It’s day three of homeschooling and we’ve had some big feelings (both parents and kids) in the house. We’ve started using roller coaster breaths to help us calm down and collect ourselves when those big feelings start feeling uncontrollable.
You can download this printable here.
Five Steps to Feeling Calm
- Spread your hand and stretch your fingers out like a star. You can choose your left hand or your right hand. Pretend the pointer finger of your other hand is a pencil and imagine you are going to trace around the outline of your hand and fingers.
- Start at the bottom of your thumb and slide your finger up your thumb, pause at the top, and then slide your finger down the other side. Now slide your pointer up your second finger, pause, and slide down the other side. Continue tracing your fingers up, pause, and down. Slide your finger slowly, watch your finger move and notice how it feels. Keep going until you have finished tracing your fifth finger (pinky).
- Now you are ready to add some breathing. Breathe in through your nose and breathe out through your mouth. Remember to keep it slow and steady.
- Place your pointer finger at the bottom of your thumb, and breathe in as you slide up. Breathe out as you slide down. Breathe in as you slide up your second finger, and breathe out as you slide down. Keep going until you have finished tracing your fingers and you have taken five slow breaths.
- How does your body feel now? Do you feel calm or do you need to take another five?
Head to my IG to watch Colette and I read Moody Cow Meditates. It’s a great book to explain mediation to kids and how they can help themselves calm down.
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