How to Use with practicing breathing with the sound of the mindfulness bell

When you hear the sound - try to focus on taking 3-10 conscious breaths, emptying out on the last breath. Hopefully walking away feeling energized. 

How to Use Relaxing Music

Choose a song to play while students are entering the room, before you begin class take a moment to center yourself and your students.

Benefits of using music in the classroom

According to the National Center on Safe Supporting Learning Environments, they share that even thought there may " be some initial challenges to integrating music into the classroom, there are many benefits that can be gained when music is appropriately used:

• Reduces feelings of anxiety and stress.

• Helps children regulate their emotions.

• Improves concentration and on-task behavior.

• Enhances the way children can process language and speech

Bird Song Podcast 

A series of 2-minute audio podcasts featuring excellent audio footage from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Guided meditations in both male and female voices to help center your thoughts.

Anxiety feels flighty, and touch during anxiety can feel comforting and grounding.  Imagine drawing a figure 8 on your skin (arm, leg, back – wherever feels lovely) with your index finger. As you’re drawing the first half of the figure 8, breathe in for three. When you get to the middle, hold your finger still for one. Then, for the second half of the figure 8, breathe out for three. When you get to the middle, hold for one again. Repeat three or four times. Eventually, this can be something they can access on their own, quietly and privately wherever they are to find calm when they are anxious.