediation is all about! LET'S DO THIS!