The Mom I Want to Be

Relaxation Day is a day to kick back and do nothing. Ahhhh! What a great day.

 

The stresses, the hustle and bustle seemingly consumes us, every day of the year. Even Sundays are no longer days of rest and relaxation. There never seems to be a day to just kick back and relax.  For those us with a hectic lifestyle, Relaxation Day is a day to look forward to. It provides a break from the madness of your busy work and personal schedule. Todays is the day to enjoy either doing absolutely nothing, or partaking in your favorite relaxation activity.

 

Go fishing

 

Spend the day at the beach

 

Have a picnic in the park

 

Wildflower Safari

 

Visit the local library or bookstore to find a book about the wildflowers native to your region. After looking it over with your child, go on a wildflower safari. Load up the digital camera and head out for the nearest meadow or forest to scout the beautiful flowers.

 

Worry Bubbles

 

This activity is designed to help children to let go of worry.  It is a visual activity that combines thought and action to assist the child in letting go.  The activity not only helps the child to visualize worries drifting away, but it also promotes deep breathing as they are blowing the bubbles.  Deep breathing automatically sends a message to the body to relax and calm down.

 

Explaining to kids: Sometimes worry feels like little bubbles inside our mind.  We can feel worry in our tummies, in our brains, or pretty much anywhere inside our bodies.  This activity is designed to help us release worry bubbles so that we feel more calm and relaxed.

 

Find a bottle of bubbles.

Think about the worry that is bothering you and picture that you are blowing the worry into the bubble as you blow a bubble.

Picture the worry inside the bubble.

Watch it float away and pop, carrying the worry far, far from you. 

Know that the worry has popped and is outside of you now, unable to bother you any more.

Keep blowing bubbles until you feel more calm and relaxed.

 

Check in with your body right now.  Does it feel more relaxed?  Does it feel less worried?  Were you able to picture your worries floating away in the bubbles?

 

 

Find other activities at Relaxation for Kids.