Mindful Breathing With Belly Buddies For 2nd Grade

A short guided meditation designed for 2nd-grade students to practice deep, belly breathing. Flourish Foundation is dedicated to inspiring systemic change through heartmind cultivation, promoting personal well-being, benevolent social action, and environmental stewardship.

Transcript

Hello,

Today let's do some mindful breathing with a belly buddy.

There's different ways to do mindful breathing with our belly buddies,

And we're gonna try some.

Let's begin by getting a belly buddy.

Take a minute to find one.

It can be your favorite stuffy or a small toy object,

Whatever you'd like to rest on your belly.

Now find a quiet place and lay down on your back.

Put your belly buddy on your belly and close your eyes.

Let's take the next few moments to calm your body by focusing on your breathing.

Take a deep breath into your belly and feel your belly buddy rise up and then down as you breathe out.

Feel your muscles relax as you breathe in and out.

And out.

You can watch your breathing in three places.

Your belly.

Your chest.

And your nose and mouth.

Breathe in through your nose.

Breathe out through your mouth.

Breathe into your belly.

And breathe out.

Breathe into your chest.

And breathe out.

Breathe in thinking the number one.

And breathe out.

Breathe in thinking the number two.

And breathe out.

Breathe in thinking the number three.

And breathe out.

Let everything be.

With your hands at your sides,

Do a flower breath.

Open your fingers as you breathe in.

And close your fingers as you breathe out.

Do a few more flower breaths.

Now do a ninja breath.

Be stealthy as you breathe in.

And out.

There are so many ways of breathing.

There's the flower breath.

The ninja breath.

The snake breath.

The bowl of soup breath.

And don't forget balloon breaths.

You always have your breath to relax you.

Always.

No matter where you are or what you're doing.

Now slowly wiggle your fingers and toes and gently open your eyes.

And come back into your day.

Have a good one.