Mindful Moments

As Mental Health Awareness Week began, we decided to go outside as we have realised that just being outside, whatever the weather, helps calm us and helps us to learn. We looked around the playground and found some quiet places to sit beside our flowers.

We concentrated on our breathing practices, noticing our breath, finger breathing and our petal practice.

It’s been a lovely start to the week and has reminded us of other ways we can calm down when we are feeling angry, frustrated or sad. We talked about Max in Where the Wild Things Are and thought he could have used some of these techniques instead of causing mischief and being sent to his room with no supper as a consequence of his behaviour!