guided relaxation
“Bubble Blower Magic”
Bedtime relaxations are a fantastic way to introduce the power of relaxation and meditation into
your child’s life. Starting as young as age three,
you can read a guided relaxation adventure to
your child before bed. In doing so, you will help
your child begin to use the mental tools readily
available to each one of us.
These tools help us deal with anxieties, manage
stress and keep self-esteem vibrant. Through regular practice, your child will begin to understand
that how we perceive things outwardly is simply
a manifestation of our inner thought processes.
Children easily learn to shift focus to achieve a
desired result – a skill many of us wish we had
learned sooner.
Equally important, children will find calm and
inner peace as we guide them to look within. This
leads to a natural yearning to revisit often and
explore their inner world through the wonderful
gift of meditation.
This month we will use a magical bubble blower
to blow away any childhood worries. Read the
following script to your child in a gentle, loving
voice at a slow pace. Take time to really savor each
sentence.
Close your eyes and take in a very deep breath.
Pretend your tummy is a balloon and as you
inhale, make that balloon as big as you can. Now,
exhale it all out. Let’s do that again now… inhale
fully and make the balloon any color you want.
Now as you do this, allow your arms and legs to
get as floppy as a rag doll. Just let them get heavy
and loose… all limp and relaxed. They feel so
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with Mellisa Dormoy
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heavy it’s as if you don’t even want to move them
because they are just so very relaxed! Just allow
your body to continue relaxing while we use our
imaginations to imagine something wonderful!
In your mind, pretend you are pulling, a big magical bubble blower out of your pocket. It looks like
any bubble blower but this one has real magic in
it. It has been small in your pocket, but as you pull
it out, you realize it becomes enormous! It’s a lot
bigger than any bubble blower you’ve ever seen.
Now, in your other hand, imagine you have a big
bottle of magic bubble soap. Put the blower into
the thick magic bubble liquid…. and get it nice
and wet. Now you can start to blow through the
bubble blower to make your gigantic bubble. As
you do this, I want you to put ANY WORRY or
fear you have about anything… into that bubble…
just put it all in there! Then continue blowing the
bubble until you think it’s big enough. Nod your
head when you’ve done that (wait for nod).
Now, as you finish watch how a very strong
friendly wind comes along and carries your worry
bubble far, far away…. it carries it so far away that
you will never have to worry about that again. It’s
leaving now. Watch as it goes. You can blow up as
many bubbles as you need to with your magical
bubble blower. Put anything in there that is bothering you and watch as the wind carries the bubbles far, far away.
You can use this magic bubble blower whenever
you need to… just by imagining it in your mind.
I’ll be quiet now so you can finish. Tell me when
you’re done and we can talk about it.
For more meditations and guided relaxation audios, visit Shambala Kids online.