Introduction
Mindfulness is becoming more and more important in this fast-paced world. This game is about teaching meditation, self-awareness, and how the mind can “slow down” time.
Target group and Time
This exercise needs one instructor and can be done with any age group from grade 2 to 12. It is highly recommended to do it best done outside, preferably in a park or forest. It takes up to 12 minutes.
Learning objectives
The learners should feel connected to themselves and to their surroundings. Self-awareness is becoming more and more important in this fast world. For younger children, this is a good way to learn how what different body parts are called and also how to express their experiencesfeelings and thoughts.
Instructions to set up the activity
- First
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- , each person should sit down
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- , leaving a little space
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- between them and the next person.
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- Then all the students should close their eyes and
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- slowly breath in
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- and breath
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- out for 10 seconds, counting down from 10 to 1 and
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- concentrating on their breath.
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- Now each student should take their index finger
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- , place it on their forehead and run it down their face, nose, lips, chin, neck, left shoulder, left elbow,
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- the palm of their hand, and run their index finger over all their left fingers.
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- The teacher can add the right side of the body or more body parts like legs and feet
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- as well
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- . This depends on how much time is left.
- Now the students can slowly
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- move their fingers back to their
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- necks.
- Then the students take both of their index fingers and place them on their ears. They should feel their ears about 5 seconds.
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- Then they listen to what
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- they hear in their surroundings. Can they hear wind, birds, cars, or people?
- Then the students
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- try to imagine they are melting into their surroundings.
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- (Let the learners listen quietly for 2 to 3 minutes.)
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- After that they can slowly come back to themselves and open their eyes. Now the learners
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- may speak about their
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- experiences. For many, it might be the first time having done
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- something like meditation. If there is time, the learners can
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- go explore their surroundings and observe the things they could hear.
