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Vacations are often experiences that feed our soul. It's nice to get away from work and school, see new sights, relax on on a beach, climb mountains, etc. Since it's not an easy time to travel in reality, why not spend a little time mindfully traveling our great country VIRTUALLY! Click around to tour any and all of the united states. A HUGE THANK YOU goes out to the amazing teacher in my online teacher group who created this Slides Deck and shared it with me, so I could share it with you!
What can teens get out of mindfulness?
Studies show that students who meditate or use mindfulness before a test perform better than students who do not
Mindfulness helps improve performance in sports
Mindfulness can improve concentration
Mindfulness can improve relationships
Mindfulness can improve self esteem and confidence
Mindfulness and meditation can improve immunity
meditation can help with anxiety, stress, and depression
Want to learn even more? Read this amazing article, Calming the Teenage Mind in the Classroom.
Below you will find several links / articles / and videos that give a solid rationale for giving mindfulness a try. I hope you don't feel like you have to pay for expensive apps! There are so many benefits you can get from just the free stuff!
Stop, Breathe & Think
Stop, Breathe & Think is an award winning meditation and mindfulness app that is proven to decrease anxiety and stress. It allows you to check in with your emotions, and recommends short guided meditations, yoga and acupressure videos, tuned to how you feel.
Stop, Breathe & Think is an award winning meditation and mindfulness app that is proven to decrease anxiety and stress. It allows you to check in with your emotions, and recommends short guided meditations, yoga and acupressure videos, tuned to how you feel.
Calm
Apparently this was "App of the Year" for 2017. Calm is an app for mindfulness and meditation to bring more clarity, joy and peace to your daily life. Join the millions experiencing less anxiety and better sleep with our guided meditations, Sleep Stories, breathing programs and relaxing music. Recommended by top psychologists and mental health experts to help you de-stress.
Calm is the perfect meditation app for beginners, but also includes hundreds of programs for intermediate and advanced users.
Apparently this was "App of the Year" for 2017. Calm is an app for mindfulness and meditation to bring more clarity, joy and peace to your daily life. Join the millions experiencing less anxiety and better sleep with our guided meditations, Sleep Stories, breathing programs and relaxing music. Recommended by top psychologists and mental health experts to help you de-stress.
Calm is the perfect meditation app for beginners, but also includes hundreds of programs for intermediate and advanced users.
Headspace
Probably the most well-known of the bunch, Headspace features the strategies of co-founder and former Tibetan Buddhist monk Andy Puddicome. Puddicome lends his soothing voice to the app, which not only demystifies meditation but also shows how you can make it a daily habit and live a happier, healthier life. The memorable, quirky graphics and characters are an added plus.
Probably the most well-known of the bunch, Headspace features the strategies of co-founder and former Tibetan Buddhist monk Andy Puddicome. Puddicome lends his soothing voice to the app, which not only demystifies meditation but also shows how you can make it a daily habit and live a happier, healthier life. The memorable, quirky graphics and characters are an added plus.
Breethe- Meditation Guided
De-stress & sleep better in only 10 min with your personal mindfulness coach! Breethe is the easiest way to meditate! Learn simple mindfulness and meditation techniques to help you bring more happiness, calm and peace of mind into your life. Relax, sleep better, sharpen your mind, and improve your relationships — in just 10 minutes a day! This meditation app includes hundreds of daily meditations, and a wide variety of other guided meditations to help you deal with specific issues such as weight loss, insomnia, anxiety, work performance, trouble sleeping, etc. It even has a mindfulness program for kids.
De-stress & sleep better in only 10 min with your personal mindfulness coach! Breethe is the easiest way to meditate! Learn simple mindfulness and meditation techniques to help you bring more happiness, calm and peace of mind into your life. Relax, sleep better, sharpen your mind, and improve your relationships — in just 10 minutes a day! This meditation app includes hundreds of daily meditations, and a wide variety of other guided meditations to help you deal with specific issues such as weight loss, insomnia, anxiety, work performance, trouble sleeping, etc. It even has a mindfulness program for kids.
Smiling Mind
Just as we eat well and stay fit to keep our body healthy, mindfulness meditation is about mental health and looking after the mind.Smiling Mind offers programs for a range of programs for both children and adults, designed to assist you in dealing with the pressure, stress and challenges of daily life.
Just as we eat well and stay fit to keep our body healthy, mindfulness meditation is about mental health and looking after the mind.Smiling Mind offers programs for a range of programs for both children and adults, designed to assist you in dealing with the pressure, stress and challenges of daily life.
Simple Habit
Calling itself "a daily vacation for your mind," Simple Habit is goal- and situation-based meditation for busy people. The sessions are led by a variety of teachers: mindfulness coaches, former monks, yoga teachers, meditation trainers, psychologists, and more.
Calling itself "a daily vacation for your mind," Simple Habit is goal- and situation-based meditation for busy people. The sessions are led by a variety of teachers: mindfulness coaches, former monks, yoga teachers, meditation trainers, psychologists, and more.
Insight Timer
Sound plays a big role in Insight Timer's approach to meditation and allows users to fully immerse themselves in the experience. With its large offering of free features, it's no wonder the app boasts over five years of collective meditation minutes every day and more than three million meditators in total.
Sound plays a big role in Insight Timer's approach to meditation and allows users to fully immerse themselves in the experience. With its large offering of free features, it's no wonder the app boasts over five years of collective meditation minutes every day and more than three million meditators in total.
To the right you'll see the Mindfulness Monday slideshow that I put together for our health classes. This file helps me curate the items that I especially like to use on Mondays. If you liked something you saw, or we did in class, I'm guessing you can get to it from here! -->
Below you can watch some of these excellent videos about Mindfulness and how the Brain / Mind works. I've also thrown in a fun... long... beautiful sleep video! Enjoy! Zzzz...
The Brain and the Mind
Mindfulness in Schools
Mindfulness in Schools Project
Relaxation Sleep Music/Video
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