Thought Bubbles! Mindfulness for Children. (thought awareness)

thought bubbles this mindfulness practice will help you to control your thoughts sit comfortably in your chair or on the floor whichever your teacher prefers [Music] each day we have thousands of thoughts scientists say we have at least one thought every two seconds that's at least 40 000 thoughts a day [Music] some of those thoughts are ideas some are memories things we learn or opinions our minds are amazing and thinking is what makes humans so great but sometimes we get too many thoughts in our heads and this can make us feel worried tired or even angry imagine that thoughts are like bubbles they pop into your head they grow and float around for a couple of seconds and then pop and disappear some thoughts don't pop and go away though they keep growing and stay floating around your mind for days these big thought bubbles are usually questions that cause us to worry such as who will play with me at playtime what are they whispering about will i get an invite to the birthday party mindfulness helps us to blow away some of those bubbles that we don't need we don't need to worry it doesn't help with anything having fewer thought bubbles clears your mind and makes space for learning new things at school listen to the quiet music and breathe normally when you see a thought bubble come into bertie brain's mind then do a deep breath to blow it away remember when we do deep breaths just your belly should be moving not your shoulders continue breathing normally and listen to the music [Music] we shouldn't hear your breath because this means you're breathing too quickly well done now for the last minute listen to the quiet music and when a thought comes into your head do a deep breath to blow it away just like we did for bertie brain [Music] [Music] it might be a memory or a question that pops into your head focus again on the music [Music] well done you should now feel more in control of your thoughts you can do this technique whenever you feel like you have too many thoughts in your head

Channel: The Mindfulness Teacher

Views: 939,352

Keywords: Kidsmindfulness, Mindfulness for kids, Kidsmentalhealth, Kids mental wellbeing, Mindfulness, Kids worry, Deepbreathing, Deepbreathingforkids, Calmkids, Calmerkids

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Length: 4min 40sec (280 seconds)

Published: Fri May 22 2020