Take a moment. Take up mindfulness.

Kanagawa Gakuen
Junior and Senior High School

ListenImprovement in concentration.
Stress and frustration management.
Resistance to temptation.

Mindfulness
7 days a week
The program run
by us throughout
the month ofOctober.

Question one from the twenty question feedback report given to junior high school students.
1) How many times a week did you participate in mindfulness activities?

Question eleven from the twenty question feedback report given to junior high school students.
11) For students who participated four to five times a week in the mindfulness activities - Do you thinkthese activities were effective in improving your concentration?

Question twelve from the twenty question feedback report given to junior high school students.
12) For students who participated four to five times a week in the mindfulness activities - Do you thinkthese activities were effective in helping you suppress feelings of stress and frustration?

Question thirteen from the twenty question feedback report given to junior high school students.
13) For students who participated four to five times a week in the mindfulness activities - Do you thinkthese activities were effective in helping you resist temptations such as using social media andwatching TV to focus on tasks such as homework that needed to be completed first?

Question fourteen from the twenty question feedback report given to junior high school students.
14) For students who participated four to five times a week in the mindfulness activities - Would you
like to continue to do mindfulness activities?

Question sixteen from the twenty question feedback report given to junior high school students.
16) For students who participated six or more times a week in the mindfulness activities - Do you
think these activities were effective in improving your concentration?

Question seventeen from the twenty question feedback report given to junior high school students.
17) For students who participated six or more times a week in the mindfulness activities - Do you
think these activities were effective in helping you suppress feelings of stress and frustration?

Question eighteen from the twenty question feedback report given to junior high school students.
18) For students who participated six or more times a week in the mindfulness activities - Do you
think these activities were effective in helping you resist temptations such as using social media andwatching TV to focus on tasks such as homework that needed to be completed first?

Question nineteen from the twenty question feedback report given to junior high school students.
18) For students who participated six or more times a week in the mindfulness activities - Would you
like to continue to do mindfulness activities?

マインドフルネスをやって、集中することができたから。
マインドフルネスをやると頭がスッキリするから。

Students’ comments and reactions
to the mindfulness exercises.

中間テストの日にマインドフルネスをしたら、いつもは眠いがその日は普段に比べて集中出来た気がしたからです。
心を落ち着かせることができるから。
テストの前にやったことで凡ミスが劇的に減ったから。
最初の深呼吸で落ち着けるからやることで考えていたことやイライラが解消されてよかったです。
結構、自分から勉強しようという意思が生まれていたと思ったから
朝は頭がぼやぼやしているのが多かったですがやったおかげでめがさめた？と思ったからです
朝とかに友達と喋っていて興奮していてもマインドフルネスをやれば落ちつくことができるから。
１日の中で何も考えない時間は必要であると感じたから効果があると思ったから。
確かにエクササイズをやったら勉強する気になったからです。
このエクササイズを行ったことで、集中力が高まったと思ったからです。嫌な宿題があったとしてもこのエクササイズを行うことで集中して宿題することができたからです。
エクササイズをすることでスマホを見たいという誘惑に負けずに勉強ができたのですごく集中できていいなと思ったからです。

Question fourteen from the twenty question feedback report given to high school students.
14) For students who participated four to five times a week in the mindfulness activities - Would you
like to continue to do mindfulness activities?

心を落ち着かせることができるから。

It helps me feel at ease.

Take a deep
breath in.

Slowlyexhale.

Take a moment.

Take up mindfulness.