A Tiny Book of Calm - miniature origami book for stress management
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This handcrafted miniature book measures just over 4 cm by 4 cm, meaning that it can be carried in a purse, a wallet or a pocket. It contains five prompts that can help you to focus your mind when experiencing stress or anxiety. The prompts are: What can you see? Name 5 things. What can you feel or touch? Name 4 things. What can you hear? Name 3 things. What can you smell? Name 2 things. What can you taste? Name 1 thing. (Note that the wording shown in the images may differ very slightly from this). The prompts encourage the reader to engage the senses and focus on the physical environment, thus supporting the brain to come out of 'panic' mode. The final page of the book is blank for you to add your own words or image. The pages for the book are cleverly folded from just 2 rectangles of paper with a single cut in each. The cover is also made from a rectangle and uses designer paper sourced from Paper Tree Nook. Although it's possible to make the entire item without glue, some adhesive is used to give the book durability. This handcrafted miniature book comes in a traditional Japanese origami 'menko' or gift pouch, made from strong Japanese Tant paper. Instructions are included on how to reseal the pouch, once opened. There is a choice of three designs. If you give this tiny book as a gift to someone you care about, it serves as a reminder to them that you've been holding them in your thoughts. This expression of love and thoughtfulness generates its own kind of healing for the recipient - in addition to the calming prompts in the book itself. The book and gift pouch are wrapped in tissue paper, sealed with a ribbon and shipped in a letterbox sized box within three days of ordering, using Royal Mail 2nd class post. Postage is free. Please note that 100% of the net profits from this item will be donated to Shout, the UK's only free confidential text crisis service. Anyone in the UK who is having a mental health crisis can text them 24/7 on 85258.
About this item
This handcrafted miniature book measures just over 4 cm by 4 cm, meaning that it can be carried in a purse, a wallet or a pocket. It contains five prompts that can help you to focus your mind when experiencing stress or anxiety.
The prompts are:
What can you see? Name 5 things.
What can you feel or touch? Name 4 things.
What can you hear? Name 3 things.
What can you smell? Name 2 things.
What can you taste? Name 1 thing.
(Note that the wording shown in the images may differ very slightly from this).
The prompts encourage the reader to engage the senses and focus on the physical environment, thus supporting the brain to come out of 'panic' mode. The final page of the book is blank for you to add your own words or image.
The pages for the book are cleverly folded from just 2 rectangles of paper with a single cut in each. The cover is also made from a rectangle and uses designer paper sourced from Paper Tree Nook. Although it's possible to make the entire item without glue, some adhesive is used to give the book durability.
This handcrafted miniature book comes in a traditional Japanese origami 'menko' or gift pouch, made from strong Japanese Tant paper. Instructions are included on how to reseal the pouch, once opened. There is a choice of three designs.
If you give this tiny book as a gift to someone you care about, it serves as a reminder to them that you've been holding them in your thoughts. This expression of love and thoughtfulness generates its own kind of healing for the recipient - in addition to the calming prompts in the book itself.
The book and gift pouch are wrapped in tissue paper, sealed with a ribbon and shipped in a letterbox sized box within three days of ordering, using Royal Mail 2nd class post. Postage is free.
Please note that 100% of the net profits from this item will be donated to Shout, the UK's only free confidential text crisis service. Anyone in the UK who is having a mental health crisis can text them 24/7 on 85258.
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Many years ago, I was visiting a friend for the weekend when I had a panic attack. I recall her sitting next to me and asking me to name 5 things I could see, 4 things I could touch or feel, 3 things I could hear and so on. It was the first time I had heard this technique being used, and I was hugely grateful to her for being so level headed and supportive, and for holding the space for me while I slowly came back into my senses. Some years later, this same friend was having a hard time and struggling to cope. I wasn't able to go and visit her straight away, but I wanted her to know that she was in my thoughts. I'd been learning how to make origami books, and the idea came to me to put the prompts she'd used with me into a tiny book that she could carry around with her, so that if she started having overwhelming thoughts or feelings, she could take it out and read through the pages. This is how the first Tiny Book of Calm came about. I've since researched the 5-4-3-2-1 grounding activity and have found out that it is widely used in the NHS and other mental health service providers in the UK, and that it's in the common domain. I believe it was introduced by Betty Alice Erikson in the US in the 20th century. For me, folding origami models is a way of engaging with my senses that is both soothing and focusing. I hope that the recipient of the Tiny Book of Calm finds some of the calm and quiet that I did while making it.
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