Mindfulness Daily Check In August 15, 2018

H-A-P-P-Y 1ST D-A-Y O-F S-C-H-O-O-L
Perhaps you've already checked off the supply list, having purchased (or dusted off from last year!)
materials pencils, binders, school bag and more. Maybe there are a few new clothes in your child's closet, and gleaming gym sneakers still sitting in their box. What's left to do? OMG lunch's are not made

Hi everyone gooood morning to you all! Bright eyed, coffee making slow, kids running around like sleepie zombies, slipping in to the bathrooms to get ready. Me- has a headache waiting for coffee in my cold empty cup, listening to kids as well as animals run around with excitement. Coofeeeeeeeee....
Still I am able to ground myself so the actions around me doesn't set off my anxiety and I am not focused. Parents do sometimes have a rough frist week to prepare the kids for school regardless of age. To be able to get your mind and body to ground when kids are all over with excitement and participation sometimes is hard.
Sometimes as a parent or a caregiver to a child it can be rough on emotions and sometimes the thoughts- or both. Thing is to grab those emotions/thoughts right away and gear yourself into the here and now. To know it's ok to excuse yourself for a few minutes and get yourself together. Yes this check in may be all over lol but I believe parents know where I'm coming from.
Simple Grounding:https://youtu.be/5pnqeolrKJ0
Anxiety and Stress:https://youtu.be/sTIoYW1SES0
Do you all remember when you went to your first day of school? Please if you like share on an experience about those first days of school




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@RumpleSteeleSkin Hey I am too old to remember my first day at school, I can remember junior high and high school and I was always anxious
@NancySV1
Hi there Nancy good to see you today
Yes school can bring on a lot of anxiety for many-even my own kids. Sometimes as a parent I really have to push my own anxieties down and focus on my daughters. But good thing about that is they are slowly learning on mindfulness. A bit rebellious still but at least they try. Can I ask what makes your anxiety higher when you went to school?

@NancySV1
You got that right
@RumpleSteeleSkin
(handing over a cup of columbian coffee to rumple)
Hi there and thanks for the 2 videos, checked both of them and I can already say that I love the first one, such a grounding voice!
First school day, yes I can still remember fractions, like getting a picture taken with the whole class (I can almost see it hehe) and having the big big cone filled with goodies in my arms (a kind of traditional thing for first school day).
@amiablePeace77
mmmmmm on that cup of coffee I say-and thanks
oh wow for you to remember your first day of school really is mindful. And yes my teacher in grade school she was known to bag up treats for us kiddos. Thank you for sharing this
Hi there and thanks for the 2 videos, checked both of them and I can already say that I love the first one, such a grounding voice!