Transcript of the film: "Kids Breathing Techniques"
Hello. I'm Alis Rocca.
I'm a headteacher and life coach and I work with children and families to help support good mental health and wellbeing.
Today I've got a really good tip.
Very easy, to help calm the mind and ease the emotions.
Now I know that you know we breathe all the time.
But the thing is we often don't think about our breath at all.
With this technique, we bring our attention to the breath.
We notice how we're breathing,
and we start to slow it down.
We start to take deep, inward breaths and even longer and deeper outward breaths.
This helps to calm all of our thinking down.
Next, we try and direct the breath.
Think about breathing into your tummy,
or into your chest and notice how that feels.
Lastly, we add counting to the breath.
Think about breathing in and count for one,
breathing out and count for two,
breathing in and count for three,
breathing out and count for four.
And keep that counting going until you get to ten.
It's not easy.
Our brains tend to wander and we start thinking about other things,
but don't let that bother you, don't worry about that, that's perfectly normal.
When you notice that you've stopped counting or you've lost count,
just allow your attention to drift gently back to your breath,
and begin again at one.
This simple technique helps to calm down your nerves,
calm down your thinking, calm down your emotions.
It's a really easy one to use.
And you can do it sitting or lying down or walking around.
Have a go. I use it all the time and it really helps me.
Let us know what you think and how you get on.
Bye for now.
