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Learning takes place in positive environments.
Everyone needs support from other people.

Studnets will develop a greater respect for their own sensory powers and acquire an increased awareness of commonsensory pleasures shared by others.

The first activity is a good exercise at the beginning of class when all the students' energies seem to be scattered. It is also useful as a way to relax students before they take a test or after lunch. Some teachers have used relaxation techniques as a lead-in to "prewriting". The third exercise is included only from teachers who are completely comfortable with how their class would respond.

(1)	Inhale through your nose for the count of eight. As you breathe in, let your stomach come out. Then exhale through your mouth for the count of eight, letting your stomach come in. Repeat this fifteen times. This is a good exercise at the beginning of a class when all the students' energies seem to be scattered. We have also found it useful as a way to relax students before they take a test.
(2)	The entire class starts to walk around. Shake both hands of each person you meet. Then shake the elbows of each person you meet. Now shake each other's shoulders. Afterward, stop, close your eyes, and become aware of how you feel.
(3)	Everyone stand or sit in a circle, all facing one direction so that you are each directly behind another person. reach out to the person in front of you and massage his neck and shoulders (3 minutes). Now turn around and do the same thing to the person who is behind you (3 minutes). This way, everyone is both simultaneously giving and receiving a message.