Activities and Resources

Below are some exercises and other resources to help you practice your mindfulness skills. Practicing mindfulness daily can reduce stress and rewire neuro-pathways in the brain. As well, they are great activities to do together in group settings or even with other family or friends.

Breathing Activities

• Belly Button Breathing Activity
• Square Breathing Activity
• Breathe with an Object Activity
• Simple Mindful Breathing Script

Mindfulness Resources

• Mindful Breathing Handout
• Loving Kindness Meditation
• Wise Mind Worksheet
• Mindfulness/Wise Mind Packet (Kinsale Community School)
• Wise Mind Works
• How to Find Peace and Calm in a Chaotic World
• Radical Acceptance Meditations
• Observe and Describe Activity
• Practicing Non-Judgemental Stance Worksheet
• Inner Mastery

Other Resources

• Square Breathing diagrams from activity (PDF)
• Square Breathing Coloring Page (PDF)
• Coping Ahead Steps (PDF)
• 10 Steps to Surviving a DBT Class
• Dancing in the Round – About Dialectics

• DBT Handouts & Worksheets Galore