No-contact safety tip #2. Body language is self-defense!
Share this fun, playful and empowering activity with your daughter.
How can body language be a form of “no-contact” self-defense?
Bullies seek victims who look weak. Poor posture can make you appear weak. Strong body language can make you appear strong. Strong body language creates an image of confidence and deters victimization. Even if you don’t feel confident, you can still look strong as a form of “no-contact” self-defense. Now let’s practice strong, empowered body language!
Activity
Place a hardcover book on your head. Now balance it so that you do not need to hold it. See how far you can walk around before the book falls off. What changes in your body occurred to balance the book? What changes occurred when it fell off?
If don’t have a book, find a wall. Place your back on the wall and connect your heels, shoulders and back of your hands to the wall. Slowly walk away from the wall maintaining a correct posture. Walk around the room then reconnect to the wall and see if you’ve maintained the same posture.
Faith-filled empowerment tip
What does God say about your body according to these Bible verses:
“For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.” Psalm 139:13-14
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. Ephesians 1:3
“Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies. 1 Cor. 6:19
Who created your body? Where was it created? How does God describe your body?
When did God choose you and love you?
How can you honor God with your body this week?
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