Welcome to your ✨Monday Moment✨

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Take a deep breath in. Hold it. Exhale.

Pick a colour 🔴 🟠 🟡 🟢 🔵 🟣

Find the moment below with that same colour.

Take a moment to….

🔴 … learn a new word: Metanoia n. (Ancient Greek) a turn from the darkness to face the light, to change one’s mind, a transformative change of heart.

Take a moment to….

🟠… listen to some shadowy-good tunes from Brit group of way back when, The Shadows or take a moment to listen to Moonshadow by Cat Stevens/Yusuf for a quirky reminder to find the light in the shadows.

Take a moment to….

🟡… literally look into the shadows. Close your eyes and cover them with both hands. Take some slow deep breaths as you look into the darkness and see the pools of light spreading as your eyes adjust. The more you relax the more you will be aware of the different patches of light. Try this technique anytime you are feeling overwhelmed.

Take a moment to….

🟢… make a shadow puppet. Grab your phone or a torch/flashlight and see what shapes you can make. Need some more inspiration to try later? Check out these more elaborate shadow puppets.

Take a moment to….

🔵… play a ‘Guess the Disney’ shadow game.

Take a moment to….

🟣… ponder the fact that shadows are not actually all black. Look at the dark area in the centre of a shadow and see it is in fact surrounded by a lighter area around it. The central area is called the umbra and the outer is called the penumbra.

Take another deep breath. Hold it. Exhale. Smile. Life will always bring its shadows; physical and emotional ones. Take time to remind yourself that there are no shadows without light. So be kind to yourself and find that light ✨

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