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Anchor exercise to help you feel calm

August 20, 2021 • Council for Intellectual Disability

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This is an special podcast episode to support you during COVID lock down.

Our anchor exercise can help you feel calm.

You can use it if you feel scared, stressed or worried.

This exercise has been made with and for people with intellectual disability.

You can listen to the audio now and you can also

Download the audio file and listen to the exercise on your phone.
Download the PDF guide to read the exercise.

For more resources for people with intellectual disability go to
www.cid.org.au/resources.

For COVID resources in Easy Read go to www.cid.org.au/covid-19.

Our anchor exercise can help you feel calm.

You can use it if you feel scared, stressed or worried.

In the exercise, you picture in your mind a boat in a storm.

Then you picture an anchor being thrown out of the boat.

The anchor stops the boat from rocking and makes it safe.

You then picture the storm clouds moving away and the sea being calm.

So if life feels stormy

* picture throwing your anchor out so you feel safe
* picture the storm clouds going away so you feel calm

Try it and see if it helps you.