New York City Public Schools hopes to improve students’ mental health with daily breathing exercises, Mayor Eric Adams announced.
last year to provide more mental health resources to students. Now the school system, which serves about 1 million students, will require schools to offer breathing exercises for two to five minutes per day. Students are not obligated to participate, Adams said.Mary Vaccaro, the United Federation of Teachers’ vice president for education, said at the news conference that thousands of teachers are being trained to lead the exercises.
Adams, who is from Brooklyn, said he would’ve appreciated the exercises when he was a troublemaking student in the school system 50 years ago. He said he performs breathing techniques before his speeches.for treating anxiety. A month later, a study found that breathing exercises helped“Instead of having bullets, we will have breath,” Adams said. “Instead of having violence, we will have balance.”schools were already offering breaks for breathing exercises, he added.
“It is not a replacement for programs and initiatives for children and young people who have more significant mental health needs,” Yuster said. David Banks, the New York City Schools chancellor, acknowledged during the news conference that students will face more trauma beyond the pandemic. But he said learning to breathe properly is the first step toward facing those challenges.
“There’s nothing more important that we could teach our kids than mindfulness, deliberative breathing,” Banks said. It’s “a lifelong skill that they can take with them everywhere that they go.”
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