Flower Breaths:
Provide your child a fragrant, colorful flower and tell him to breathe in through the nose and breathe out through the mouth. Flower breaths help release tension. Offer a flower like daffodils, daisies, and roses.
Hissing Breaths:
Hissing breaths help with physical and mental relaxation. Teach your child to breathe in through the nose. Make him inhale a deep breath, and then ask him to exhale through the mouth, while making a hissing sound like a snake. Prolonging the exhalation will help with relaxation.
Elephant Breaths:
Elephant breathing exercises help wake up them up! Stand with feet wide apart, and dangle arms in front like an elephant trunk. Then, breathe through the nose, with arms raised about the head. Breathe out through the mouth swinging the arms down. Repeat the breathing exercise three times.
Bunny Breaths:
Kids love bunnies. During bunny breathing exercise, kids pretend to be little bunnies and sniff like bunnies. Teach your child to do three quick sniffs through the nose and then exhale one deep breath through the nose. Bunny breaths help calm your upset child and breathe smoothly without any breathing difficulty.
Hot Air Balloon Breaths:
Hot air balloon breathing exercise offers a relaxing effect and boosts imagination. Have your child sit in cross-legged position comfortably and cup hands around the mouth. Tell him to inhale air deeply through the nose and exhale through the mouth, while throwing his hands outwards as he is blowing a huge hot air balloon. When he exhales the air completely, tell him to breathe in slowly admiring the big balloon swaying in the air.
Belly Breathing:
Belly breathing helps drive away a sad mood and helps with stress. Direct your child to lie on his back, close his eyes, and place his hands on his belly. Tell him to relax and then inhale slowly through the nose with a closed mouth. Hold the breath for five seconds and slowly breathe out.
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