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I spend a lot of time in my head.
This is what it looks like.
One minute, we're repeating I am light. The next minute, we're addressing neighborhood blight.
In May of 2017, I had the opportunity to work with a wonderful group of 3rd and 4th graders at Hays-Porter School in the West End. The West End is a neighborhood that is near to my hear and it the same place where I held the 2015 youth summit that I organized. This opportunity came to me about a month before because the school has an afterschool program that continues enrichment activities for students throughout the early summer months. I was given two time slots for a total of three days over the course of two weeks. Plenty of time to take over the world! I proposed facilitating kids yoga and an activity that I called "Mindful Communities." I din't know that I would have the same group of students for each our but it worked out perfectly. I usually have a general plan but I leave room for change based on who arrives and what the group dynamic is like. Because I had the kids back-to-back, I was able to implement my Heal 'N Build Method. This method consists of me doing a yoga and or mindfulness activity first and follow it up with more off the mat yoga, service to the community. They loved the yoga and I know their language... MOANA! They eat up the soundtrack like candy and I tell stories with poses to go along with each song.
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AuthorJasmine Humphries is a mid-twenties Cincinnati native trying to make sense of the world around her while taking action at the same time. Posts range from topics of wellness, finance, community development, design, policy, and things in-between. Archives
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