Self-Help Resources
Relax
- Body Scan (6 minutes)
- Unplug Your Mind (3 minutes)
- A Safe Space to Breathe (5 minutes)
Adapted from: The Mindful Way through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness by Williams, Teasdale, Segal and Kabat-Zinn, 2007. - Mindful Reset for Anxiety (5 minutes)
- Anchoring (12 minutes)
Adapted with permission from Inner Health Studio.
Anxiety
- Grounding TikTok (30 seconds)
- Grounding 5-4-3-2-1 (4 minutes)
- Mindfulness Breathing (6 minutes)
- Thinking Through Worry Exercise (8 minutes)
- Tips on Managing Anxiety (handout)
Depression
- Motivation through Mastery (2 minutes)
- Self Affirmations (2 minutes)
- Sitting with Feelings (8 minutes)
Adapted from: The Mindful Way through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness by Mark Williams, John Teasdale, Zindel Segal and Jon Kabat-Zinn, 2007.
Focus
- Mindfulness Breathing (6 minutes)
- Unplug Your Mind (3 minutes)
- Focus Mindfully (1 minute)
- Mindfully Practice Refocusing (5 minutes)
- Letting Go of Thoughts (19 minutes)
Adapted from: Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook: Practical DBT Exercises for Learning Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotion Regulation, & Distress Tolerance by Matthew McKay Jeffrey C. Wood, and Jeffrey Brantley, 2007.
Journal
- Why Journal (2 minutes)
- Journal Prompts:
- Make a list of the people who genuinely believe in you. Explore why their support means so much to you.
- If you could change one thing, what would it be and why. Or perhaps you wouldn’t change a thing. Why?
- Write a list of 10 things you are grateful for today.
- What makes YOU unique?
- How have you changed from the person you were 5 years ago?
- Let your mind run free and have some fun writing your bucket list!
Handouts
Yoga and Meditation Resources (Houston)
Address | Phone | |
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Houston Iyengar Yoga Studio | 1210 W. Clay Street | (713) 527-9100 |
Houston Zen Center | 1605 Heights Boulevard | (713) 869-1952 |
Yoga West Studio | 2430 Fry Road | (281) 579-2287 |
Mental Health Related Websites
- American Psychological Association
- Clinical Interventions
- College Gambling
- Domestic Abuse
- Eating Disorders
- It Gets Better Project for Anti-Bullying of LGBT Youth
- Graduate Students
- JED Foundation
- Mental Health Topics
- National Center for Victims of Crime Stalking Resource Center
- Suicide Prevention
- Suicide Prevention Resource Center