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"inner rainbow" Guided meditation or story

Guided meditations or "stories" can be used for anything from inviting peace and calm, to releasing stored emotions, to providing the space for practicing a new skill. They can also be used as a little "get-away" when we need a break.

 

I like to call them "stories" when I introduce them to kids because the word story is more familiar and fun for kids. Meditation and visualization are big words and can be hard for little learners to understand. But, once your kids are familiar with guided stories and enjoy them, then introduce them to the word meditation.

 

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sensational meditations

My guided stories are "sensational" meditations meaning "of the senses". Our five senses constantly receive information from our outer environment through our eyes, nose, ears, mouth, and in the ways we touch. This information is processed and we gain an understanding of what's going on around us.

 

Guided stories help us tap into our inner environment using our inner senses. Information from our inner senses can help generate a picture of our inner landscape, like what we are thinking and feeling deep inside that might not be obvious. These might be clues as to why your kids have certain fears or display certain behaviors, for example.

 

To use your inner senses just close your eyes and "see" your kitchen in your mind with your "inner eyes". Then, smell the apple pie baking in the oven with your inner nose, and feel the sensations of the fork in your hand. Take a bite of the apple pie and taste it with your inner mouth. Which emotion comes up while you are eating the pie?

 

It's that easy to use your inner senses and turn any story into a sensational experience. It's kind of like you are imagining it, but you make it as real as possible using the five senses.

 

"inner rainbow" guided meditation

The "Inner Rainbow" guided meditation is a journey through the colors, one at a time, using the five senses. It is a kid-friendly, activity that will strengthen their mindfulness skills as they focus and notice smaller and smaller details in the meditation that might otherwise get missed.

 

Your kids can carry these noticing skills to their outer senses and enrich any experience they are having. Perhaps they will see different shades of red or some dots of yellow in the skin of their next apple or maybe they will hear two quieter birds in addition to the really loud one while they are outside.

 

Noticing the smallest of details in our outer and inner worlds can make our experiences more meaningful. But, it can also help us determine when something isn't right and we need to make an adjustment. When we feel a twinge of anger or fear AND we notice it, we can work through it and release it.

 

You'll find six scripts in the Mindfulness Library for you. There are five scripts, one for each of the five senses, and one more for emotional feelings. Each "sense" script (6) can be used with any of the colors of the rainbow (7) for a total of 42 ways to practice this meditation! Simply fill in the blank in the script with a color.

 

Add the "Inner Rainbow" guided meditation scripts to your lesson plans that focus on colors, rainbows, and/or the five senses, or any time you want to add some mindfulness to your day. When you switch up the colors and the senses based on your lesson plan, you have a new engaging mindfulness activity each time. Just rinse and repeat.

 

You can grab all six of the scripts and discussion questions in The Mindfulness Library. 

 

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Other ways to use the "Inner rainbow" guided meditation

Here are some ideas for incorporating this meditation into your preschool day.

1. Use pocket dice with sense cards and color cards. I created some cards and put them with the scripts in The Mindfulness Library. Just print them out and choose 6 color cards for one die and 6 sense cards for the other. Roll the dice together and practice that meditation combo.
2. Place the color cards and the sense cards face down and choose one from each group.
3. Have your peace keeper, line leader, or birthday boy/girl choose their favorite for the day.
4. If you do a weekly color theme, use that color for the entire week and switch the senses, so you do a different sense each day.
5. Add this "Inner Rainbow" meditation to your St. Patrick's Day lesson plan.
6. Add this guided meditation to your weather theme.

 

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The scripts and cards are available for immediate download from The Mindfulness Library. Click the button and you'll have access to ALL the meditation scripts, mindfulness packets, deep breathing printables that are there and more. Enjoy!!