Name that brain part!
Mindfulness
Mindful Listening
Show & Tell
100
This part of your brain helps you react quickly when you are in danger.
What is the amygdala.
100
This part of your brain helps you be more mindful...unlike the amygdala.
What is the Pre-frontal Cortex.
100
What do your ears do during mindful listening.
Our ears should be listening to words being said as well as tone and volume.
100
Point to your prefrontal cortex.
Behind you forehead.
200
This part of your brain is responsible for thinking and reasoning.
What is the Pre-frontal Cortex.
200
Sometimes our minds wander to the p_______ or f_________, making it difficult to be present in the moment.
What is past and future.
200
What kind of attention should we give to someone speaking to us? Starts with the letter U...
What is undivided.
200

What are the 4 Fs that your body will choose from when you are stressed or in danger.

Fight, flight, freeze

300
This part of your brain helps you store memories and remember things.
What is the hippocampus.
300
This part of our brain causes us to be less mindful and more reactive?
What is the amygdala.
300
What should our eyes be doing during mindful listening?
Looking at the person's facial expressions and body language.
300
Point to where your hippocampus is.
Behind your ear.
400
There are over a million of these in your body. They help send messages to and from your brain, to the rest of you body.
What are neurons.
400
Part of mindfulness is focusing our attention on what is happening _____.
What is now.
400
What should your mind be doing during mindful listening?
What is thinking about what the person is saying and trying to understand it.
400
Show us the most common places to take your pulse.
Wrist (thumb side) and Neck (under jaw joint)
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