This week’s mindfulness practice is a bit on the simpler side… due to it only taking one minute to complete and you can do it pretty much anywhere! This post is strictly for my apple watch owners (and maybe Fitbit? Or other fitness / health watch owners…) *EDIT: Fitbit does have a mindfulness breathing application, but I do not know if you get reminders throughout the day to partake in the breathing exercise? Or if you can set up this feature?*.
For myself personally, in the past every time I would get the notification on my Apple watch suggesting I should “take a minute to breath” I would ALWAYS ignored it due to the inconvenience… but I have recently (well just this week) changed that habit! Now, every time I get the notification and if I am in a space where I can successfully complete the one minute of breathing, I take the opportunity to do so. I feel that this mindfulness practice has helped me the most out of all of them, because even when I am busy I can take that one minute to myself and really focus on my breathing and being in the moment.
I feel that this little change in habit could make an impact on my everyday life, even though it is such a small task, the Apple company knew what they were doing. They knew that humans could benefit from a few small breaks throughout the day, even if it is just a minute.
Ideas for implementing this in the classroom… If you as a teacher have an Apple Watch device.
- I feel that you could make up a little name for this breathing app so when you get the notification you can say “Hey class, (whatever the name you pick is) is wanting us to take a minute to stop what we are doing and do some breathing.” This may help it become something fun for them.
- I understand that dropping everything is hard when the class is in the middle of something so maybe doing it when is convenient for you / your class.
- You could show your watch on the projector so they can see the flower going through the breathing with you (as shown in the video below.)
I feel this could be a fun way to get your students to take a minute to themselves and slow down from the craziness of school. 🙂
I really like this idea of bringing mindful breathing into the classroom. I wonder if there is a website that would have something similar to the flower, or heart on my fitbit, that could allow a teacher to do it in class without having the watch technology. I am going to try this week to do 5 days of active breathing, that will be my goal and then I will reflect if I feel any different. Thanks for the great post!