Ready Minds and Calm Bodies: Relax and Regulate

Feeling like your classroom has a lot of energy? Could everyone use a few minutes to reset and refocus? Join me to explore regulating tools that can work for you and your students this year! Learn how to set up your students and classroom for daily relaxation by finding space, outlining expectations, modelling tone and using props. Experiment with using ready-made guided imagery excerpts and practice writing your own. This session will focus on: Identify what a natural relaxation break could look like for your class. Explore using guided imagery, breathing techniques and regulation props to support students both in and out of doors. Practice incorporating relaxation techniques with the facilitator for tools to use tomorrow. Taking purposeful and mindful breaks during the day supports mental well-being, but where do we fit this all in? Using research-based practices and story-telling techniques, participants will work with the facilitator to incorporate mindful techniques into lessons and to build in natural break times for guided relaxation. Session Objectives: 1. Identify what a natural relaxation break could look like for your class. 2. Explore using guided imagery, breathing techniques and regulation props to support students both in and out of doors. 3. Practice incorporating relaxation techniques with the facilitator for tools to use tomorrow.