Beach Breathing
Take a moment to do a short breathing exercise to try relax you body
and mind by picturing that you are sitting on a beach somewhere warm.
Get in an upright seated position with your back straight, feet flat on the floor and roll
your shoulders back, making sure you can breathe easily. Close your eyes and imagine
that you’re sitting or standing on the beach watching the waves come onto the beach,
followed by them getting dragged back into the ocean.
This activity is called Beach Breathing.
INHALE deeply, allowing your stomach and chest to fill with air and imagine you’re
drawing a wave up onto the sand
EXHALE slowly and calmly, pushing the air out of your body and imagine the water
receding back into the ocean
Repeat 5x!
This breathing exercise allows us to clear our heads and focus our attention and focus
to the waves and our breathing.
If you liked this breathing technique sign up for our 21 Days of Breathing Gem workbook. Sign up here: Gem 21 Days of Breathing
FIRST HEALTH AND WELLNESS AMBASSADOR MEETING
of the 2022-2023 school year
September 15
~ ZOOM~
6:00 PM
Register with Alyssa by emailing her at asaienni@udel.edu
HAWA VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Newark Community Days on the green at UD campus
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18TH
11AM- 1:30 PM
OR
1:30PM- 4:00 PM
Contact Karen Johnston at krjohn@udel.edu
Using Vaping to Quit Smoking
Did you know that most individuals who begin vaping to quit smoking mostly convert to both rather than quitting smoking? 100% of smokers have reported using some type of vaping device in the past year.
For more information go to Healthy Living
A BIG Thank You to Our 4-H Healthy Habits & Snap-Ed Summer Scholar~~ Hanna Kirby
Hannah Kirby, rising senior at University of Delaware with a background in Nutrition and Dietetics was our Extension Scholar for 4-H Healthy Habits and SNAP-Ed work this summer 2022.
Hannah partnered with the EFNEP team to reach over 100 youth in summer camps ages ranging from 5-14 with nutrition education. Hannah assisted with planting herbs and tomatoes, recipe demos, nutrition education, physical activity education, teen leadership development, family engagement, and more. Hannah shared this summer gave her experience with community engagement and working with youth, and even allowed her to discover more about her future career goals, prompting some shifts in her major and interests.
Way to go, Hannah! We wish you the best of luck and you will be missed.
Summer Plogging Continues
Keep plogging away this summer– there is still a chance to win a $100 gift card.
Register here to obtain free plogging tools and and get your name into the raffle.
Register here for: plogging for a purpose
Coming in October is Plogging for Purple
Sign up now and receive free plogging tools.
Register Here: Plogging for Prevention (Delaware Goes Purple Campaign)
Summer School Students at Eisenberg Elementary learned Mindfulness with Ms. Karen and Ms. Michaella
More summer school Students learning Healthy Habits with Ms. Alyssa and Ms. Hanna