Mindfulness App Project Criteria
January 3rd Tues
Warm up: Reflection in journal - Think back to the past 12 months
What are you happy about (what makes you happy to think back on)?
What are you proud of?
What would you go back and change if you could? How?
What things would you like to do differently this year?
What would it take (or what help would you need) to make that change possible?
Work time on projects or work for other classes.
December 11th Tuesday
Warm Up:
Read and reflect on article "Five Things We Get Wrong About Pursuing Happiness"
Project work time
December 7th Friday
Warm Up:
When do you most often feel stressed?
What are three signs that tell you you are stressed?
What is one thing you do to relieve stress?
Project work time.
December 6th Thursday
Warm Up:
Describe a skill you developed over time.
If you could learn any skill in just one day, what would you learn?
Project work time.
Calm - Breaking Bad Habits
December 4th Tuesday
Warm Up:
How are you similar to your friends?
Name one way you are different from your friends.
What is one quality you would like to borrow from a friend if you could?
New York Times Mindful article
Reflect on this in your journal.
Project work time.
November 30th Friday
Work time on app, research, or mindful book
November 29th Thursday
Warm Up: What positive traits do you admire about yourself? What counterproductive traits would you change about yourself?
Work time for 1) research project, 2) app project 3) mindful book
November 27th Tuesday
Warm up: Write a heart felt letter of appreciation to someone
Listen to Breaking Bad Habits audio on Calm
Work on Mindfulness App assignment
Choose a mindful practice to research and report on. You will need to present information about it's (1) history, (2) purpose, (3) process including different types if there are, (4) how it affects health, (5) research done about it, and also (6) try it and give your own review of it.
Movement Meditation - Chris
Aikido - Kayla
Qi Gong - Caleb
Transcendental Meditation - Brett
Zazen - Anna
Vipassana Meditation - Mateen
Japanese Tea Ceremony - Finn
Kundalini yoga - Demonie
Read mindful book
Mindful practice on Calm
November 15th Thursday
Warm Up: Awareness of Breath Meditation and Journal About Breathing (Handouts 5-5 & 5-7)
Work time:
Book study
App project
November 13th Tuesday
Warm Up: Basic Relaxation Breathing; How to Belly Breathe; Three Ways to Tell if You Are Belly Breathing (Handouts 5-1, 2 & 3)
Work time:
Book study
App project
November 8th Thursday
Warm Up: Journal about the benefits you expect from Mindfulness (Handout 4-14)
November 6th Tuesday
Warm Up: Journal about your obstacles and how to overcome them (Handout 4-8)
Time to read your mindfulness book or investigate your phone app
Check your Mindfulness record - make sure you are documenting your practice
Calm audio practice - Day 6 of 7 Days of Sleep
November 2nd Friday
Warm Up: SOLAR
Time to read Books
Phone apps: Kayla = Headspace, Finn = YouTube, Chris = Stop, Think, Breathe, Caleb = Aura, Demonie = Happify, Anna = I Love Hue & 3 minute Mindfulness
November 1st Thursday
Warm Up: Journaling About Your Plans to Use Mindfulness (Handout 3-5)
Create a Google Doc to record mindfulness practice
Begin phone app research (aware; Aura; 10% Happier: Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics; Stop, Breathe, and Think; Calm; Insight Timer; Simple Habit Meditation; Smiling Mind; Mindfulness: Being Human; MINDFULNESS EXERCISES; Serenity: Guided Meditation; Mindful: Mindfulness Meditation for Stress Relief, etc.)
Time to read mindfulness book
7 Days of Sleep audio practice
October 30th
Warm Up: Summary of Mindfulness Research; Positions for Mindfulness Meditation Practice; Scheduling Time to Practice Mindfulness; Find a Place for Core Mindfulness Practice
Students present Photo Gratitude Books