The subconscious mind of your child is very susceptible to guided relaxation right before going to bed and right after waking up in the morning.
Take advantage of this special time and remind your child how wonderful he or she is, how much he’s loved and how very proud of him you are. These affirmations can make a world of difference to your child, and can help ease stress and worries.
This guided breathing meditation calms, relaxes and eases busy minds. Next we’ll focus our attention on details – an important foundation of meditation at any age and finally we’ll use some feel good imagery that you can encourage your child to use every day.
These peaceful guided relaxation scripts are written by Mellisa Dormoy of ShambalaKids. Her guided relaxation audios help children and teens relieve stress and anxiety, improve self-esteem, feel fantastic in mind, body and spirit and develop a positive mental attitude at school and at home.
Close your eyes and take in a very slow, deep breath. Continue breathing deeply and feel the cool air come in through your nose and flow all the way down to your belly. Feel your belly expand out as you breathe deeply.
Notice how the breath feels as it softly flows in through your nose, into your throat, and further and further down it goes. Make sure your belly is moving slowly up and down as you inhale and exhale.
Isn’t it nice to feel this calm and quiet after the wonderful active day you’ve had?
It’s really good for our bodies and our minds just to feel this calming breath flowing in and out. When we learn to pay attention to our breathing, we’re actually practicing meditation.
Meditation helps us focus and it gives us peace. Everyone wants to be peaceful! Meditation is simply being very focused and calm within.
Now for this moment, just listen very carefully to all the quiet sounds outside of you and all around you. You may hear outside noises. You may hear cars, birds, or perhaps something else. It’s perfectly okay. We’re just learning to pay attention… so just listen. (Pause)
Now, turn your focus inward. Listen very carefully and quietly to what you hear happening within your body. Can you hear your heart beating? (Pause)
Can you hear your breath as you breathe slowly and calmly in and out?
Maybe your tummy is making noises; maybe everything is very, very quiet. Whatever is going on inside, just take the time to listen very carefully and notice everything that’s going on, on the inside. (Pause)
Paying attention to the sound of your breath, it’s almost magical. You’re whole body is alive and feels so good!
You know this breath is very special. It’s part of the energy that flows in and out of us and by working with our whole body, it keeps us feeling so good inside and out.
Allow the breath to fill up your whole body now and enjoy as the energy goes into each and every cell, each and every muscle of your body. Imagine that your happy breath is bringing a big beautiful smile to every place in your body. Does that feel good? It feels good to me!
Try to spend a little each day just imagining this. You’ll be really amazed at how good it will make you feel all over.
Now when you’re ready, you can open your eyes and give your body a big stretch. You’ve done a wonderful job and I can just imagine all that happiness you’ve spread everywhere in your body. I’m really proud of you for your meditation today!”
Mellisa Dormoy
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