Defi Pierre Lavoie
Yoga to enhance concentration & memory
Meditation: to help reduce stress and anxiety
to increase concentration
YOGA
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Flower and CandleThis is a simple exercise that encourages deep breathing – a way to relax.
Pretend you have a nice smelling flower in one hand and a slow burning candle in the other.
Pretend you are a lazy cat that just woke up from a lovely long nap.
Pretend you are a feather floating through the air for about ten seconds.
Make your own stress ball(s) by filling balloons with dry lentils or rice.
Pretend you are a turtle going for a slow, relaxed turtle walk.
Pretend you have a nice smelling flower in one hand and a slow burning candle in the other.
- Breathe in slowly through your nose as you smell the flower.
- Breathe out slowly through your mouth as you blow out the candle.
- Repeat a few times.
- Reach up to the tree and pick a lemon with each hand.
- Squeeze the lemons hard to get all the juice out – squeeze, squeeze, squeeze.
- Throw the lemons on the floor and relax your hands.
- Then repeat, until you have enough juice for a glass of lemonade!
- After your last squeeze and throw, shake out your hands to relax!
Pretend you are a lazy cat that just woke up from a lovely long nap.
- Have a big yawn.
- And a meow.
- Now stretch out your arms, legs and back – slowly like a cat – and relax.
Pretend you are a feather floating through the air for about ten seconds.
- Suddenly you freeze and transform into a statue. Don’t move!
- Then slowly relax as you transform back into the floating feather again.
- Repeat, making sure to finish as a floaty feather in a relaxed state.
Make your own stress ball(s) by filling balloons with dry lentils or rice.
- Take the ball(s) in one or both hands and squeeze and release.
- Experiment with squeezing the ball. Find a way that is right for you, adjusting the speed, pressure, and timing of your squeezes to whatever way you like.
Pretend you are a turtle going for a slow, relaxed turtle walk.
- Oh no, it’s started to rain!
- Curl up tight under your shell for about ten seconds.
- The sun’s out again, so come out of your shell and return to your relaxing walk.
- Repeat a few times, making sure to finish with a walk so that your body is relaxed.