In Brian’s video, Jason noticed a singing bowl. Brian explained to Jason:
Yes that is a singing bowl! I really want to integrate mindfulness training in my class, and that was one way of doing it. I tap it three times while we breathe deeply and then we are silent by the third. Sometimes I draw out that silence for a good 20-30 seconds, which is a LOONG time for them. I am going to do some more reflecting on this in the summer and maybe teach them a little about clearing the mind, breathing meditation, detaching from thoughts etc…
I bought it on Amazon here:
At first I was disappointed at the higher pitch but it’s worked out just fine. It’s a tiny little bowl but it works and the kids haven’t attempted to steal it! They actually want to be the ones to make the sounds.
The eye contact during the chimes is priceless. 🙂 I can see they know intuitively what i’m trying to accomplish and they very much appreciate it.