Mindfulness as hibernating, waking, and hungry bears

At circle today, we continued our exploration of mindfulness through storytelling, breath work, and movement. 

Today we were hibernating bears in a cozy cave. When spring came, we stretched and foraged for all kinds of fruit and fish in the forest. We stretched high and low to reach fish in the stream and berries on high bushes. 

With full bellies we became tired once again and returned to our cozy caves to rest and sleep. We also thought about what a snoring bear might sound like.