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Mindfulness and social emotional learning
The document discusses stress relief and mindfulness techniques for teachers and students. It provides information on how stress affects the body and mind. It then describes several mindfulness strategies like breathing exercises, meditation, guided imagery, yoga, exercise and music that can help reduce stress. Specific mindfulness techniques are explained in detail like various breathing techniques, blowing bubbles, gratitude stones, and creating a calm down corner. The benefits of mindfulness for relaxation and redirecting energy are also discussed.
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- 1. Stress Relief andMindfulness for Teachers and Students August Counselors Cadre
- 2. “Relaxed students learn better.Relaxed teachers teach better.” CarlaTantillo, Founder of Mindful Practices
- 3. What stress doesto our bodies and minds…….. Security guard Memorymaker Wiseleader
- 4. MINDFULNESS Paying attention tokindness
- 6. Silent Bell ▪ Goalis to move the bell around the circle without making it chime. ▪ Breath in when you get the bell, breath out when you pass it on.
- 7. “Happy brains workbetter!”Adele Diamond (2009)
- 8. From Chaos toCalm: The Big Seven Stress Relievers ▪ Breathing Exercises ▪ Meditation ▪ Guided Imagery ▪ Visualizations ▪ Yoga ▪ Exercise ▪ Music
- 10. Breath Awareness ▪Chest Breathingand Belly Breathing ▪Imagine that you are inflating a balloon ▪Small object on the stomach ▪Deep breath chart
- 12. Blowing Bubbles Normal Bubbles Sticks towand Large bubble that doesn’t pop Chase and pop
- 13. The Power ofBreath
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- 19. Gratitude Stones: HelpingHands belong to Happy Hearts.
- 20. Creating a CalmDown Corner
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- 22. “Wisdom doesn’t comefrom perfection but from being present.”
- 23. RELAXATION AND REDIRECTINGTHE ENERGYOF A SPACE
- 24. Four types ofrelaxation practices ▪ Let go of tension and negativity ▪ Become aware of breath and positive feelings ▪ Concentrate mind on one focal point ▪ Expand awareness to identify with a larger purpose
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- 26. Agenda ▪ TheWhat andWhyof Mindfulness ▪ Simple Strategies forTeaching Mindfulness ▪ Literature
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- #2 Open with seated breath work Time to Breath meditation
- #3 I am cards
- #4 Limbic system controls our emotions and our motivations , when we are calm everything flows just as it should to the prefrontal cortex which is our executive functioning center . Amygdala releases a stress hormone cortisol which can affect the capacity for stress regulation and development and higher functions of the brain. Neurobiological research these hormones atrophy the areas that control emotional development.
- #5 A way of looking at life What are we paying attention to? Attention balance and compassion
- #6 When we thin about what we see or hear before we respond to it…..mindful Mindful/ unmindful sort
- #8 Lubricates our information filter and gets our brain ready for peak performance. Releases when we are engaged with learning and positive feelings: hope , gratitude, optiomism Even anticipating a pleasurable event stimulates dopamine.
- #10 Use expanding ball here for prop Quiets the mind and relaxes the body You have it always with you It works quickly Free Take little practice to master Reverses the stress response, therefore reversing problems cause by chronic stress Headache, tension, fatigue, anxiety , sleep, panic
- #11 Practice with animal on chest and belly or hands
- #13 Angry, frustration, worrying thought
- #14 Page 70 Cotton Ball Breathing
- #15 Calming and synchronizing p. 72-73
- #16 o. 74
- #19 Mt. Tree Starfish
- #20 Page 135 in Mind up chart.: What does kindness look like, sound like, feel like? Will help you be thankful for things in your life. Take one when they need a boost and remember a happy memory. Can also share with someone else….. With teachers: Gratitude…….
- #21 Handout with ideas….