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Vegetable Personality Styles™ Activity

 

You can do this activity by yourself, with children, or in a group. As you do the actions of each of the four vegetables, notice how your body feels. Which one feels more comfortable for you? Which one gives you more energy, more awareness of others, the environment around you, or more comfort? Use this activity to become more aware of your own energy and the energy of those around you. Notice how different energies compliment each other and can be helpful in different situations.

 

Purple Carrot

ð Feel your feet touching the floor rooted to the ground like a carrot.

ð While standing tall and firm, take a deep breath and then tense your muscles, hold it, and then relax.

ð When you feel tense or your posture is sagging, take a moment to be a carrot.

 

Orange Pepper

ð Use the energy of the pepper to move around, play, or dance.

ð Use your senses; hear the birds, see the sunset, feel the breeze.

ð When you feel tired or stuck, get up, move around, exercise, take a walk or find a different space to work.

 

Green Bean

ð Raise your hands toward the sky as if you are reaching for something amazing.

ð Use the energy of the focused curious green bean to stretch your arms and your mind. See what ideas come into you.

 

Red Tomato

ð Loosely raise your arms and gently sway back and forth as if you are a tall tomato plant stirring in the breeze.

ð Be aware of who or what is around you as you gently sway.

ð You can create a group energy that is greater than any one individual if you do this exercise with others.

 

Read the Vegetable Personality Styles™ descriptions, choose the vegetable characteristics you feel most like you, and then list them on the Inventory Worksheet below. Just like a garden has many flavors and colors, your personality style may include a little of each of the vegetables, but one or two of the Vegetable Personality Styles™ will stand out for you. 

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