Help your child feel more grounded with slow breaths
This activity helps soothe stressful situations. Try to encourage your child to make it a daily practice, so that it becomes second nature.
Breathe in for four or five seconds. Hold it for a moment. Then breathe out for four or five seconds.
Focus the attention on the sensation of slowing down. Feel the body and mind slowing down with each slow breath.
Get your child to repeat this for 30-60 seconds several times a day.
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