Let’s try breathing like lots of different animals to see how much you can control your breathing.
Whale Breath
Sitting with your legs crossed, sit up tall and take a deep breathe in, Hold it while you count to 5 with your fingers then tilt your head up to blow it out of the blowhole. You can even put your hands up on top of your head to create the blow hole to “blow” out.
Snake Breath
Breathe in, pause briefly, then breathe out slowly while you make a hissing sound for as long as you can.
Bunny Breath
You can do this breathing either while sitting, or add movement to it.
Sitting version – make “bunny” hands in front of chest and take quick sniffs like a bunny.
Movement version – start in a squat and hop forward while taking quick bunny sniffs.
Bumble Bee Breath
Breathe in and pretend you are smelling a flower. As you breathe out, make a humming bee sound. Try different ways of making the sound – longer or shorter, high or low sounds.
Discuss with your class how it feel to breathe in all these different ways.
Which one feels the best?
Can you think of any other animals you could try breathing like?
