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Hello and Welcome

to SU’s Survival Kit for Covid-19. Delighted you are here! Check out our introduction video.

We will be exploring 4 aspects of ourselves: our mind, body, relationships and spirit. Each area will have our excellent top 5 tips followed by an activity for you to do at home. Enjoy!

SU Survival Kit | mind

Our amazing volunteer Clare is taking us through her top 5 tips on how to take care of our minds through this time. Our Activity is on a grounding exercise which Clare explains at the end.

Before you begin, grab your notebook, pen and snacks!

Top Tips

#1 ACE YOUR DAY: A = Achieve Something C = Connect E = Enjoy Something.

#2 TRAIN YOUR BRAIN: Re-train your thinking.

#3 WRITE: In your notebook write down your thoughts (1. Brain Drain, 2. Gratitude Journal).

#4 HEALTHY PHONE HABITS: Reduce your phone time.

#5 EXERCISE: Helps you sleep, feel better, battle anxiety and gives you perspective.

Mind Activity

Grounding exercise

  • Get a comfortable position, feet planted on the ground.

  • Focus on breathing, deep inhales and slow breaths out.

  • Mental scan - relax stress points.

Helpful Links

  • Biblical meditations App - Abide

SU Survival Kit | body

Debs, our brilliant volunteer, is leading us through her top 5 tips on how to take care of our bodies at this time. Our activity today is creating a calendar which helps to give us structure, Debs take us through how she has made hers.

Top Tips

#1 Clean those Hands!

#2 Exercise - get the body moving

#3 Healthy eating - focus on eating at meal times - cut out snacking

#4 Sleep - routine - No Napping!

#5 Structure, our body needs it

Body Activity

Timetable / Calendar

  • Paper and pen

  • Split your day up into sections

  • Consistent waking and sleeping patterns

  • Have a balance of fun, breaks and work

Helpful Links

  • Good home workout plans can be found on the instagram page @gymsharktrain

SU Survival Kit | relationships

Darren takes us through his top 5 tips to staying relationally healthy through all this. The activity for this section is a letter (I know, old school!).

Top Tips

#1 Self Care - helps us to support people around us the best

#2 Be sound - be the light

#3 Learn to say Sorry

#4 Forgive people

#5 Communicate - not surface level though

Relationships Activity

Letter

  • Write a letter to someone who you are truly grateful for

  • Ask how them how are doing

  • Tell them why you are grateful for them

  • Explain how this time has been for you, all you’ve been up to, and tell them how you are really doing

  • To finish ask if there is anything you can do for them

SU Survival Kit | spirit

Mark, last but not least, is giving us his top 5 tips on how to stay Spiritually healthy at this time. Our activity on this one is prayer spaces (Don’t worry it's not as scary as it sounds) and Mark explains ones he uses in the video.

Top Tips

#1 Practice gratitude

#2 Finding out what's important to you?

#3 Pursue your passions

#4 Reflect inwardly

#5 Consider prayer

Spirit Activity

Prayer Spaces

  • Prayer might seem strange, unusual or maybe even just a bit silly but what have you got to lose, so give it a go

  • These are just tips and guides in how to pray so feel free to explore

  • These spaces we tried to get you to think about you, yourself personally, your community and the world around

Helpful Links