"The story of your life is formed by what you notice each day." Look for good things! p. 132, The Onward Workbook by Elena Aguilar
- take some deep breaths
- draw nose circles one way, then the other
- helicopter breathing: hands to shoulders, twist one way on breath in, twist the opposite on breath out
- tiger/ bird dog -- add bent knee and elbow
- down dog to plank, plank to down dog
- sun salutations
[on plank: I'll get through this. I am powerful. I am valuable, and I belong. Everything is connected. I am enough, I do enough. I am peaceful and calm. I am kind. I am caring. I am grateful.]
"The third law of motion in physics is that for every action there's an equal and opposite reaction. What you put out comes back to you. Before the thing that goes out, the action, there is the thought to create the action. Behind the thought is an intention--a motivation. That intention is the energy that is going to be returned to you. So taking time to create intentions, to design them as you want, is a high-leverage strategy to influence how you experience your life." p. 138
- down dog, knee to nose 3x, crescent lunge, prayer twist
repeat
Interrupt distorted thoughts: black-and-white thinking, jumping to conclusions, unrealistic expectations, disqualifying the positive, overgeneralizing, catastrophizing, emotional reasoning, personalization
"Is there any other way to look at this? Is there any evidence to suggest that this way of thinking isn't entirely true?" p.172
- triangle
- warrior II
- reverse warrior
- side angle
- revolved side angle
repeat
- stork
- warrior I
- stork
repeat
- dancer
"Robert Hargrove, a business and life coach guru and the author of Masterful Coaching (2000), distinguishes between two kinds of stories we tell: "river" and "rut" stories." p.182
- river
- boat
- seated tree on both sides
- river
- bridge
- twist
- happy baby
- rest
" . . . the stories we craft predict our futures, encapsulate our legacies, and impact our resilience. You have a choice, so tell powerful stories." p. 93, Onward: Cultivating Emotional Resilience in Educators by Elena Aguilar
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