Close your
eyes, be very still and come on a magical adventure.....
Fly
Aladdin’s magic carpet, Climb Jack’s beanstalk or
be a princess like Sleeping Beauty or Cinderella.
...Feel your inner strength and beauty...
Weekly classes
for children
Workshops
for during
school time,
Books, CD's, &
Affirmation cards for sale at
discounted prices,
Relax Kids Birthday Parties
for Children
and resources and courses for parents and
teachers
are available
from Indigo Holistics -
Catherine Dempsey
is a
registered Relax Kids teacher.
Contact Catherine on
01458 835747
or email me
What is Relax Kids™?
Would you like your child to be more confident, positive and imaginative during the day and go to sleep calm, content and relaxed at night? Relax Kids™ offers a unique system of children's relaxation and personal development that has is being used by thousands of parents, teachers, play workers and therapists in the UK. The books, CDs, confidence cards and DVD are suitable for ages 3-14. Relax Kids™ also offers classes and workshops to help children enjoy learning the art of simple relaxation.
A gentle and fun way of introducing children to the world of meditation and relaxation, Relax Kids offers invaluable tools that children can use daily to help them de-stress in the stressful times in which we live. Teaching relaxation techniques to young children gives them all the tools they need for a life of health, happiness and balance. Children also learn simple values such as respect, care, co-operation and tolerance.
Relax Kids™ builds self-esteem, confidence, concentration and helps children to cope with stress and anxiety as they develop their imagination and creative talents. Transforming well-loved fairy stories into simple visualisations gives both children and adults an opportunity to experience that fairy-tale magic and explore the well of pure and peaceful feelings within themselves. Creative visualisation becomes a sanctuary, helping to promote restful sleep and a happy outlook. All children love fairy stories as they reflect each ones desire for ultimate love, happiness and truth. The meditations and visualisations in the books and CD's, which are all used in the classes, take all the positive analogies from fairy stories while removing anything that could potentially cause nightmares or restlessness.
The Relax Kids™ classes, products, and resources have been designed to help children relax, sleep better, de-stress and bring to them a sense of self-worth and confidence, helping them to be aware of and manage their emotions. Children these days are under a great amount of stress from school, exams, peer pressure and the media. Regular moments of calm and relaxation can help them feel more stable, happy and feel better about themselves. As well as classes for children, Relax Kids™ offers parents and teachers free online resources and a free monthly e-zine.
Relax Kids™ has been devised and developed by Marneta Viegas - UKs leading expert in children's relaxation. Click here to read Marneta's Relax Kids™ blog and sign up for the newsletters & e-zine.
Catherine is a Relax Kids teacher, e-mail her here
‘The Perfect way to introduce children to the art of relaxation. My children were enchanted and bedtime in our household has been transformed!’
Rebecca Adams, Family advice Expert, Daily Telegraph.
‘What a brilliant idea! I believe every child who hears these beautiful stories will grow in confidence, creativity and positivity.’
Robert Holden, author, ‘Happiness Now’.
Here are 10
Chill Skills to try with your child:
1. Fizzy Lemonade
Jump up and down or shake your body as fast as you can for
as long as possible. Now, stop and feel your body fizzing
like lemonade. This exercise helps you feel the energy in
your body and helps you to notice the difference between
moving and relaxing.
2. Pencil
Stand or sit up tall, with your legs together. Raise your
arms above your head and clasp your thumbs together with
your fingers pointing upwards. Stand very tall and stretch
your whole body, squeezing your legs together and squeezing
your arms against your ears. Squeeze your whole body as
tight as you can. After about 10 seconds of squeezing
tight, let your arms go and relax. This exercise shows you
how a good stretch held for a few seconds can help you feel
relaxed and energised.
3. Butterflies
Give yourself a massage and let your finger lightly flutter
like a butterfly all over your face, neck, chest and arms.
This exercise shows you how a gentle massage can help you
feel better.
4. Thumb Massage
Hold your left hand with your right hand, placing your
right thumb in the middle of your left palm. Very gently,
stroke and circle your thumb around your palm. This
exercise is to help you feel relaxed. You can do this
whenever you are feeling stressed or anxious.
5. Icy Breaths
Imagine you are blowing on a cold window. Take in a deep
breath, open your mouth and breathe out very slowly and
steadily. Can you see how misty the window is? Repeat the
exercise. This exercise is to help you control your out
breath to help you feel relaxed.
6. Bubble Breaths
Imagine you are blowing bubbles of peace into the room.
Imagine you have a pot of bubble liquid. Take in a breath.
Slowly and gently blow bubbles into the room. As you blow
out the bubbles, imagine they are filled with peace and the
whole room is filling up with peace. Do you feel peaceful?
This exercise is to help you use your breath and your
imagination to become relaxed.
7. Balloon Breaths
Imagine you are blowing up a balloon. Take in a deep
breath, and steadily and slowly blow up your huge balloon.
See the balloon getting bigger and bigger and bigger. Now
close your eyes and imagine the balloon floating into the
air. As you stand there, feel yourself becoming very quiet
and peaceful. Repeat this exercise 2 or 3 times. When you
are feeling cross, you can blow up the balloon, fill it
with cross thoughts, put it on the floor and stamp on it.
This exercise is good to help you focus on breathing deep
into your stomach to help you relax.
8. Affirmation
Close your eyes and say to yourself quietly, I am calm, I
am quiet, I am peaceful, I am calm, I am quiet I am
peaceful. This exercise is good for you to learn how to use
your thoughts to help you feel relaxed and peaceful.
9. Butter on Toast
Lie down on the floor and imagine you are a piece of butter
melting on warm toast. Feel the whole of your body sinking
into the floor as the butter melts. Enjoy the feeling as
you relax all your muscles. This exercise is good for
helping you to focus on relaxing your muscles.
10. Body Relax
Sit or lie and stay as still as you can. One by one, ask or
command each part of your body to relax and be still. Relax
your left leg, relax your right leg, relax your stomach,
relax your back, relax your left arm, relax your right arm,
relax your shoulders, relax your neck, relax your head.
This exercise is good for helping you to concentrate and
teaching you to relax yourself.
Resources are
written by Marneta Viegas. All rights to Relax Kids™ belong
to Marneta Viegas.
For information on Relax Kids™
classes,
courses,
parties and
products,
contact Catherine on
01458
835747
or
email me
For
further resoures and information about Relax Kids™
see www.relaxkids.com
Indigo Holistics - Complementary Therapist - Catherine
Dempsey
Dip ITEC, (Anatomy & Physiology, Massage,
Aromatherapy), Dip Richdales (Traditional Thai Yoga
Massage)., Dip SAC (Crystal Healing),
Relax Kids Teacher, Member of the Complementary Therapists
Association, Massage In Schools Association, AC
Registered.
