I Remember My Breath: Mindful Breathing for All My Feelings

Young children have so many feelings. Without accessible emotional self-regulation strategies, children may communicate their big feelings with negative behaviours, bullying, or withdrawing. I Remember My Breath introduces visualisation and mindful breathing for kids as an emotional self-regulation strategy.

Mindful breathing focuses on breathing and how emotions feel in the body. I Remember My Breath guides young children to identify their emotions and use visualisation and breathing to calm themselves and manage their feelings. Teaching mindful breathing for kids as an emotional self-regulation strategy also helps children build emotional literacy and body awareness.

Most children know the names of three emotions: sad, happy, and angry (or mad). But there are more! It is important for children to learn to name those other emotions too, and to recognise how they feel physically and what thoughts they bring. This book addresses each emotion in three steps:

• name the feeling
• sit with it -notice without judgement how this feeling affects your thoughts and your body
• bring your attention to your breath.

The book uses imagery and rhythm to show children identifying and coping with a variety of emotions through mindfulness and awareness of breath.

A special section for adults provides additional information and activities to reinforce the book’s message.

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