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Kite Breathing for kids
Kite Breathing is an activity you can do when you are feeling anxious.
Kite Breathing
Breathing exercises can help you feel calmer and more relaxed. When you slow your breathing down it can help with making good decisions and handling stressful situations.
You can do this simple breathing technique. Lets do it!
Instructions how to use the ‘Kite Breathing’ worksheet
Follow the arrows up the kite take a nice deep breath in for 4 seconds,. Hold for 2 seconds and then exhale all the air out while following the arrows down the kite and its tail. Repeat 3 more times. Happy breathing!
What is anxiety?
Feeling anxious is a natural, emotional response to stress. You can feel anxious in some situations at some point in your life. It may be brief or temporary and could be related to a particular event or trigger (1).
Anxious feelings can be helpful around motivating or preparing you in new situations (moving to a new school), problem solving (when we may have gotten something wrong) and feelings around worry or anticipation what could happen or happen in the future (receiving treatment following a childhood cancer diagnosis).
Anxious feelings could look like sweaty palms, shallow breathing, or racing heart. With anxiousness, these feelings and physical symptoms will pass and generally do not get in the way of your everyday activities and ends when this stressor is gone.
Remember, you can talk to mum or dad, or someone you trust if you’re feeling anxious.
- Goecker, Liesl (2019, July 19). The Differences Between Feeling Anxious and Having Anxiety
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