by zemirah | Dec 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
Go outside and listen to the silence of snow falling in the forest. What will you most likely hear? Silence. If you aren’t near an area where the snow falls, then create your own space, maybe inside an indoor fort, and make paper cutout snowflakes and pretend. Set...
by zemirah | Nov 30, 2015 | Uncategorized
The weather is turning cold here in Colorado. We have been playing in the mountain snow. Snow can provide the perfect image for relaxation with your child. Think snowflake. Think melting snowflake. Now think melt away that tension. As we head into the holiday...
by zemirah | Nov 29, 2015 | Uncategorized
Holidays are generally thought of as celebrations. Fun, family, and food! However, often they can bring a certain amount of stress. Changes in schedules, new people, new places, new food, can all bring about increased necessity to self-regulate and find ways to...
by zemirah | Nov 4, 2015 | Deep Breathing, Educator Resources, Parenting Resources, Relaxation for Test Taking, Relaxation Practice, Uncategorized
Recently I heard Brene Brown speak on her Rising Strong book tour. She spoke about her research on resilience and some qualities that people can embody in order to become more resilient in their life. Her studies showed that resilient people have a couple of things...
by zemirah | Oct 15, 2015 | Family Relaxation, One Minute Relaxers, Parenting Resources, Stress Management, stress management for kids, stress reduction for kids, Uncategorized
I think bath time is THE perfect place to practice relaxation. When my daughters were little, I would bring in the bubbles, turn down the lights, create a bouquet of flowers from the garden, play some soft music and diffuse some lavender into the air around the tub....
