Armand M. Nicholi, a clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School once shared his view on how we spend time with other people. He shared that time to a relationship is like oxygen to the body; a minimal amount is not good for either one.
Like Facebook memes like to say, read that again. Time to a relationship is like oxygen to the body; a minimal amount is not good for either one.
In a recent study on parenting it was discovered that child thrived more when parents spent quality time with their children. This means that even if they couldn't put in the quantity they wish to (life happens) the quality they put into the time mattered.
The Calm App's, Daily Jay mindfulness recently has a mindfulness titled, Energy Management. Jay Shetty a former monk is the Chief Purpose Officer of the Calm App and each day does a mindfulness called The Daily Jay. The Energy Management mindfulness spoke to how we spend our time. The quality of time we put into our time spent with others.
How do you spend your energy? Are you fully present and giving 100% when you are with students? They can tell. And it matters.
We need to invest time and energy into our students.
Many of our students will not return home at night to a home filled with quality time or any time at all spent with a positive adult.
When we take time to get to know our students and give them our full attention, they see it, and it matters.
One way to spend quality time with your students is to engage in meaningful mindfulness. When your students see you investing in them and investing time with them it makes a lasting positive impact.
40% of students will experience a traumatic event before graduating high school. Think about your students and how trauma may be impacting their education experience. Mindfulness can provide them with a tool to help calm anxiety, fear, and depression often related to trauma.
Students who regularly engage in a mindfulness practice report reduced; anxiety, stress, and symptoms of depression. Studies also show that students who practice mindfulness have strengthened wise decision making skills and decreased impulsiveness. It has also been found that students with a daily mindfulness practice have improved interpersonal relationships. Interpersonal relationships is something that our students struggle with due to the increase in the use of technology and social media.
Incase you were wondering, mindfulness also helps students improve their grades! Less stress means more focus, more focus means better grades.
Mumford and Sons song Awake My Soul tells us, "And where you invest your love, you invest your life."
We daily choose to come to a school building and investing in the lives of our students. We can choose to invest wisely and give them a solid foundation. As we invest in their education it is imperative that we also invest in the whole person.
Spend your energy wisely. Take time to practice mindfulness.
Remember we have Inner Explorer. This is an amazing and easy to use resource to help you and your students take control over emotions and learn to spend energy wisely.
Lastly, I wanted to share a quick video from Jay Shetty. He talks about what we see when we go to sleep and when we wake up. This most often is a cell phone/tablet/screen. This got me thinking about our students. Many to most of them look at a screen as they go to sleep and when they wake up. He talks about how this sets brains for the negative. Help you students reset their minds with mindfulness as they enter class. Jay S. video
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