FREE Mental Health Micro Guide #31

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This issue is proudly brought to you

as part of an ongoing project with the Lighthouse Team

at YMCA Exeter

supporting residents and key workers

in mental health education and recovery.

This week: understanding hygiene

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The Question: How do we understand hygiene?

PTSD can push us out of order and back through time.

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(fwd is aiming to have all video content accompanied with a descriptive transcript so that we can benefit from the wisdom and character of all who engage. The descriptive transcript can be found under the video in Youtube.)

The Time-Saver: Understanding Hygiene

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Pause Portal: Spring Stream through Bridford Wood Ford, Teign Valley (Gratitude)

From the springs and ponds on

Burnicombe and Lower Heltor,

the water tumbles down the steep sides

of Bridford Wood

through bluebells and wild garlic in April and May,

flowing eventually into the River Teign.

Wrens sing at the top of their voices

over the constant sound of water.

Here is 90 seconds of that magic with a gratitude exercise.

Steady your breathing,

noticing each breath.

Notice the water flowing towards you.

What good things are flowing your way?

What are you looking forward to?

(It could be a holiday, a new experience,

a new purchase or a new opportunity)

Say them out loud or note them in your mind,

saying thank you for each one.

Try it and see what difference it makes to you

Descriptive Transcript: The camera is set down low, almost touching the water. It is set in a shallow ford looking up the hillside. In the foreground, the lower two thirds of the screen, clear amber water flows towards us over a stream bed covered with a patchwork of different coloured stones. The background shows a stream tumbling down a narrow channel it has cut between trees and wild garlic. The wild garlic (or wet garlic) covers the valley side like flat green feathers, its white flowers dotting the green. There is the smell of cold water, heavy with minerals and silt, the smell of wet musty wood and the distinctive smell of garlic. The water noise is constant and surprisingly loud for such a stream. Wrens sing over the water noise at a volume that shouldn't be possible with the size of their lungs.

(fwd is aiming to have all video content accompanied with a descriptive transcript so that we can benefit from the wisdom and character of all who engage. The descriptive transcript can be found under the video in Youtube.)

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