Healthy Minds

Intentional Stillness & Anxiety

This lesson explores the link between intentional stillness and managing anxiety. Students learn about the brain's anxiety response (the amygdala), use the metaphor of a stress/anxiety bucket to understand what fills and empties their personal anxiety, and practise three forms of intentional stillness.

Learning Outcomes

Outcome 1:

Explore the link between intentional stillness and feeling anxious.

Outcome 2:

Identify what fills my stress bucket.

Outcome 3:

Practise intentional stillness that can help me deal with anxiety.

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