Something I have been doing with our two youngest children to calm down a tantrum or meltdown is telling them to “find your light.”
We put both hands over our hearts and take a deep breath: in through the nose: 1, 2, 3, 4, and out through the mouth: 1, 2, 3, 4.
Most of the time, it works (they are four and two, after all).
But it is also calming for us parents.
It’s a good thing to do under the sun if you’re a morning person, or under the moon if you’re a night owl.
Or, if you’re a two-year-old, you can take a breath and point at the nearest lamp — because you indeed found a light!
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