{"id":8551,"date":"2021-01-24T05:14:04","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T11:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalschools.com.au\/upschoolplus\/?p=8551"},"modified":"2026-06-24T05:40:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T05:40:39","slug":"mindfulness-brain-break-kids-and-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robmacps.vic.edu.au\/upschool\/?p=8551","title":{"rendered":"Mindfulness Brain Break &#8211; Kids and Families"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Mindfulness For Kids &#8211; 5 Minute Brain Break<\/h1>\n<p>If you are struggling to stay focused for a long time, are starting to feel irritable and frustrated and you need a bit of boost to keep the good vibes flowing, then this activity is for you.\u00a0It is a quick five-minute mindfulness activity that will boost your brainpower, enhance your creativity and keep you feeling calm and centred throughout the day.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-AU\">Mindfulness is a word that describes many different skills and activities that improve our cognitive, spiritual and emotional experience.\u00a0Mindfulness is in itself the experience we have through an activity like deep breathing, relaxation meditations and yoga.\u00a0This activity is designed to stimulate the brain and bring energy and vitality back into the body as well as improving concentration and internal visualisation.<\/p>\n<h2>Hot Tips for Your Mindfulness Practice<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle\">\n<li>I would recommend learning this activity first and practising it a few times in a row until you get it.<\/li>\n<li>Practising a few times each day boosts the effects of this simple technique.<\/li>\n<li>Mindfulness is cumulative &#8211; which means the more often you practice the more noticeable the effects<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Guest Contributor:\u00a0Emily Rack<br \/>Business Name:\u00a0<strong><a style=\"color: #3366ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.horatiosjar.com.au\/\">Horatio<\/a>\u2019<a style=\"color: #3366ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.horatiosjar.com.au\/\">s Jar<\/a><\/strong><br \/>Publisher:\u00a0Digital Schools<\/p>\n<p>Emily Rack is a qualified yoga teacher, meditation instructor, freelance writer and visual content creator. She\u00a0is the head of the content production, publication\u00a0and editing for Upschool+ Guest Contributors.\u00a0Emily provides mindfulness and wellbeing workshops, immersive experiences, classes and events for the whole community and is an experienced event designer, teacher and performing artist.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014-<\/p>\n<p>PUBLISHER\u2019S DISCLAIMER: The publisher of this blog post (<a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalschools.com.au\/\">Digital Schools PTY LTD<\/a>) works in partnership with the school as a 3rd party provider to help build and maintain the school website. Digital Schools sources a range of experts who provide products and\/or services to educational institutions and we work with them to produce and publish topical information in the form of blog posts that we think\u00a0 may be relevant, interesting or topical to families within the community. 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