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...
Relax
Kids - Weekly classes &
Workshops
for
children, Books, CD's, & Affirmation
cards , and
resources for
parents and teachers with Catherine, a
registered Relax Kids Coach.
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™ aim to build 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
magazine full of exercises and articles which are available
here.
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 and you can contact 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 further resoures and information about Relax Kids™ see
www.relaxkids.com
For information on Relax
Kids™ classes and products,
Tel:
01458 835747
or
email
Indigo Holistics - Complementary Therapist - Catherine
Dempsey-Williams
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, Glastonbury
Therapist's Forum