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Painting the Canvas

What do you need: Safe and quiet space with a place to move freely.
What can it help for: Promotes stretching and warming up your body, increases the
movement range, awakens imagination.
How much time do you need: Up to 5 minutes.
How to do it? 
Imagine that you have a big canvas in front of you. Stretch and reach as high as you can, and go as low as you can to mark the edges of the canvas. Draw an imaginary square.

Imagine that your palms become the brushes of a painter. Choose a colour which is important for you today, and start painting. Start from the highest point and move your hands to the right and left, up and down, to cover the entire surface of the canvas evenly with your imaginary colour.

Let your breath support your movement.

Feel free in the way you paint. Other parts of the body can become brushes, not just palms but also entire arm surfaces, your shoulders, your back, legs, etc. Let your body stretch freely as much as you feel comfortable.

Focus on pleasant movement.

Take three deep breaths and relax your body.

Would you like to try some variations?

If you still have lots of energy and would like to continue:
• When canvas feels limiting, you can extend it by painting an entire room everywhere around yourself.
• On the covered canvas you can write your name – with big letters or small, as you wish.
If you feel extremely tired but still feel curious and would like to continue exploring:
• You can remain seated and draw an imaginary minuscule canvas, which is in front of your nose. At the very end of your nose is a tiny brush, which can be moved very gently and slowly, in different forms: lines, circles, squares, eighths, until the smallest canvas in the world is evenly covered.


 

Now you can reflect:
● What is different now? You can think about your current physical sensations, feelings,and thoughts.
● What did you enjoy the most during painting?
● How would you describe your painting?● What was meaningful for you in the process?

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