Mindful Circle Time with Preschoolers (turn on subtitles)

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This is preschool teacher Ana Segura from Chula Vista, CA practicing centering techniques with children during their morning circle routine along with co-teachers Marianna, and Angelica. An amazing team. Ana asked me to show her ways to teach calming, centering strategies to her children as a way to make circle time more meaningful. I showed her hand on the heart, hand on the belly along with diaphragmatic breathing to start. From there, she added her own practice of "Share the love" while breathing and waving one hand. Finally, I showed her an "alternate nostril breathing" technique from my yoga practice and gave her a way to adapt it for children (using one finger on one nostril as it's closed, then use the other hand to close the other nostril instead of using one hand which would be too hard for preschoolers' fine motor abilities). Watching the team build this in to their daily practice is just inspiring. www.consulting.laurafishtherapy.com for more!