Hello and welcome to Calm Kids.
Today we're going to play a game called Eyeball Wars.
To play Eyeball Wars you need to find yourself a partner,
Or for a super challenge mode get yourself a mirror and you can play by yourself.
So find yourself a partner and take a seat and stare into their eyes.
Take a slow calm breath in through the nose and out through the mouth and settle in.
The way you play Eyeball Wars is pretty simple.
All you need to do is keep looking at their eyes.
But,
And here's the tricky part,
You're not allowed to move.
You can blink your eyes if you need to and you should take some slow calm breaths when you're playing so you can settle in.
But you're not allowed to move your body and you're not allowed to speak.
The way to win Eyeball Wars is pretty simple.
Just don't move.
If your partner moves before you,
You win.
If you move before your partner,
You lose.
So let's try Eyeball Wars for 10 seconds.
All you need to do is look at your partner in the eyes for 10 seconds.
Are you ready?
Set and go.
Now remember,
For this 10 seconds you can do some slow calm breathing,
But you can't move your body,
You can't talk,
You can blink if you need to though.
Alright,
Great job,
That was 10 seconds.
So now there's a couple of ways to do Eyeball Wars.
You can do Eyeball Wars versus mode and in that mode it's the first person to move that loses.
So you can give that a try and that game might last 5 seconds,
Might last 5 minutes.
The first person to move or to speak loses.
And I encourage you to give that a try.
The other way to play Eyeball Wars together is to do Eyeball Wars challenge mode.
This is when you and your partner see if you can beat a certain time together.
You're working together to see if you can last staring at each other's eyes,
Without moving,
Without speaking,
For a certain amount of time.
Can you last 20 seconds together?
Can you last a minute?
How long can you last together as a team?
There's a couple of ways to play Eyeball Wars together.
I like to play both with my son.
Sometimes we play Eyeball Wars versus mode,
Where we sit down and stare at each other's eyes and the first person to move or speak loses.
That's a pretty fun mode because we want to see who can win.
But then other times we play where we see if we can beat a certain time.
I ask him,
I say,
Hey how long should we try and go for this time?
And he says 30 seconds or he says 2 minutes and we set a timer and see if we can do it.
So what we're going to do right now together,
You and your partner is play Eyeball Wars challenge mode.
And we're going to see if we can last staring at each other's eyes for 30 seconds.
It's a bit of a challenge,
But I think you might be able to do it.
And if you don't do it,
If you do move,
That's okay.
You can just pick it back up and keep going.
The idea of these games is to have fun and to challenge yourself.
It's challenge mode.
And if 30 seconds is too easy,
Hey,
Keep going.
Do two minutes.
See how you go.
Are you ready?
Now take a deep,
Slow breath in through the nose and out through the mouth.
And we're going to see if we can stare at each other's eyes for 30 seconds without moving,
Without speaking.
Ready,
Set,
Go.
Remember,
You can blink and you can do some slow,
Calm breaths,
But you can't move.
Keep going.
And I'll let you know when the 30 seconds is up.
You're almost there.
Don't move now.
Keep going with your slow,
Calm breaths.
Keep looking into each other's eyes and you can blink if you need to.
You are almost there.
All right,
Well done.
That was a great job.
So now if you want to,
You can play Eyeball Wars with your partner or with other people whenever you like.
If you want a little bit of a challenge,
If you want a little bit of a focus,
If you want to see if you can win,
You just take a seat and say,
Hey,
Let's play some Eyeball Wars.
And remember,
You can do challenge mode to see if you can get a certain amount of time.
We just did 30 seconds.
Was that too hard?
If it was too hard,
Do 15 seconds next time.
If it was too easy,
Maybe try a minute or two minutes.
That's challenge mode.
If you want to do versus mode,
You sit down and try and be the person who stares at their eyes longest.
And if you move first,
You lose.
That's another fun way to play.
And the final way to play Eyeball Wars is if you don't have a partner,
You get yourself a mirror and you play by yourself.
You look at your eyes in the mirror and take some slow,
Calm breaths and try not to move.
And you try to do that for as long as possible.
This game teaches us slow,
Calm breathing.
It helps us to relax,
Helps us to control our mind and build up our focus.
And also there's an added benefit of a relationship to looking into one another's eyes for an extended period of time.
But anyway,
I want you to tell me in the classroom right now,
How you found the game Eyeball Wars.
Was it super fun?
Was it okay?
Was it meh?
Was it boring?
You tell me.
And while you're there,
If you have any questions about Eyeball Wars or about meditation or relaxation in general,
You let me know and I will answer your question with a voice message.
Anyway,
Thanks for playing and I look forward to seeing you in the next session.
Catch ya.
Hey there,
I just wanted to say that this track was taken from one of my kids courses here on Insight Timer.
If you'd like to do more of this course,
Head over to my profile and join in.
I'd love to see you there.
Catch ya.
