Good morning! Let’s try out a sneaky snake breath to help us move through big feelings.
Good morning! Let’s try out a sneaky snake breath to help us move through big feelings.
* You can learn more about Taes Leavitt and her work by visiting bigheartjourney.com.
And you can write to Taes or record a voicemail and send it to listen@akidsco.com. We would love so much to hear about your day or the ways you say goodnight.
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S1E11, MORNING Sneaky Snake Breath and Don’t Close Your Eyes
[INTRODUCTION]
Taes: Good morning. My name is Taes and I want to welcome you to today.
Can you wave your hand and say, “Good morning, day.”
Can you put your hands on your heart and say, “Good morning, heart.”
And I want to say good morning to you.
I just love getting to start today with you as we check in, as we wake up our bodies, and as we think about what is in store for us today.
Are you ready to start off our morning? Great!
So let's get started with our activity.
[SNEAKY SNAKE BREATH]
Taes: I'm so happy to be here with you this morning. I'm so happy to be here with you because I am excited to show you one of my very favorite big heart breaths.
If you want to learn this big heart breath, can you jump up on your feet? And can you say, “Oh yeah.”
Okay. So first of all, what you're going to do is take your hands, wiggle them beside you.
Now imagine that your hands are glued together like this. Got it? Okay.
Now, can you move those hands like they are a snake? Just move your hands. Oh yes. This is the action part of the breath you got it.
Okay. Now. Good. Now, can you take a big deep breath in and can you go like this? ss–ss–ss–ss–ss-ss-ss as you let it out ready?
Ss–ss–ss–ss–ss-ss-ss
Oh, you are really good at that.
And now we put it all together. So keep your hands glued together. Take a big deep breath in and you're going to go ss–ss–ss–ss you move your snake around. ss–ss–ss–ss–ss-ss.
This is called the “Sneaky Snake Breath”. Keep going, keep going, keep going and freeze.
Take a big deep breath in. Stick your hands together and let it out.
Ss–ss–ss–ss–ss-ss-ss–ss–ss–ss–ss-ss-ss
And freeze. Now, what I love about the sneaky snake breath is that it helps you move through your big feelings and you can do it with the actions or without that's when it becomes really sneaky. So, if you just want to help yourself, come back to your heart, you can do the Sneaky Snake Breath without the actions, and you can do it really quietly anywhere you are. So can you show me a really Sneaky Snake Breath? So be really quiet. Ready? Big breath in and go ss–ss–ss–ss–ss-ss-ss–ss–ss–ss–ss-ss-ss.
Sneaky Snake Breath helps to regulate your heartbeat and helps you calm down. If you're feeling big anxious feelings. Now, can you show me a, not so sneaky snake breath. Are you ready? Put your hands together. Big breath in and ss–ss–ss–ss–ss-ss-ss–ss–ss–ss–ss-ss-ss
Oh, you guys are so good at the Sneaky Snake Breath and freeze. Ah-mazing.
Well, I hope that you try out this Sneaky Snake Breath at least one time today and let me know how it goes. Okay?
[CLOSING]
Taes: I'm so excited for you and for your day.
And I want to say thank you so much for starting today with me and for setting yourself up for a big heart kind of day.
I can't wait to see you tonight and hear about all of the things that you did.
Remember: there is nobody in the whole world with a heart, just like yours.
I love you. And I love your big heart so much.