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This page offers some resources to help support mindfulness and relaxation.
This page offers some resources to help support mindfulness and relaxation.
Relaxing Breath (calm.com)
Relaxing Breath (calm.com)
- Inhale slowly through the nose to the count of three. Place your attention on the expansion of your chest and the sound of your breath.
- Pause at the top of your inhale for another two seconds. Rather than holding your breath think of it as resting your breath. (The idea of holding often causes us to tense up, and we want to try to relax before the exhale).
- Now slowly exhale and let go of all of the air in your lungs for a count of six, keeping your jaw relaxed.
- Keep going for a few more rounds.
Bounce Back: How to be a resilient kid
Bounce Back: How to be a resilient kid
This book, by Wendy L. Moss, Ph.D, offers some ways for children to calm themslves when they are experiencing challenging emotions.
Bounce-Back_Ch-5_Calming-Yourself.pdfSoothing with our senses_0.pdfA self-soothing technique to help yourself feel more calm and relaxed using your five senses from CARES, the UCLA Center for Child Anxiety Resilience Education and Support
A self-soothing technique to help yourself feel more calm and relaxed using your five senses from CARES, the UCLA Center for Child Anxiety Resilience Education and Support
A breathing technique that people of all ages can use from CARES, the UCLA Center for Child Anxiety Resilience Education and Support
A breathing technique that people of all ages can use from CARES, the UCLA Center for Child Anxiety Resilience Education and Support
Butterfly Breath.pdf13-Minute Body Scan Meditation For Teens and Adults
13-Minute Body Scan Meditation For Teens and Adults
Mind Yeti for English-speaking families: Mind Yeti
Mind Yeti for Spanish-speaking families: Mind Yeti Espanol
Taking Gratitude to the next level: Try The GLAD Technique
Taking Gratitude to the next level: Try The GLAD Technique
Applying the GLAD Technique is very simple. All we need is a journal (a notebook works too) in which you can record one thing:
G: One Gratitude that you have.
L: One thing you learned today.
A: One accomplishment you did today.
D: One thing that delighted you today.
Closure_ Journal Prompts (1).pdfPage updated
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