Tell students to take a deep breath... and another deep breath.
Speak slowly, and emphasize slow movements, as you engage them in muscle stretching activities -- for example, scrunching their toes, lifting their feet an inch or two off the floor and slowly wiggling them, slowly stretching the calf muscles of their legs, stretching their fingers out and then slowly closing them to form a fist, turning their heads slowly from side to side...
Next -- still speaking slowly and quietly -- tell them they are about to enter a dimly lit elevator. The elevator has plush, deep red carpeting. It is cozy and inviting. Encourage them to look around inside the elevator and appreciate the luxury and soft comfort of their surroundings.
Tell them the elevator door is closing and they are traveling down from the tenth floor. Slowly, calmly, quietly drawl out the floor numbers as they pass: "10... 9... 8..."
When the elevator reaches the ground floor (the students' heads are still on their desks), announce that they have arrived at their destination. (In this example, let's say all students are visiting the beach.) As the elevator door opens, encourage students to slowly scan the panorama they "see." Instruct them to look to the far left for about 20 or 30 seconds; ask them to soak up all the sights and sounds they see and notice the detail. Notice the colors, the shapes, the motions. Slowly, eventually, when students have taken in the entire panorama, ask them to look behind them. The elevator is no longer there, just the sights and sounds of the beach.
Then ask them to turn their heads just and inch or so and encourage them to notice the same things... ask them to listen carefully for sounds that might pervade the environment.
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