Breathing as a calming practice
The story places a breathing exercise alongside playful sea-otter and sea-child characters, encouraging children to slow down and relax.
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Lori Lite - Author
This is a gentle, practice-led story: sea otters and a sea child provide an imaginative setting for belly breathing. Its main purpose appears to be helping a child pause, relax and prepare for sleep.
Children will love to experience belly breathing with playful sea otters and a sea child. This effective, self-calming technique also known as diaphragmatic breathing can have a positive impact on your child s health. Proper breathing can lower stress and anxiety levels. It can be used to decrease pain and anger as it opens up and balances the nervous system affecting the entire body. Other benefits of using belly breathing are: Helping the body eliminate waste and strengthen the immune system ; Aids in relaxation, relieves muscular tension, increases flexibility and joint strength, and helps to recover faster from stress and exertion ; Enhancing emotional stability and mental clarity to feel more energetic and positive ; Reduces need for stimulants and many harmful prescription drugs ; Improves blood circulation and relieves congestion ; Increases supply of oxygen and nutrients to cells throughout the body ; Eases the strain on the heart by increasing oxygen to the heart ; Helps increase the supply of blood and nutrients to muscles, blood and bones. Delightful characters in this story and easy breathing encourages your child to slow down, relax, and fall asleep peacefully. This is one of four stories featured on the Indigo ocean dreams CD.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a gentle, practice-led story: sea otters and a sea child provide an imaginative setting for belly breathing. Its main purpose appears to be helping a child pause, relax and prepare for sleep.
The story places a breathing exercise alongside playful sea-otter and sea-child characters, encouraging children to slow down and relax.
The book associates belly breathing with many bodily and emotional benefits, including reduced stress, pain and anger and reduced need for stimulants and prescription drugs.
The book presents belly breathing positively and links it with stress, anxiety, pain, anger, relaxation and sleep. Its wider health claims are extensive, so treat them as claims within the book, not assured results.
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