Children's comments
Children's comments
Feedback from 7 children.
Where did they practice
Every day at home
Right after I go to school
In the morning and at night
At bedtime deep breathing with mommy
When do I practice and how does it help
Sometimes I breathe right after I am mad. It helps me by calming me down
When I feel really angry, It is calming
At play time when I am mad, calms me down
When I am upset, stop crying as much
When I am excited. it helps me by calming down
Before dinner, it helps me be patient
Bed time, It helps me go to sleep
When I am tired
When I am overwhelmed
It helps me so I can get my books and not lose any of them
Helps me focus
It takes away my cough a little
How does it help
It is relaxing
It feels nice, I feel calm
It makes me much calmer
It feels calm and good
It calms me down when I feel like running around in the class room, it makes me not do that
It feels good and relaxing
It makes me feel really relaxed
I feel the silence
It makes me feel peaceful
It makes me feel real good like I can be a rock or a stone
It makes me feel like I am bathing in the Sun
It makes me disappear and I don't know where I am any more
I fall asleep
It makes me feel silent
Where and how does it help
In the morning at my house - I feel relaxed
At my house at night time - It helps me to go to my bed and sleep
At my grandma's house, sometime in the morning - it makes me feel happy
Sometimes when I am in the bath I close my eyes - It makes me feel like it is the middle of the night and I am fast asleep
When I am going on vacation in the car - It stops me from being car sick
When I am mad
At night time when I get back home
In the car
At home
On the plane when I try to go to sleep - It helps me because I usually get scared - I don't feel scared any more
Before I go to Tae-Kwon-Do - It makes me do good work
When I have nothing else to do - It feels good
When do I practice and how it helps me
Morning meeting - Having a good day
Focused
It helps me focus for the rest of the day
It helps me to calm down
It helps me concentrate
It helps relax me
At school - To survive
At night when it is hard to get sleep - Keeping bad dreams and sadness away
Before I go to sleep - It helps me sleep
Bed time - It calms me down
When I am going to sleep
Before bed - Calm down
At home 6.30 am - To survive
In the shower - I don't know
In the shower - Relaxed
In the shower - To relax
When I wake up - It helps me complete my day
When I am waking up - it helps me wake up
At home after school - Keep awake
When I am trying to hold in tears
When feeling yucky - Feel relaxed
When sad - less sadness and focus
When do I practice and how it helps me
When stressed - Helps me relax
When angry and need to focus - Helps me concentrate better
When I want to sleep - Helps me sleep better
Before bed - Go to sleep
Before bed - I am sleepy
At night - It helps me sleep
At night - Relaxes me
At night - It helps me fall asleep
When I go to sleep - To fall asleep
At night - Get to sleep
Going to bed - To relax
At night - It helps me calm down
When I go to sleep - It helps me relax and sleep
In school - It calms me down
When I am mad - I am calm
When I am meditating - I am peaceful
When I feel like it - It calms me down
When crazy or stressed
It shortens lessons
When I am in the car - Calms me down
In the car - To concentrate
Sometimes in the bus - Stay calm
On the bus - Relieves stress
When I am out of control - Relax
In the morning
It does not really help me that much
Review visit after 2 months (Summary of their comments)
Practicing at home
Bedtime to sleep x 12 responses
Fights with siblings, Angry, Mom is angry etc. x 3
Playing DS/ Video games, waiting for computer game to load x 2
Before piano practice x 1
Practicing at school
In general and in some classes - math, arts, LA, Music and Social x 12 (responses)
Place unspecified
When frustrated, Stressed, Scared, Tired, Bored x 7
To concentrate/ focus x 4
Relax, calm down x 3
When I feel like x 2
In car x 1
Summary of their comments
When I practiced counting breaths meditation I felt …
Calm and relaxed – 3 responses
Calm/ Really calm – 3
Good and happy
Relaxed
Relaxed, Calm, Focused
I want to try this technique when I …
Go to sleep – 2
Am mad – 2
Mad or tired
Stressed with school
Mad at my sister or stressed
Mad, angry and stressed
Am taking a test
I think this practice will help me with
NYS test/ Tomorrow before the state tests – 2
Calming down, Stop being stressed, angry and mad
After being bullied
Getting up in the morning
When my sister is mad at me
Settling down
Falling asleep and calming down
A lot of things
When do I practice and how it helps me
When I am bored - It helps me go to sleep
When I have a hard time sleeping - It relaxes me
When I am going to sleep - Helps me shut my mind down
When stressed - It calms me down
When I am angry - Helps me relax
Some times - Relax
After exercising - helps slow down my heart rate
It does not help me
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