¡ Flexibility is all about being open minded…
¡ Mind Up is all about…being provided with some tools for your mind!
Mind Up is designed to help young people…
¡ …sharpen their focus and attention,
¡ …heighten their awareness of their environment and themselves by paying attention to what they sense and feel…
Mind Up is not a meditation program or tied to any religion or religious tradition…
Causes of Stress in the Classroom
ü Fear of being wrong
ü Embarrassed to read aloud or participate
ü Test-‐taking anxiety ü Physical and language differences ü Cliques and bullying ü Frustration with difficult material
ü Boredom from lack of stimulation
FREEZE Withdrawn from class
FIGHT Disruptive in class
FLIGHT Distracted during
class
• Helps kids learn how the brain works…
• Helps kids learn how to become ‘self aware’
• Uses that self-‐awareness to be more in touch with our thoughts and emotions and to better regulate our behaviors
Prefrontal Cortex (executive function, planning complex cognitive behavior,
personality expression, decision-‐making and moderating correct social behavior)
Amygdala (encodes emotional messages for long-‐term storage in the
brain)
Hippocampus (compares new learning to past
learning and encodes information from
working memory to long-‐term storage)
Learning how the brain works…
• Learning how to become ‘self aware’ through breath…
• Using Core Practice
Get comfortable Close your eyes or lower your head
Listen for the sound Focus on your breath Reduce your stress
Taking a “Brain Break”
Breathing and the Brain DEEP, DELIBERATE, STEADY BREATHS
what happens
Focused Attention
Being Present
Awareness of Emotions
Calm and Relaxed
Studies show that when students involve themselves in Core Practice, they find it easier to focus, they learn better, are more positive, more
empathetic, more optimistic and less anxious.
What is Mindfulness? • Core Practice is all about
Mindfulness (“being mindful”)
• Mindfulness is a state of being aware of your own mind, at any given moment
• It means to pay attention on purpose, being present in the moment Mindfulness-‐Based Stress Reduction)
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