Morning Mindfulness Brings Clarity, Focus to Albion Middle
Barry Johnson’s second-period science class has fallen silent. The lights are dimmed and the students are all sitting forward and upright in their chairs with their feet on the floor and eyes closed. The only sound that can be heard is the soothing voice of a woman who is inviting the class to take a few moments eight minutes, to be exactto “just be right here” as the students “breathe in and breathe out, breathe in, breathe out.” In today’s hyper-connected, always-on world, eight minutes is a long time for anyone to sit still with their thoughts, let alone an