![]() This will wake up your brain and enliven your spirit. Even in your own neighborhood, examine the trees, the flowers, the grass - the absolute perfection surrounding us. Go outside, walk slowly and focus on the wonders of nature, as if seeing them for the first time. Your heart rate will slow, and your stress will eventually melt away. When thoughts arise, let them go, like clouds passing in the sky. Soften your belly and take three deep breaths. You start to live for now, rather than for what's next or, worse, waiting for the end to come. That's why it's essential to take time to breathe or spend a few minutes in nature away from phones and computers. Meditation thickens the cortex, where we make decisions, analyze, feel more connected to others and dream. People talk about the brain weakening as it ages. I've meditated since the 1970s, but now I really see the results. This time in my life feels like a culmination of everything I've been practicing. Research has proven that this practice can lift people out of depression. But if you supplant each negative thought with three positive ones, you begin to restructure your brain. If you have a negative thought - "I can't stand my boss" - it perpetuates a negative worldview. The boy's mother told me it was the first time her son felt safe at school. At gratitude circle, another kid said he was grateful for that child. Sounds simple, right? Well, at a school in Vancouver, British Columbia, a boy had been bullied. One exercise is a gratitude circle, where kids go around saying what they're thankful for. Additionally, students who participated in the MindUP program had significant improvements in many SEL skills and attitudes, which include self-reported executive functioning, perspective-taking, optimism, empathy, mindfulness, and emotional control over this same period.Our curriculum offers techniques to manage emotions and behavior. The study found students who participated in the program had significant improvements in peer-nominated prosocial behaviors (i.e., sharing, trustworthiness, helpfulness, taking others’ views), academic self-concept, and self-reported depressive symptomology compared to students in the control group (outcomes reported approximately 1 year after baseline while controlling for outcome pretest). The evaluation included grade 4 and 5 students enrolled in suburban schools in Canada (66% of participants identified English as their native language, 25% reported an East Asian language). Additionally, students who participated in the MindUP program showed significant teacher-reported improvements in aggressive behaviors, oppositional behaviors, attention and concentration, and social and emotional competence (i.e., empathy, compassion) compared to students in the control group (outcomes reported approximately 10 weeks after baseline).Ī randomized controlled trial study (RCT) conducted in the 2007-2008 school year (published in 2015) supported the effectiveness of MindUP for elementary school students. ![]() This evaluation found that students who participated in the program showed significant increases in self-reported optimism compared to students in the control group (outcomes reported approximately 10 weeks after baseline). This evaluation included 246 students who were in grades 4 to 7 in Canada (57% of the participants identified English as their first language, 23% reported an East Asian language). Results from a quasi-experimental (QE) study conducted in the 2005-2006 school year (published in 2010) supported the effectiveness of MindUP for elementary school students. ![]()
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