Bank of affirmations 

Group work, with trainer

• One box or container per participant. Square tissue boxes are perfect, but also wooden boxes, recycled containers, or even jars can be used.
• Photographs of the participants (may be used for the decoration of the cards and make them more personal)
• Decorating supplies (sequins, paint, scrapbook stickers, pencils, markers, sharpies, glitter, buttons, etc.)
• Sticky notes, blank paper cards or pieces of paper to write down the affirmations

The trainer needs to have available all the necessary materials and also one box-bank for each participant that they will decorate and put in their affirmations.

Almost 60’.

There’s no one-size-fits-all affirmation, so each participant has to figure out which feels right to them.

IMPORTANT! Employing positive affirmations doesn’t mean talking yourself into denying the difficulties of your life or the world around you.

Each participant must identify positive affirmations that acknowledge the reality of their current situation but call on their own ability to push through and to thrive.

Lastly, while this exercise can certainly work as an exercise for individuals,  it's even more effective when done with others, to generate communication among participants and foster the sense of accountability that a group creates.

References

Positive Affirmations: Daily affirmations for attracting health, healing, & happiness into your life (Rachel Robins, 2014)

Affirmations for Everyday Living (Annie Elizabeth, 2010), River Sanctuary Publishing

Success Affirmations (Jack Canfield, 2019), Orion

Through this method/action, these benefits are achieved:

• Better understanding of your intentions and what values you want to start focusing on
• Motivation to act
• Concentration on your goals
• Change of negative thought patterns into positive ones
• Influence of your subconscious mind to access new beliefs
• Feeling positive about yourself and boost of your self confidence

Step 1: Write down a list of affirmations

The trainer asks the participants to write down a list of affirmations they want to embody or adopt as their own belief. Everyone can read their list out loud, and provide time for the group to add any new ones that may have come as inspiration from another person's list.

Step 2: Write down each affirmation in a separate piece of paper

Now, each participant writes down each one of their affirmations in a sticky note, card or piece of paper.

Step 3: Decorate the cards

Using the available supplies each participant decorates the cards and then puts them in their bank. This exercise works well if everyone has 52, one for each week of the year to withdraw an affirmation.

Step 4: Pair your affirmations with action!

Positive thinking is one of the first steps toward positive action — but positive thinking alone is not enough!

Thanasis Foukas

Email: photothan@hotmail.com

Thanasis Foukas was born in Athens, Greece. Although his early plan was to study economics to become an accounting assistant, he soon realized that his passion was photography and decided to dedicate himself to that and follow his dream. In 2000 he registered at the Vocational Training Institute LEICA ACADEMY and graduated two years later having gained valuable knowledge and experience in his field.

But that was just the beginning for him! Since then, he has participated in numerous group exhibitions in Greece and abroad, whereas his solo exhibition in Athens (2003) on the subject of cultural events was a great success! He has collaborated with many renowned photographers and with the daily and periodical press in Greece and Cyprus. The sectors that most intrigue him as a professional are theatre, music, cultural events, as well as sports and social reporting.

The artist offers the workshop by request, and those who are interested please contact the artist.

Photography

Greek