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Session 5: Life’s Roller Coaster

• In this session we will begin to investigate how we react when we are stressed, how our body feels and some of the thoughts we might typically have.

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Puzzling thoughts

• In Aberland, you cannot take a picture of a man with a wooden leg. Why not?

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Mindfulness: recap• So far we have

focused on:• And

And focused a bit on• The body • And our breath

• And our thoughts

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Clip 1• http://www.roller-coaster-videos.com/

Stress: Where do you feel it?

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Reaction to stress:The roller coaster

Stressor Thoughts Feelings Body Reactions

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Reaction to stress:The Scare

Stressor Thoughts Feelings Body Reactions

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How are they feeling? - 1

Stressor Thoughts Feelings 2. Maths test

Megan has a maths test this morning, and maths is not her best subject. She didn’t do any revision last night.

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How are they feeling? - 2

Stressor Thoughts Feelings 3. A difficult class

Mr Smith has to teach 10DS next, and they can be a noisy and difficult class.

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My own stressors• What are your top two stressors?• When they happen, can you remember the kinds of thoughts

you have?• Are there any typical feelings you notice in the body?

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My own stressors

Stressor Thoughts Feelings Body Reactions

Mindfulness of noise• We will now try a mindfulness of breath and body. Noticing as

carefully as you can each in breath and each out breath, and how your body is feeling as whole.

• After each loud noise please try as best you can to notice your breath and body reactions – including any urge to open your eyes, or talk, or check how your friends have reacted.

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Puzzling thoughts

• In Aberland, you cannot take a picture of a man with a wooden leg. Why not?

• You cannot take pictures with a wooden leg, you use a camera.