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Breathing into a happier and healthier classroom
Author Information
* Name: Dr. Summer Braun, Caroline Wittekind, Claire Maurer * Affiliation: Well-Being Interventions for Teachers and Youth (WITY) Lab, University of Alabama
* Contact: ssbraun [at] ua.edu * Twitter: @WITY_Lab * Website: https://witylab.ua.edu/
* Year contributed: 2023
Categories
- Grade Level: 6 - 8
- Alabama Course of Study:
Health Education HE19.6.1.1-Describe the interrelationship between social and emotional health in adolescence. HE19.6.6.2a-List activities that can improve physical and mental health. HE19.7.1.1-Summarize the interrelationship of emotional, social, and physical health. HE19.7.7.2-Demonstrate healthy practices and behaviors that will maintain or improve the health of self and others. HE19.8.1.1-Explain how emotional, intellectual, physical, spiritual, mental, and social health affect each other. HE19.8.7.2-Document healthy practices and behaviors that will improve the health of self and others.
Abstract
This lesson provides a brief introduction to a breathing exercise. Students will explore the effects of the intervention on their physical wellness and discuss how use of this technique can help them become healthier individuals, both physically and mentally.
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