My youngest daughter has been having trouble getting to sleep in the last couple of weeks. Thebedtime gratitude bodyscan I wrote really helps. It allows her to interrupt her now-habitual thoughts and place her attention on something more soothing and calming — her body and a feeling of gratitude. It captures her imagination and provides almost instant relief and release. Many parents have told me it is providing transformative relief for their children, too.
Tonight I started to describe a practice my girls could use during the day, whenever they are feeling sad, angry, frustrated, worried, scared or overwhelmed. It worked well for my youngest at night, too. In fact, as I was doing this, she politely asked me if it would be OK to go to sleep while I was speaking. I said it would be a lovely way to go to sleep, and she promptly did so!
It is a child-friendly version of a practice I wrote for my online Mindfulness4Mothers program and they took to it straightaway.
[For more of this story, written by Kellie Edwards, go to http://psychcentral.com/blog/a...ulness-for-children/]
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