This 7 week course is loosely centered around the 7 Chakra's. We will use colours and themes relevant to the different areas to begin to help participants to find inner balance. The chakra themes provide a great way to open up discussions and activities on emotions. The Sacral Chakra is mainly about our connections with and ability to accept others and new experiences. It is also about a sense of fun and enjoyment. We will be talking about emotions, relationships and creativity. The colour connected to this Chakra is Orange. Working with colour makes it more accessible to younger people.

Each week we will suggest activities that can be done at home. Find what works for you, you don't need to use everything. The idea is to practice so that mindfulness becomes a habit that is part of your life and will be there to support you when you really need it. All these activities can be done by the whole family! Here are some things to try this week.

• Set up your meditation space
  • Find a quiet, comfortable space to use for meditation, add something that makes you feel calm and secure, spray your aromatherapy.
• Practice eating mindfully
  • Take a breath before you eat, really chew your food and focus on the tastes and smells.
  • Think about where it came from and how it was prepared.
  • Remove distractions like the TV.
• Really listen
  
  • Practice being completely there and listening to whoever is talking.
• Think about 'A good relationship'
  • List in your journal (using words or pictures) what this is to you. Remember it doesn't have to be literal you can write anything that feels good to you (maybe its green, warm, open etc).
• Try out your grounding points, notice what they feel like and if they help you feel connected.
• Focus on what is fun/ what you like! Add to your list or make a list of this.
  • Ask others in your family what they find fun and see which things match and which are different.
• Use your orange meditation.
  • You can note down in your journal anything you liked or didn't like or any challenges you had with meditation.
    

Every week we will open with this 'welcoming breath'. This is a great exercise to do when you first wake up or if you need to clear the air.

Each week we will do this rainbow meditation. It is great for balance, focus and clearing out any blocks or negativity to learning. It is great to help you calm down, make decisions and be open to learning. If you find it difficult to get through try using your 'Grounding Points' from Week One before you start.

Each week will add to the crystal bead band. Here is some information about the crystal you have received this week

Each week you will choose a Bach Flower remedy. Read more about the remedies for this week here. You can repeat your affirmation or read and write it whenever you can or whenever you need. Why not ask family members to do it with you or pick their own affirmations?

The room spray may not have all of the aromatherapy oils in it, it contains a blend of some of them. All of these oils are good to support this week.

The weekly Brain Gym exercises are a great way to help activate the brain, strengthening pathways between the left and right side of your brain and providing some relief from stress. These videos are the same exercises you will have done in the class. Use them as a reminder and do them everyday -they are particularly useful before reading, writing, doing homework or playing a sport.

For more information on Brain Gym please read here. This week the exercise is Crossed Hands and Feet. Why not make this into a meditation and focus practice, try and sense how it feels, how is your balance, how long can you stay like this? It is useful for balancing the brain.

These exercises use special points on your head and are designed to help you work through your emotions and remove potential blocks. Use them whenever you need them. See the card for more details.

The meditation below can be done without music, however this is the music we used in the class (available on You Tube). You can play this in the background or just during the week when doing other things. The background Binaural vibration can help to resonate within the body, correcting internal frequencies subconsciously. Read more about Binaural frequencies here.