Giving Compass' Take:

• Kate Stringer reports that ClassDojo is bringing students around the world together through the practice of mindfulness. 

• What are the advantages of practicing mindfulness? 

• Learn about the benefits of meditation in school. 

Children around the world will be paying particular attention to their breath in what may be the largest joint practice of mindfulness in schools.

Called a “Mindful Moment,” students will participate in a meditative exercise at 11 a.m. in their time zone. It will be led by a video lesson from ClassDojo, an education app, that created the lesson in collaboration with the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, and partnered with the U.K. charity Beyond Shame Beyond Stigma to promote the global mindfulness day.

Friday also marks the release of ClassDojo’s new series of videos and exercises created with Yale to promote mindfulness in schools, an effort they first started in 2017. The activities, which are aimed at K-8 students, will be rolled out through next week and are free for teachers to access. The mindfulness exercises cover topics like gratitude, focusing on the breath, relaxing the body and helping students manage anxiety.

“It’s really about creating a large movement to get everybody across the world … to just pause and recognize the power of mindfulness,” said Marc Brackett, director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. “We are well trained at being inattentive.”

Read the full article about students practicing mindfulness together by Kate Stringer at The 74.