Body Image Activity Guide
10-SESSION PROGRAM, Ages 12+
Revamped! The Body Image guide you know and love, new and improved. Examines cultural messages and personal beliefs that influence body image. Themes emphasize raising awareness, recognizing body signals, menstruation, and exploring underlying causes of poor body image. Topics cover physical awareness, health, and emotional balance through media exploration, imagery, art, personal story telling, and more. An excellent prevention program. Also available as a digital flipbook.
10-SESSION PROGRAM, Ages 12+
Examines cultural messages and personal beliefs that influence body image. Themes emphasize raising awareness, recognizing body signals, menstruation, and exploring underlying causes of poor body image. Topics cover physical awareness, health, and emotional balance through media exploration, imagery, art, personal story telling, and more. An excellent prevention program.
Body Image has been a popular activity guide in the Girls Circle® library for many years, and we are excited to provide you with an updated version including, trauma-informed tips for facilitators when conducting mindfulness activities, current online citations, apps, websites, books, and video resources available for facilitators & youth, revised Session 7 activities and more. Also available as a digital flipbook.
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Session
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Theme
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Activity/Description
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| 1 | Body Talk | Creating Group Guidelines, “Healthy Body Means…Beautiful Body Means…”, Looking at Body Image Facts & Statistics |
| 2 | Body Messages - Part 1 | “Images We See”, Exploration and Reflection |
| 3 | Body Messages - Part 2 | "Pie of Influence" |
| 4 | My Body | Body Drawing |
| 5 | You’ve Got This! – Periods, Part 1 | Menstruation: True or False? with Video, Making Period Persons & Their Stories |
| 6 | You’ve Got This! – Periods, Part 2 | Along the Red River: Group Mural, Crossing the River: A Rite of Passage Experience |
| 7 | Body Wisdom | Relaxation and Feelings Identification Exercise |
| 8 | Accepting and Affirming Our Bodies | Affirmation Boxes |
| 9 | Body Expression | Clothing & Appearance, Questions and Discussion |
| 10 | Whole Body/Whole Person | "Appreciation Certificates" and Ceremony |