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Breath it Out

Brief:A grounding activity

Equipment: N/A

Step by Step

If in a group…

  1. Ask the group to walk around the space and find a place in the room on their own.
  2. Get each young person to place one of their hands on their chest and one on their stomach.
  3. Ask the young people to breathe in for the count of 3 and breathe out to the count of 5. Repeat this a few times.
  4. Ask the young people to breathe in for the count of 5 and breathe out to the count of 7. Repeat this a few times then work back to the previous step.
  5. Ask all of the group to return their breathing to normal.

Things to Consider

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Explainer

An exercise to help centre an individual and regulate their breathing. If a young person is upset in a 1:1 this can be a good way to ground and calm them when they are ready/able to participate in the exercise.

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