At Oak View Elementary in Maple Grove, students are getting the tools to pause and breathe. Classroom leaders say its working.
Nearly every day in Shirley Merriett's classroom, her second-grade students stand up and stretch. They're following instructions from Movemindfully, a Minnesota-based company that focuses on mindfulness exercises.
"It helps us recenter, refocus so we can show up our best selves in our space together," Merriett explained.
Merriett was an early adopter of the practice. She said they do it to… Read More