Health Literacy for Schools: Wellbeing

5 Minute Mindful Activities 

• Mindful Breathing - follow a guided meditation to focus on your breathing
• Pinwheel Breathing - make a pinwheel move by breathing slowly on it
• Belly Buddies - lie on your back and put a light object on your stomach and watch it move up and down as you breathe
• Shark Fin - move your hand down your face whilst saying 'shush'
• Breathing Colours - visualise a relaxing colour
• Breathing Hands - trace round your hand with your other fingers whilst breathing
• Back to Back Breathing - working in pairs, breathe deeply and notice your partners breathing rhythm
• Body Scan - lie on the floor and do a visual body scan to see how each part of your body feels
• Mindful Eats - bring your attention to what you're eating and how it feels
• Mindful Steps - walk around and notice how each aspect feels to your body
• Mindful Sounds - listen and concentrate on sounds
• Spidey Senses - use your superpower senses to notice everything going on around you.

For a full list and many more activities visit Teach Starter for their blog on Mindful Activities for the Classroom.

You can also listen to these guided meditation sessions by Annaka Harris.