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Personal Wellness Tips from Teachers and Staff

SFUSD teachers and staff share their own fitness and wellness strategies for Healthy Eating, Physical Activity and Stress Reduction.

Ten Self-Nurturing Ideas

  • Eat a wholesome breakfast daily
  • Take a warm bath with bubbles, sea salt, herbs, or soft music
  • Infuse your day with physical activity
  • Be realistic: do the best you can, with what you have, where you are
  • Take relaxation breaks
  • Find a colleague or friend to share an affirmation
  • Take deep breaths
  • Change your perspective (dance, chant, sing, meditate, do a headstand, spin around, or lie on the floor)
  • Laugh
  • Be honest with yourself and have the power to say NO

Physical activity ideas to infuse into your day

  • Walk during lunchtime.
  • Take a yoga class.
  • Go outdoors and hike, garden, bike or swim.
  • Take a dance or movement class.
  • Join a neighborhood sports or running group.
  • Play a team sport.
  • Go back to the gym to stretch, lift & move.
  • Walk or ride a bike instead of driving or taking public transportation.
  • Take the stairs instead of riding in an elevator or escalator.
  • Turn on some music and vacuum, scrub, sweep & mop.

Worksheet

De-stress your school day (pdf)

Additional Information

For addtional information see the personal wellness section of our links page, "Find Out More".


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