Intro

Happy New Year!

You will need 15 minutes and something to capture your thoughts to complete this assignment.This assignment is about playfully approaching yourself. #hopework #HopeworkSet6

Read through this exercise before doing it so you can learn what steps you’ll want to do.

There is no threaded version this week.

Step-by-step

1) Find a comfortable and safe place to sit or lay with your eyes closed.

2) Download the Smiling Mind app and create an account.

Google Play store or Apple App store

Create account

a. If you already have a Smiling Mind account, skip ahead.

b. Open the app. Go ahead and select Create My Free Account then Continue.

c. You can create an account with an email & password or by signing up via google, facebook, or apple.

d. Select Continue then enter the name and year close to your birthday.

e. Make any selection here. I do highly recommend sharing the app’s exercises with family. They are great as part of a bedtime or nap routine.

f. Select any choice and Continue twice.

g. Welcome to the Smiling Mind app.

3) We will be using the Year 1 Classroom.

The Year 1 Classroom is for first year students but who doesn’t have an inner 7-year old somewhere inside of them? Let yourself (your younger self?) have this moment of fun. In fact, we will be using this app all month.

Here’s how to navigate to the Year 1 Classroom:

a. Scroll down and select Explore.

b. Scroll down to Content and select Classroom.

c. Select Year 1.

4) Select Glowing Bubble Breathing.

5) Get comfortable then hit play.

6) Take the remainder of your 15 minutes to write down a few sentences or words about your experience with this exercise.

Here are some questions to get you started:

• What happened in your mind and body as you practiced the exercise?
• How do you feel towards the exercise: more positive, more negative, or more neutral?
• Is there someone you would like to share the exercise with? Why did you think of them?

After you finish writing, feel free to read what you wrote and add to it if you feel moved to do so.

Extra hopework: Try listening to Glowing Bubble Breathing once a day this week.