Slow the Breath

• In the Classroom - Lesson 8
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Exercise:

Have your students

 

• Notice what your breathing is like (there’s nothing wrong with how you’re breathing, as long as you are breathing). We just do this because it's fun to have a reference point for later. 
   

• As you inhale, count to 3,
  as you exhale count to 4.
  As you inhale count to 4.
  As you exhale count to 5.
  As you inhale count to 5.
  As you exhale count to 6.
  As you inhale, count to 6, 
  as you exhale count to 7. 
  As you inhale count to 7. 
  As you exhale count to 8. 
  As you inhale count to 8. ​
  As you exhale count to 9.
  As you inhale count to 9. 
  As you exhale count to 10.
   

• At 10, let them spend a couple more breaths breathing, counting to ten on both the inhalations and the exhalations.
   

• Let them experience slow breathing for a few moments.