Take a moment. Pause. Now close your eyes. Allow your spine to sink deep into your chair. Now expand your chest and slowly take a deep breath in. Slowly release. ‘Ahhh.’ Let’s repeat this two more times. Slowly take breathe in. Release. ‘Ahhh.’ Let’s take one more deep breath in. Now release. ‘Ahhh.’
I want you to honestly ask yourself, when was the last time you slowed down; you closed your eyes; you allowed yourself to take a step back and just allow the world to turn around you; you just breathed? I remember going on walks around the park with my own children or friends and being envious of people who would just be sitting on picnic benches. Sit?! Wait, you have time for that?! But as time would permit, I have found myself slowly allowing my body to slow down, to saturate in all the richness and beauty that continues to be present in the world around us, to just breathe, to seek rest. It is only through these moments of rest that our body is allowed to rebuild and grow. It refreshes you physically. It refreshes you mentally. It refreshes you emotionally and spiritually. Our competing thoughts, wishes, feelings, and motives come into greater harmony, reducing a mental tug-of-war process. Our mind-body connection becomes more regulated. When we focus on our breathing, we become more reflective. Our stress levels reduce and our body naturally flows into a more harmonious state. Now imagine if you were introduced to these strategies as a child; imagine the utilization of a coping mechanism that enables you to reduce your body’s reaction to stress while improving overall mental, physical, and emotional wellness at a young age, which was able to transcend into your adulthood.
At Redefined Kidz, LLC., we believe in the power of integrated wellness practices such as yoga, mindfulness, meditation, breath-work, communication techniques, social-emotional learning strategies, and community-building exercises. We utilize physical yoga postures designed to help master the body and enhance the body’s functions into guided meditation practices through teaching deep relaxation and mindfulness systematically during interactive storytelling! We help children and families use techniques that manipulate the length, depth and texture of the breath to reduce stress and improve overall physical and mental health all while learning and having fun. The yoga techniques embedded within the stories have been found to help balance mood and energy levels, as well as activate the parasympathetic nervous system. We work on breath awareness, control and coordination to make children aware of how breathing is connected to our bodies and emotions. We integrate words of empowerment into our mantra’s to help improve each child’s individual inner strength, self-love and clear purpose.
At Redefined Kidz, LLC., we provide 6-8 week programs as an after school club, community outreach groups and private community groups. We also provide workshops within the integrated community environment.
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