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Today I am going to be ME...There is no other person Idea rather be. 1. Choose a goal for the day by finishing the sentence, Today I am going to be... 2. Set your timer for one minute. 3. Close your eyes. 4. Visulise diffeeent situation of you completing your goal. #onemindfulminute #visualisation #goals #visualise #focus #mindfulchildren #creative #daretobedifferent
One Mindful Minute before school… Because one minute could change the course of your day. This practice came from a friend of mine whose daughter had a terrible time separating from her on school mornings. 1.Arrive to school early, find a sunny spot, close your eyes and sit in the sun. 2. Feel the sun on your face. Feel the sensation of holding hands. 3. Visulise that your child is happy and having a great day at school. 4. Say to the young person - Whenever you miss me to today, look to the sun and remember this moment and I will do the same thing. We are under the same sun no matter where we are. For more ideas on how to support young people with the tricky transitions to school follow this link... https://cathykoman.com/2018/02/20/the-tricky-transition-to-school #school #mindfulparenting #sun #transition #onemindfulminute #oneminutemindfulness
I wonder if the first meditaton master was actually a lemur. ...some monks came along and that was it. Monk life changed forever. #meditation #mindfulmaster #lemur #ilovethesun #quietmoments
A Mindful Minute…Fabulous feet in your class or anywhere… Because one minute can change the course of the next hour. Our feet are totally fabulous! They carry us all day long through the ups and downs hills and slopes that life throws our way. Let’s dedicate the next minute to our feet and direct our attention and awareness to our soles. Ages 5 to 95 1. Set a timer for one minute. 2. Youcan be sitting in a chair or standing. If standing bend your knees slightly. 3. Eyes may be closed or open. 4. Draw your attention to bottom of your feet. 5.  Direct your attention to the feeling or the experience of your feet against the ground, the inside of your socks or shoes. 5.We are going focus on our feet for one minute. 6.If your mind starts to wander and you start thinking about a book you are reading or something a friend has said, simple bring your attention back to your feet. 7.Take a deep breath. Let’s begin- Start the timer. 8.After wards: what did you notice? Mindful Mathematics: It is entirely possible that your students, or you for that matter, will not be able to focus on the bottom of your feet for even a minute without your thoughts wandering. One way to do this is to get your students to put their hand up every time they lose focus. You can plot on a graph when they loose attention or you can keep a tally of the time students were able to maintain their focus and see how they improve over time. This is meditation. It has all the components without the crossed legs, mantra’s, mudras or chanting of OM. #mindfulkids #mindfulness #amindfulminuteinclass #focus #mindfulmath #mindfulchildren #meditation #onemindfulminute #mindfulteachers
One Mindful Minute in the Classroom Mindful Listening: Tuning into the sounds around us is an excellent way to bring us all back into present moment awareness. This activity can be done inside your classroom or outside (This picture was from a recent camping trip). It links beautifully with the curriculum. 1.Set a timer for one minute- we are going to listen to the sounds around us. 2.Close your eyes. Take one deep cleansing breathe. Start the timer. 3.If you get distracted and start thinking about something else or have an urge to look around, you. Close your eyes and come back to listening. I am watching over you so it safe to keep your eyes closed. 4.At the end of one-minute students and the teacher share the sounds heard. 5.What did you hear? (Teacher or students makes a list of items and their sounds.)Was it inside the class or outside the classroom? This list of items and sounds can be used as seeds to spark a poetry writing exercise, creative writing, a piece of artwork or a music lesson. When we include mindful moments through out the teaching day the quality of focus and attention achieved by the students increases. #mindfulness #oneminutemindfulness #amindfulminuteinclass #mindfulteaching #mindfulchildren #curriculum #calm #focus #calmclassroom #inthepresent #mindfullistening
A Mindful Minute in class or anywhere Ages: 2 to 92 …it only takes a minute to change the course of our thinking and focus. 1. Choose a colour. (in the picture above I chose green) 2. For one minute we are going to quietly observe all the items in our room that are the colour green. When the timer stops, we are going to share with each other all the different items that are green. 3.When the timer goes off bring everyone back to the floor. 4. What did you notice about these green items. Were they all the same shade? 5. Did you notice items that you hadn’t seen before? 6. You can do this exercise anywhere. On your way to school with your parents, at lunch with your friends… Looking for the colour in your world will make life so much more vivid. #onemindfulminute #oneminutemindfulness #colour #mindfulnesspractice #focused #attention #present #vivid #lifeincolor #mindfulchildren #mindfulstorytelling https://www.facebook.com/cathykoman81/

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