Calm Classroom Music That Helps My Anxious Students Reset

Some of my students get overwhelmed, and calm classroom music plus a quick breathing moment has become our reset.

When the room gets tense I put on calm classroom music, a soft rain over low brown noise, and we follow a short guided breathe together. It is not therapy and I am careful to say so, it is just a small calming routine that helps everyone come back down. The gentle sound gives them something steady to settle into. After a minute or two the class is ready to work again.

A breath and a soft sound resets the whole room.

I use an app called Mindael because it has a breathe guide alongside the layered sounds, so I can run both from one place. Mindael loops the sound with no seam so the calm does not break while we breathe.

Link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mindael-sleep-focus-sounds/id6759842415

A short reset beats pushing through the tension, and Mindael makes that easy to lead. How do you help a class calm down mid lesson?