Relax and Listen to The Crickets
When I was a little girl, I lived on a farm. And during the summer months, when it was still warm outside as I was going to bed, the old farmhouse windows would be open. In the stillness of the...
Visualization for Healing: Mining Out The Pain
So last night my daughter was struggling with a pretty icky headache. As we were trying many remedies to help her lessen the pain, my partner's son, who is 13, offered this visualization. He said,...
Online Meditation Class for Parents and Educators
If you're a parent and an educator and work with kids helping them to relax, then it is ESSENTIAL that you train your brain to do the same. One of the tools that I use to center myself is...
Join This Podcast Tonight on Kids Relaxation Strategies
Here's the invite for tonight's podcast in which I am the interviewee! Join us! Tuesday, January 27, 8:00pm CST...
Relaxation Activity: Fly Like A Bird
The Chinese practice of Qigong coordinates the flowing, fluid movement of energy between the body, mind and breath. It is so gentle and mindful! This Fly Like A Bird activity is perfect for...
Happy Thought Bubbles
I just love it when ideas spontaneously produce themselves. Just began one of my groups with this activity: Happy Thought Bubbles. 1. Discuss how a deep breath is a silent message to the body...
One Minute of Mindfulness: The Fox and The Child Video
Several years ago, my daughters and I watched a beautiful movie called The Child and The Fox, a 2007 French film directed by 2007 Luc Jacquet. Narrated by Kate Winslet, it's a story about a girl...
EFT Tapping Points Girl/Boy Posters
EFT, known as the Emotional Freedom Technique, is an excellent emotional regulation and stress management tool for kids. It involves tapping on specific points in the body. By...
Empty The Mind Bucket
I was cleaning out a book cabinet, (one of my FAVORITE activities because I usually get caught up more in reading than cleaning), and came across an old old copy of a Dr. Norman Vincent Peale book...
Zentangle! Art and Relaxation
Before my daughter, Maddie, could walk, even while she was still in diapers, she would spend hours drawing little circles on a piece of paper. That was one of my first clues that she would be an...
