Seeing the rainbow

As spring emerges, I wanted to share one of my favorite activities to ground myself that allows me to savor the abundance of colors and beauty of this season. 

And guess what… I learned it from a 7 year old! 

Three years ago, as an environmental educator, a kid shared about an activity they learned in school that day. Seeing the rainbow. 

The child invited me to find all the colors, one at a time of ROYGBIV (aka from Red to Violet). He shared this activity really calmed him. 

He explained: all you have to do is mentally take note of the colors of the rainbow in the space around you, one at a time.

What are all the things you see right where you are that are red, then orange, then yellow, then green, then blue, then indigo, then violet! Each color one at a time in the space around you. Oh… It calms me too!

I love to do this while biking, but also do it while taking a walk or waiting at a stoplight. 

Try it out right now!

What do you see in the space around you that’s…

• red

• orange

• yellow 

• green 

• blue 

• indigo

• violet

Drop me a line at [email protected] to share what you discovered at the end of the rainbow ;-)

Wheels up,

Ellen

 PS-  At 10am tomorrow I’ll be opening up registration for a Ride & Reignite: A DC Biking Adventure for Bonding & Breakthroughs, happening on Sunday, April 14th from 1:00- 3:30pm ET in Georgetown, Washington, DC. Space is limited and I’ll be sharing a promo code and the registration link tomorrow in a special Tuesday newsletter! I hope you can join me!