Mindfulness in Kindergarten

This year in kindergarten, we are working with Mrs. Howard and learning about Mindfulness. What is it? What does it mean? How do we do it?

Over the past few weeks, Mrs. Howard has joined our class to teach us about deep breathing and how to use our breath to focus and to calm our bodies. We are learning to try and focus JUST on our breathing and to help clear our minds of the clutter and noise that is ever-present in our lives. 

We are also an Open Circle school and we have learned about calm breathing where we fill our balloons and deflate the balloon OR flower breathing where we breathe in the flower and breathe it out. 

Flower breathing with movements!
Breathe in the flower, breathe it out!

Today, Mrs. Howard joined us to teach us a few more breathing techniques by using our bodies to also calm down our breathing and be more mindful of our breathing.

Practicing our breathing with Mrs. Howard

Using our bodies also helps us focus on our breathing
and being more mindful of where our bodies are in space.

So, the next time your student or maybe even yourself needs to take a few deep, mindful breathes, they can practice using their bodies and our breathing techniques!