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Name that brain part!
Mindfulness
Keep Calm & ...
Using our senses
Act it out!
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This part of your brain helps you react quickly when you are in danger.
What is the amygdala.
100

What is being mindful/mindfulness?


Being fully present in the moment without judgement or preference.

100

We can practice deep breathing and mindful listening to calm this part of our brain.

What is the amygdala.

100

Practicing this can help us to keenly observe our world and sharpen our memories.

What is mindful smelling?

100
Point to your prefrontal cortex.
Behind you forehead.
200

This part of your brain is responsible for thinking and learning.

What is the Pre-frontal Cortex.

200

When you're mind wanders to the p_______ or f_________, you are not able to be present in the moment.

What is past and future.

200

Listen to the bell (demonstration time) and see if you can hum along to the same note

Demo time

200
Practicing this can help us read social cues and respond to the facial expressions and body language of others.
What is mindful seeing?
200
Act out the 3 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
Giving your brain time to process something you hear, see, taste, smell or feel before acting allows the brain to think more clearly.
What is mindful behavior?
300

Practicing this helps us communicate more effectively with others by increasing our attention to what others say and to hone in on details such as tone and inflection.

What is mindful listening?

300
We can help our brains release dopamine and create positive feelings with activities that give us pleasure and a feeling of accomplishment. Act out what activity you might do to promote positive feelings in yourself.
What is sports, music, dance, art, social interactions, participating in class, etc.
400

Point out where the prefrontal cortex is?

See brain

400

Part of mindfulness is focusing our attention on what is happening _____.

What is now.

400
We can not access these two parts of our brain when our amygdala is not calm.
What is the pre-frontal cortex and the hippocampus.
400
Slowing down,savoring, and noticing flavor, texture and temperature is part of mindful ____________.
What is tasting.
400

Focusing on our breathing helps to calm the amygdala and allows the thinking and reasoning centers of the brain to be active. What is a breathing exercise you have learned?

Answers vary. Best breathing exercises may include,

Cool the soup/smell the soup

blow out the candles

finger breathing...

500

Point out where the hippocampus and amygdala are :)

See brain

500
This word can be used to describe someone who thinks and gathers more information BEFORE forming an opinion or judgement.
What is non-judgmental.
500

Focusing on breathing lessons anxiety by overriding the "fight, flight, or freeze" response set off by the amygdala and gives control to conscious thought which takes place in the prefrontal cortex.

Why do we practice deep breathing?

500

Practicing this helps us pay close attention to the sensations of our body when it is at rest and when it is active helps us recognize and monitor physical and mental states such as exertion and stress.

What is mindful movement?

500
Point to where your hippocampus is.
Behind your ear.