#mindfulAISD (11/28)
Mindfulness in the Austin Independent School District
Week of November 28th
#mindfulAISD HAPPENINGS
Student Leadership at Clifton Check it out @mrbutler629, students leading students using your educator guide for Specialties! #MindfulAISD @AustinISDSEL | Blanton ElementaryMindful Monday Movement w Ms Coffey's class @BlantonElem ! #mindfulaisd @AustinISDSEL @AISDECRocks | Weekly Mindfulness & Yoga for Parents at PerezVenga para Atención Plena y Yoga bilingüe en la biblioteca de @Perez_Elem! #mindfulAISD #SELfcare @mrbutler629 @AustinISDSEL @AISDLibTech Join us for Parent/Staff Mindfulness & Yoga Wednesdays @Perez_Elem library! #mindfulAISD #SELfcare @mrbutler629 @AustinISDSEL @AISDLibTech |
Student Leadership at Clifton
Blanton Elementary
Mindful Monday Movement w Ms Coffey's class @BlantonElem ! #mindfulaisd @AustinISDSEL @AISDECRocks
Weekly Mindfulness & Yoga for Parents at Perez
Venga para Atención Plena y Yoga bilingüe en la biblioteca de @Perez_Elem! #mindfulAISD #SELfcare @mrbutler629 @AustinISDSEL @AISDLibTech
Join us for Parent/Staff Mindfulness & Yoga Wednesdays @Perez_Elem library! #mindfulAISD #SELfcare @mrbutler629 @AustinISDSEL @AISDLibTech
Want to Showcase Your Mindfulness Work?
RESOURCES
#mindfulAISD YouTube Playlist
We finally have a mindfulness YouTube playlist! It's just the beginning, but there are 3 videos explaining different mindful breathing techniques. There are plans for more videos with students leading the exercises because those would be much better than the ones with me leading the exercises. :) Special shout out to Judd Absher at Highland Park for recording, editing and uploading these videos for us.
If y'all want to record your students doing mindfulness activities for the playlist, please send them to me so I can put them on there.
**You can add these YouTube videos to your GoNoodle account so you can use these videos to make your champ stronger!
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLk8vStkqPsIPKQv5a7w_dkyy86e4PfF7K
Previous Newsletters
Since there is different information and resources on each article, I am going to include links to all the previous newsletters from now on along with a highlight or two from each newsletter.
Week of November 14 (GIFs for deep breathing & Breathing script for HS--Palm the Present Moment by Donald Altman from "The Mindfulness Toolbox")
Week of November 7 (AISD e-Wellness spotlight)
Week of October 31 (Mindfulness Challenge update)
Week of October 24 (Progressive Muscle Relaxation script)
Week of October 17 ("Just Breathe" mindfulness video)
Week of October 10 (Stop Breathe Think App/Site & Curious Not Furious article)
Week of October 3 (Pokemon poses & Mindfulness and the Brain article)
Week of September 26 (Replacing Detention w/ Meditation article & Guided Breathing tracks in Spanish & English)
Week of September 19 (Teacher Self-Care & Connecting Mindfulness w/ SEL: Mind Yeti)
Week of September 12 (KEYE News feature & Helping Teens Destress)
Mindful Classrooms--Week 14
Photos/stories of Mindful Classrooms being used in class are always welcome and would be great for the newsletter! Email James Butler.
FREE FOR TEACHERS!
CalmFREE Calm.com Lifetime Subscription for Teachers (PreK-12) Calm also has an app for phones. **There are free sections on calm.com and the app, so feel free to share with your students' families. | Mind YetiConnecting Mindfulness w/ Explicit SEL Lessons Mindyeti.com is a great resource that connects mindfulness with Second Step lessons. Visit the site and sign up for a FREE account! There is also an informational page that explains the connection between Mind Yeti and Second Step. | GoNoodleGoNoodle For the Body and the Mind Go to the CATEGORIES tab at the top of the page and look for "calming" and "stretching." They have a bunch of great videos to use for daily mindfulness time and/or mindfulness breaks. GoNoodle can be found in the AISD cloud and then you have access to GoNoodle Plus with ALL of the videos. **Share gonoodle.com with your students' families so they can sign up for a FREE account to use at home. |
Calm
FREE Calm.com Lifetime Subscription for Teachers (PreK-12)
Calm also has an app for phones.
**There are free sections on calm.com and the app, so feel free to share with your students' families.
Mind Yeti
Connecting Mindfulness w/ Explicit SEL Lessons
Mindyeti.com is a great resource that connects mindfulness with Second Step lessons. Visit the site and sign up for a FREE account!
There is also an informational page that explains the connection between Mind Yeti and Second Step.
GoNoodle
GoNoodle For the Body and the Mind
Go to the CATEGORIES tab at the top of the page and look for "calming" and "stretching." They have a bunch of great videos to use for daily mindfulness time and/or mindfulness breaks. GoNoodle can be found in the AISD cloud and then you have access to GoNoodle Plus with ALL of the videos.
**Share gonoodle.com with your students' families so they can sign up for a FREE account to use at home.
Pokemon Poses (created by AISD 3rd graders)List of Pokemon Poses created by AISD Students Mrs. Garcia's 3rd graders at Cunningham created Pokemon Yoga Poses for Market Day last week and they wanted to share their creativity and hard work with y'all. Creating poses and incorporating mindful breathing with the poses is such a great way to make mindfulness fun and easily practiced by all. Nicely done! | Mindful Life ProjectGuided Mindfulness Activities in English & Spanish--Great for Secondary They also have a free app titled "Mindful Life Project." | Stop, Breathe & Think Stop Breathe & Think is a website and app that provides guided meditations based on how you are feeling at that moment. There are a great number of FREE meditations starting at just a couple minutes long. |
Pokemon Poses (created by AISD 3rd graders)
List of Pokemon Poses created by AISD Students
Mrs. Garcia's 3rd graders at Cunningham created Pokemon Yoga Poses for Market Day last week and they wanted to share their creativity and hard work with y'all. Creating poses and incorporating mindful breathing with the poses is such a great way to make mindfulness fun and easily practiced by all. Nicely done!
Mindful Life Project
Guided Mindfulness Activities in English & Spanish--Great for Secondary
They also have a free app titled "Mindful Life Project."