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Hi everybunny! My name is Bo and I have a passion to help others grow! My friend Ms. Spark has the same passion to help but with her own spark and flare of art. Our human Misky has studied holistic healing and art/play therapy techniques for years and we've picked up a thing or two here and there. This is our opportunity to share what we've learned along our trails.
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Identifying emotions in the body:
Have you ever noticed how sometimes our emotions show up in our bodies or how we can identify exactly where an emotion may "sit" within our bodies? Like how anxiety can give you a headache, or anger can make your tummy hurt as a few examples.. This is normal and emotions "sit" in different places of the body for different situations and for different people. It can be helpful to identify emotions and where they are in your own body so you can take the proper steps to address those emotions.
Doing this activity is easy, you need to draw something that represents you. That can be a physical shape of your body, or a simple shape or really anything you want that helps you identify this as your own body. Once you have your "body", identify the main emotion you're feeling and assign that emotion a color. Next you give that emotion a form where it sits in your body. This means drawing what it looks like or feels like to you. There are no wrong answers here. All of your emotions and how they interact with your body are valid. Afterward you find a solution that may help benefit the emotion and if possible that part of the body. Look to the examples below for a better idea of this activity.
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Examples:
We'll start with Misky's.
Feeling anxiety in the mind and the color chosen was a mix between purple and brown. Misky chose the mixed color because it suited the cause of anxiety, a mix of reasons. The form chosen was a ball of swirls to represent chaos. On the other side the intended outcome was a peaceful feeling in the mind so Misky decided to meditate.
After meditating Misky felt lighter and represented that with wings. Her mind felt more clear and she chose yellow beams to represent that. Misky also discovered her heart felt happier so she drew a heart to symbolize that as well.
Bo Bunny was feeling sadness in his heart so he chose to watch funny bunny videos. Afterward his heart felt happy, represented by the smiling heart. He laughed a lot which he drew with a big open smile and laugh lines coming out and he had stars in his eyes over the bunnies so he drew those as well.
Ms. Spark was feeling angry and she felt that in her tummy and it showed in her facial expressions. She decided to have a healthy snack and go for a run to get that access anger energy out. Afterward her tummy felt better, her facial expressions were more relaxed and she noticed her mind was more clear too so she added something to symbolize that as well.
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Reflection:
If you would like to take this a step further you can journal about this. Some promts you could use are:
What emotion was I feeling and what caused it?
Where did that emotion sit within my body?
The activity I choose to help overcome the emotion was...
Other activities I can try would be...
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Final Thoughts:
Your drawings don't have to be perfect. This isn't about making the next masterpiece (it's okay if you do though) the point of using art in a therapeutic setting is not about having a "pretty" outcome. It's about processing emotions in ways the brain cannot do so alone. We hope you find this activity helpful. Remember you can do this activity with any emotion, the examples here are just ideas to help guide you in your own activity. If you are open to sharing and showing your drawing we would love to see and hear about it! You can reblog and add your drawing, make your own post and tag this blog or you can submit to this blog if you'd like. Until next time be kind to yourself, be patient with yourself and show yourself lots and lots of love, you deserve it!
-Bo Bunny and Ms. Spark ππ°π§‘
