“Can you show me how to take a belly breath?” says Heather Townley to the classroom of first-graders circled around her.
The students, some resting their hands on their bellies, take deep breaths and let the air pass slowly out of their mouths.
“When do we need to take a belly breath?” Townley asks.
Little hands dart up.
“Whenever we are mad, when we get angry and want to throw stuff,” the children answer.