5-Minute Multi-Modal Wellbeing Literacy Builder

Time needed: 5 minutes (90-90-120 seconds)

Setting: Space to move, paper/phone available

Purpose: Reading and writing your wellbeing through multiple modes of expression

Comprehending: Multi-Modal State Reading (90 seconds)

What: Check your current wellbeing using different modalities - choose what speaks to you:

- Visual: Draw your energy as a shape/color/pattern

- Movement: Let your body show your current state through gesture

- Sound: Hum/tap rhythm that matches your mood

- Words: Write 3-5 words capturing your state

- Sensation: Scan where wellbeing lives/lacks in body

Then ask: “What is this mode telling me about my wellbeing?”

Notice: Which modality reveals most, what emerges through different languages, new insights from non-verbal modes

Why: Builds diverse assessment skills, accesses non-verbal wisdom, expands comprehension capacity

Composing: Creating Your Wellbeing Response (90 seconds)

What: Design one micro-practice using a mode that feels natural today:

- Visual: Sketch what wellbeing support would look like

- Movement: Create 3-move sequence that shifts your state

- Sound: Choose song/playlist for mood you’re seeking

- Written: Craft wellbeing intention or permission statement

- Sensory: Identify texture/scent/taste that would nourish

Make it specific and doable today

Notice: How different modes access different solutions, which feels most authentic, what modality energizes you

Why: Develops creative wellbeing agency, honors diverse expression, builds composing flexibility

Integrating: Cross-Modal Reflection (120 seconds)

What: Translate your practice across modes:

- If you drew something, what would it sound like?

- If you moved, what words describe it?

- If you wrote, what color/shape is it?

Write one insight: “When I express wellbeing through [mode], I discover…”

Notice: How different modes reveal different dimensions, which combinations work best, your expanding wellbeing language

Why: Builds sophisticated literacy, integrates multiple ways of knowing, deepens self-understanding

Closing: Express gratitude for your wellbeing literacy in any mode

Notice: Your multi-modal fluency growing

Why: Celebrates diverse ways of knowing yourself

Tips:

- Trust non-verbal knowing

- Mix modes for richer literacy

- No mode is “better” - all valid

- Let mode match need/moment

- Build cross-modal translation skills

- Your wellbeing has multiple languages