Mindful Breathing Exercise for Creative Focus - Drawing Breath
Mindful Breathing Exercise for Creative Focus - Drawing Breath is a visual thinking exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.
How to run it
- In advance, gather all of your art supplies and materials.
- Gather your group and ask them to grab their choice of craft materials.
- Invite your group to sit comfortably and place the materials in front of them (on a table or floor.)
- Announce that you will soon lead a brief exercise to help them relax and connect to their breath.
- Facilitate the visualisation step by step, making adjustments according to the needs of your group.
- As you guide your group through the script, invite them to use their creative tool of choice to draw and paint their breath on paper.
- For example, as they inhale they may choose to draw an upward motion on their paper and with each exhale, they may draw a downward motion.
- When ready, gently invite your group back to be present in the room.
- Drawing Breath is a mindful breathing exercise that gently guides participants to visualise and illustrate their breathing patterns using simple art materials.
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Prompts to use +
Gather your group and ask them to grab their choice of craft materials.
Invite your group to sit comfortably and place the materials in front of them (on a table or floor.)
As you guide your group through the script, invite them to use their creative tool of choice to draw and paint their breath on paper.
For example, as they inhale they may choose to draw an upward motion on their paper and with each exhale, they may draw a downward motion.
When ready, gently invite your group back to be present in the room.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Mindful Breathing Exercise for Creative Focus - Drawing Breath. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Gather your group and ask them to grab their choice of craft materials.; Invite your group to sit comfortably and place the materials in front of them (on a table or floor.); As you guide your group through the script, invite them to use their creative tool of choice to draw and paint their breath on paper.; For example, as they inhale they may choose to draw an upward motion on their paper and with each exhale, they may draw a downward motion.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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- Where we observed it: The strongest current observations come from Playmeo; aggregators are listed as additional observations, not origin proof. (1 source observed, including Playmeo.)
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