Provide students healthy ways to express and balance their emotions
Promote a calmer, more comfortable state of being — the optimal situation for teaching and learning
Bring students into the present moment – the most basic requirement for learning
Provide opportunities for beneficial motor breaks throughout the day, improving mind/body awareness
Ease anxiety and tension (such as pre-test or performance jitters)
Enhance organizational and communication skills
Improve confidence and self-esteem
Encourage respect for self and others
Encouraging the use of breathwork, promoting mindfulness practices, and providing students with movement breaks will:
Increase community by creating a positive and accepting atmosphere
Provide opportunities for reflection, patience, and insight, reducing impulsivity and reactivity
Enhance focus, concentration, comprehension, and memory
Wake up sluggish minds and creativity
Improve posture, assisting students to sit comfortably for long periods
Promote teacher self-care and stress management
Encouraging the use of breathwork, promoting mindfulness practices, and providing students with movement breaks will:
Increase community by creating a positive and accepting atmosphere
Provide opportunities for reflection, patience, and insight, reducing impulsivity and reactivity
Enhance focus, concentration, comprehension, and memory
Wake up sluggish minds and creativity
Improve posture, assisting students to sit comfortably for long periods
Promote teacher self-care and stress management
We have the opportunity to affect change and produce an impact with far-reaching ripple effect implications among the most vulnerable populations in NORTHEAST OHIO.