A new activity!

Animal Guides

Benefits

Increases self-awareness, develops emotional resilience, and assists in identifying individual strengths.

Drawing animal images helps stimulate inspiration and comfort. But most importantly, the animals you choose to draw provide insights and important messages about yourself. A drawing of an animal can signify who you are in the moment or who you might become. Each animal has strengths and characteristics that you can relate to.

Steps:

1.   Take some time to choose three animals. The first animal should represent your physically (how you move or look), the second one should represent you emotionally (how you feel), and the last one should represent you cognitively (how you think).

2. Use the pencil to draw the three animals on a sheet of paper. Don’t get wrapped up in trying to draw the animals perfectly. Be creative and draw the animals as you see or feel fit. If you need help, try using an image of the animal for inspiration.

3. Add the environments in which the animals live (mountains, valleys, jungles etc). Multiple habitats can be captured on the same piece of paper.

4. Now that your pencil sketch is complete, trace over the pencil lines with a black pen.

5. Use coloured pencils (or whatever you like) to colour in the image.

Questions for Discussion

Discuss each animal's strengths. How do their strengths relate to you?

How can you use these strengths to help you cope with a life situation

How can the animals you’ve chosen live together?