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Three breaths before beginning

October 8, 2026 by Akhil Singh

Children sit down long before they are ready to learn. Three slow breaths, taken together at the start of a lesson, give the body time to arrive.

Categories Practices Tags age-6-8, attention, breath, for-teachers, interoception 1 Comment

The threshold: how children cross into the classroom

October 7, 2026October 7, 2026 by Akhil Singh

Every child who crosses the classroom door is making a small journey. Here is a five-minute doorway routine that turns arrival into the first lesson of the day.

Categories Practices Tags age-6-8, age-8-11, attention, for-teachers, hand 2 Comments

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Akhil Kumar Singh, PhD

PhD, IIT Jodhpur · Author, Brill 2025

Assistant Professor, School of Social Sciences, Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bengaluru

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