Types of Skills
Looking at an aquarium, a snow globe, or a bouquet of flowers falls under this sensory category.
What is Visual?
On this desert planet, a young Luke Skywalker lived with his Aunt Beru and Uncle Owen.
What is Tatooine?
This popular grounding technique asks you to name 5 things you see, 4 things you can touch, 3 things you hear, 2 things you smell, and 1 thing you can taste.
What is the 5-4-3-2-1 technique?
These are two examples of chores listed as "Movement" activities that can help a person regulate.
What are sweeping the floor, making the bed, washing a window, or wiping a table? (Accept any two)
This category includes activities like reciting a mantra, chanting "ohm," or striking a singing bowl.
What is Auditory?
This is the color of the lightsaber blade wielded by Mace Windu, famously requested by actor Samuel L. Jackson.
What is purple?
Also known as "Square Breathing," this technique involves inhaling, holding, exhaling, and holding again for equal counts of four.
What is Box Breathing?
This sensory category includes activities like blowing bubbles, looking at photos of favorite places, or looking out a window.
What is Visual?
Petting an animal, rubbing a smooth stone, or playing with slime are examples of this type of input.
What is Tactile?
This diminutive green Grand Master of the Jedi Order lived to be 900 years old before passing away on Dagobah.
Who is Yoda?
This mindfulness skill involves "naming" your emotion to reduce its power, often described by the phrase "Name it to ______ it."
What is "Name it to Tame it"?
This specific type of breathing focuses on extending the exhale so it is twice as long as the inhale to activate the parasympathetic nervous system.
What is 4-7-8 breathing (or extended exhalation)?
If you choose to light a candle or smell essential oils, you are using this sensory category.
What is Olfactory?
This bounty hunter, who wore iconic Mandalorian armor, met his apparent end in the Great Pit of Carkoon after being knocked into a Sarlacc.
Who is Boba Fett?
This relaxation method involves tensing and then releasing different muscle groups one by one, from your toes up to your head.
What is Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR)?
Splashing this on your face can trigger the "mammalian dive reflex" to instantly lower a racing heart rate.
What is cold water?
Under the Tactile category, this specific activity involves running your fingers through these two types of dried food.
What are corn or beans?
On the forest moon of Endor, these small, furry inhabitants helped the Rebel Alliance disable the shield generator for the second Death Star.
What are Ewoks?
This technique involves imagining a "Safe Place" or "Happy Place" in vivid detail to mentally escape a stressful environment.
What is Visualization or Guided Imagery?
This is the skill where to stop what you are doing for a time to calm down.
What is Taking a Break?