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Whirlwind Breath: An energising brain break
Posted 31 Mar 2025
If you are feeling slow, sleepy or sluggish and need to be ready to learn or focus on an important task, a full-body energising activity can help you reset to a more engaged state.
The Whirlwind Breath is a Mindful Movement brain break activity that can awaken the body.
Teachers: It is a great mindfulness activity within the classroom to start the day or transition between lessons.
How to do the Whirlwind Breath
- Let’s stand up tall.
- Breathing in, reaching our arms up over head.
- Breathing out, moving our arms half way, in front of our chests.
- Breathing in, stretching our arms out, to the side.
- Breathing out, bring our arms back half way.
- Breathing in, reaching our arms up over head. Stretch up!
- Ready – let’s hinge at the hips, reach for our toes and breathe out haaahhhh.
- Let’s slowly roll up to standing.
- Repeat 2-3 times.
View these instructions as a PDF.
More about Mindful Movement Brain Breaks
Act Belong Commit offers yoga and mindfulness training as part of the Mindful Movement Education Program. In these trainings, participants learn curriculum-aligned and trauma-informed brain breaks that include breathing, movement and relaxation exercises. They are suitable for anyone working with children and adolescents.
If you are interested in this training, please email mindfulmovement@curtin.edu.au