Meltdown to Calm, Help Your Child Regulate
Description:
This session will help kids regulate, play it for your little one when they are overwhelmed, stressed, or having a melt-down. It begins with slow calm breathing, followed by a progressive muscle relaxation, a check in for their needs, a 5,4,3,2,1 grounding. It ends with some positive self talk and affirmations.
Goal:
To help your child to calm down from dysregulation.
Summary:
Slow sighing nose breath.
Checking into their bodies needs.
Squeezing and relaxing each muscle in the body.
What can they feel, see, hear, taste, smell.
Positive self talk
Progression:
Have a conversation with your child about how to regulate - discuss with them what you have noticed helps them and ask what they internally have noticed helping them.
When they do get overwhelmed, play this track and do it together - this will both act as a stop break, calming intervention, and help give them the skills necessary for self awareness and regulation in life.
Listen next:
Explore more foundational healing practices (or via iTunes, Spotify, & Amazon). You can also find 100’s more tracks, talks, and full courses on the Insight Timer app, and in The Art Of Self-Connection community.
Book a session:
This session was just an introduction to the practice. If you would like to go deeper I also offer 1:1 sessions.
