Experts say kids who feel anxious about the COVID-19 pandemic or have trouble falling asleep may benefit from developing their own meditation practice.
Melissa Pheterson's 12-year-old son, Sam, began meditating after finding himself frequently anxious over school assignments and grades. Pheterson said a therapist taught her son how to use visualizations to calm his mind and think clearly to avoid getting"sucked into the vortex" of anxiety.
"Because this technique was accessible and appealing," said Pheterson,"Sam was able to tap into this meditative state to nip his anxiety in the bud before it grew wildly out of control. Once he made it a daily practice — before he opened his laptop on remote school days, for example — he was better able to respond to challenges and frustrations with a rational and more clear-headed approach.
"I started by leading Collin through guided meditations myself," Frontone explained."To him it was just like me telling him stories: I would have him lay down in a quiet comfortable space ... I would talk him through visualizations of situations and locations that made him feel calm. This naturally progressed to him feeling comfortable listening to others doing the same thing before bed and then to him seeking out this sense of calm when he started to feel anxious.
Kentucky mom Rachel Ellsworth also enlisted the app Headspace to help her 10-year-old daughter understand how to manage anxiety.
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