Creative Mindfulness Activity to Reduce Stress - Mindfulness Jar
Creative Mindfulness Activity to Reduce Stress - Mindfulness Jar is a team reflection exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.
How to run it
- Gather your group to sit or stand next to a surface that they can work on, eg table, floor.
- Distribute one jar to each person and direct access to the other resources (when required.)
- By way of demonstration, announce that you are going to make a mindfulness jar.
- Place a spoonful of glitter into your jar.
- Fill your jar approximately halfway with warm water and carefully swirl the container to separate the glitter.
- Add glycerin (or corn syrup) to your jar sufficient to thicken the liquid, ie this makes the glitter fall slowly.
- Add a drop or two of dish soap, ie to prevent the glitter from sticking together.
- Finally, close your jar tightly and give it a few shakes.
- Mindfulness Jar Creative mindfulness activity to promote calm & stress reduction.
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Prompts to use +
Gather your group to sit or stand next to a surface that they can work on, eg table, floor.
Place a spoonful of glitter into your jar.
Add a drop or two of dish soap, ie to prevent the glitter from sticking together.
Finally, close your jar tightly and give it a few shakes.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Creative Mindfulness Activity to Reduce Stress - Mindfulness Jar. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Gather your group to sit or stand next to a surface that they can work on, eg table, floor.; Place a spoonful of glitter into your jar.; Add a drop or two of dish soap, ie to prevent the glitter from sticking together.; Finally, close your jar tightly and give it a few shakes.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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