Seminar: Harnessing Our Leadership Skills to Leverage Indigenous Students and Communities
Program: ICSLI
Subject Area: Other
Grade Level: High school
Year of Publication: 2025
Abstract
In this curriculum, the person serving in a leadership capacity would practice these following mindfulness strategies to balance and strengthens one’s self-awareness. These strategies are recommended to be practiced with intention to create safe space, honor self, increase breathing during uncalming moments, and reset self to balance. During moments of change often, which take place in a school capacity, we do not focus on our breathing or selves much and these strategies will assist in focusing in maintaining a holistic balance while serving a leadership role.
This practice guide focuses on self-awareness as a strategy which can be shown in the following
ways:
Mindful Breathing: box breathing visual is offered by PT health (2022)
o Find a comfortable position
o Visualize a box (see image below): inhale for four seconds, hold for four seconds,
exhales for four seconds, hold breath for four seconds, and repeat