10 exercises to develop mindfulness in children

The awareness, the ability is in the present moment and notice all the details — the key to a happy life. The practice of mindfulness with children is not some obsessive exercise, which is necessary to allocate a separate time. Their beauty is that you can do it "casually": listen to the birds singing on the way to school to ask the child how he the song played on the radio.

10 offer you simple exercises which will help you to cultivate a harmonious and conscious personality.

1. Please note sapacitabine house that will be on hand: candles, citrus, honey, herbs. Encourage your child to describe what he feels, breathing in the particular aroma.





2. Listen muzykantova child mixed song: sad and funny. Why does the song seemed sad? Because of the tempo, voice, volume? Listen the song till the end, if the child liked it, and if not, proceed to the next. This is a great exercise when you are relaxing at home or going to bed.

3. Do Board scacciaventi with kids print family photos, ask them to draw pleasant memories, or cut out pictures from magazines. Make a collage of them and place where children will see it often (near the dining table or by the bed). Before eating or sleeping, pay attention of the child to be collage. Dopamine, the pleasure hormone, is produced not only when we experience a pleasant moment for the first time, but when we remember events.

4. Listen to the sounds macrogard you on the street, ask the child to list all the sounds he hears. Birds, sirens, the rustling of trees...

5. Learn to observe dyanamite it is difficult to explain how to take a deep breath (to calm down after crying). Let the child lie on the floor and on your stomach will put a soft toy. Ask him to breathe through the nose, observing the rise and fall toy. The ability to concentrate on the breath is a great skill for life.

6. Exercise resonant will zvukopesa child to take several deep breaths while you will create some sound. This may be a bell, the sound of keys on a piano or by simply hitting the spoon on a metal pan. When they hear the sound, ask them to keep attention on how sound travels and gradually fades. Ask the child to raise his hand when he will cease to hear the sound.

7. Trainees will blagodarnostjami gratitude a part of family ritual. At dinner, on the way to school — sharing what and who you are thankful that you appreciate.

8. Take poznali posture, how we keep, shape the message to the brain. Try these few poses with your child. He felt its power? It is especially useful exercise, if the child is nervous before a test or competition.

  • Superman: fists clenched, arms extended, feet apart on shoulder width apart and tightly pressed to the ground.

  • Boss: fists clenched, hands on hips, feet pressed to the ground.

  • Sphinx: lying on stomach, elbows under the shoulders, support the body, palms on the floor, gaze is directed forward.

 

9. Activate internal supercelebrities with a child some point on the body, touching where every time he activates a special ability (vision, hearing, etc.).

10. Set point contactable select home place, the subject of which will for all to be reminded of mindfulness. For example, agree that each time you turn the door handle — you concentrate on what is happening.published

 

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