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No 3 Demonstrate relaxation exercises

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Aim of Badge: To develop a happy mind

Instructions
It might be nice to have a mindfulness online meeting with your Ladybirds to help unwind and relax their minds after all that we have all been through. Here are some helpful poses:

1. Butterfly: Ask the Ladybirds to sit on a mat or a cushion on the floor, to lengthen their spine and to bring the soles of their feet together. They can let their knees drop to the sides. Next, ask the Ladybirds to hook their hands around their feet or their fingers around their big toes before opening the soles of their feet like a book, while keeping their back straight.

2. Happy Baby: This move is sure to make the Ladybirds laugh. Ask the Ladybirds to roll onto their back and bend their knees into their chest. Keeping their elbows inside their knees, ask the Ladybirds to wrap their hands round the outside of the soles of their feet. See if they can move their knees in towards their armpits. This might be difficult but remind the Ladybirds to try to keep their tailbone flat on the floor. Let the Ladybirds enjoy rocking around, side to side, forwards and backwards.

3. Cat/Cow: Ask the Ladybirds to come to all fours, toes untucked, flat on the floor, fingers spread wide. Starting with their back nice and flat in a neutral position, when the Ladybirds inhale they must round their back and bring their head down so that they are looking in towards their tummy. When they exhale, they lift their chest, their collarbones and their tailbone. Do this move a couple of times to loosen out their backs.

4. Silly Dancing: This is true freestyle! Ask the Ladybirds to ensure that they have a clear space around them and that they won’t be able to fall or break anything (this is very important for when they are at home). Now what the Ladybirds have to do is move like nobody is watching. They can wriggle, jiggle, swing around, shake their legs, their arms, jump, crawl etc. You could add music to this or the Ladybirds could sing along to their movements. The biggest lesson here is that the Ladybirds just need to feel free.

5. Relaxation Before you send the Ladybirds back to their parents, hyper as if they have eaten 10 Easter eggs, it is important that they relax and bring their minds and bodies back to the present. Ask the Ladybirds to lie back and let their body go. With heavy arms and legs, let them drop and drop again into the earth. Ask the Ladybirds to close their eyes, to stay like this for two or three minutes and to breathe as normal. Let thoughts come and go; just be.

Acknowledgement/Source: https://cosmickids.com/10-kids-yoga-poses-for-self-love/

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• Ladybird
• ladybird Active Body
• Ladybird Healthy Mind
• relaxation

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