Mindfulness Practices & Activities
Basic Breathing Techniques:
There are many methods that you can incorporate into your mindfulness practice, but the most effective way to introduced it to students/staff is also the simplest — breathing. The first three techniques suggest ways to anchor students/staff in their breath and bring mindfulness to their breathing. The Singing Bell facilitates mindful listening. All four methods bring a sense of calm and quiet to you personally and youcircle.
Mountain Breaths
Belly Breath
Hand on Heart/Hand on Belly
Singing Bell
Links:
Mindful Schools Framework
Video for and by students on mindfulness: Don’t Flip Your Lid
“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”
“Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and nonjudgmentally. ”
“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. ”
“One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child. ”