Miss van Gelder @miss_vangelder Mindfulness Breathing Cards
Miss van Gelder
@miss_vangelder
Mindfulness Breathing Cards
StarBreathing
Use your pointy finger to slowly trace around the star.
Breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth.
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Breatheout Breathe in Breathe
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in
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out
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Breatheout
HOLD
HOLDHOLD
HOLD HOLD
Imagine all the stars in the night sky.
START
FlowerBreathing
Take a deep breath like you are smelling a flower.
Use your pointy finger to slowly trace around the flower.
Breathe in through your nose for 2 petals and out through your mouth for 2 petals.
Breathe out
Breathe
out
Breathein
Breathe
in
START
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LeafBreathing
Imagine all the leaves on a big, tall tree.
Use your pointy finger to slowly trace around the leaf.
Breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth.
Breath
e in
Breathe
out
HOLD
START
Triangle Breathing
Imagine 3 objects that are shaped like a triangle.
Use your pointy finger to slowly trace around the triangle.
Breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth.
Hold
for 3
START
Breathein for 3
Breathe out for 3
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RainbowBreathing
Imagine a rainbow and think of each colour as you breathe.
Breathein
Breatheout
START
Use your pointy finger to slowly trace each colour of the rainbow.
Breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth.
MountainBreathing
Imagine you are climbing and exploring the mountains.
What do you see around you?
Breathein
Breathe outHOLD
HOLD
Breathein
Breathe out
HOLD
HOLD
Breathe
in
START
Use your pointy finger to slowly trace around the mountains.
Breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth.
Breathe out
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Hot chocolateBreathing
Imagine you have a yummy hot chocolate. Do you have a favorite mug? What does it
look like?
1) Hold your hot chocolate with both hands.
2) Slowly smell the hot chocolate – Yum
3) Breathe out through your mouth.
Breath
e in Breathe out
Dragon Breathing
Imagine you are a fire-breathing dragon. What colour are you? What do you look like?
1) Take a deep breath through your nose.
2) Put your hand in front of your mouth.
3) Breathe out onto your hand and feel the warmth.
Breathe in
Breathe out
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BalloonBreathing
Imagine blowing up a balloon.
Lie down on the floor if you can and place your hands on your tummy.
Breathe in your nose and fill your tummy like a balloon.
Breathe out and repeat.
Breathe in
Breathe out
Imagine climbing on a soft, fluffy cloud.
CloudBreathing
Breathein
START
Breath
e out
Breathe in
Breathe out
Breathe out Breathe in
HOLD
Use your pointy finger to slowly trace around the cloud.
Breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth.
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START
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in
Breathe
out
HOLD
HOLD HOLD
HOLDHOLD
Use your pointy finger to slowly trace around the hand or your own hand.Breathe in through your nose and out
through your mouth.
High-five Breathing
SunBreathing
Imagine the warmth of the sun on your skin.
Breathe in
Breathe out
Lie down on the floor if you can and close your eyes. Imagine the warm sun on
your skin.
Breathe in your nose and out your mouth slowly 5 times.
Imagine a rollercoaster riding along your fingers.
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Spiral Breathing
START
Breathein
Breathe
out
Imagine you are on an exciting journey.
Use your pointy finger to slowly trace the spiral.
Breathe in through your nose as you travelto the middle and breathe out through your mouth as you go back out of the spiral.
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