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MindUP’s Brain Break
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Summary In this video, Goldie Hawn guides us through MindUP's famous Brain Break.
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From the MindUP website:
“The Brain Break helps children focus attention and regulate emotions
Practiced three times per day, this focused breathing practice gives children a tool to help them to regulate their stress and emotions through regulating their physiology, and activating the attentional regions of the brain.”
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