Relax Like Pasta! Fun Mindfulness Activity To Help Kids Learn How To Relax!

hello there friend I'm so happy you're here how are you today do you ever feel like you need a moment to relax sometimes when we're stressed nervous or after a big day our bodies can feel stiff and tight but guess what there's a fun activity you can do to help you relax and it involves something delicious pasta I know it sounds crazy but just try it have you ever seen pasta before it's cooked it's hard and rigid like your muscles when they need to relax when you cook pasta by dropping it into some warm bubbly

water it begins to soften and gets floppy and Wiggly or you could say it relaxes now stay with me what if we pretended we were pasta think of your favorite shape of pasta it can be any kind you want spaghetti penne bow tie macaroni fetuccini any shape now pretend you are a piece of that uncooked pasta hard and rigid tighten your body clench your fists s stiffen your arms and legs scrunch up your face stand up super straight and Tall now pretend to hop into relaxing warm bubbly water and begin to slowly cook you can

sit stand or lie down whatever makes you feel the most relaxed feel the warm bubbles loosening and relaxing your body like you're in a Jacuzzi hot tub take a nice deep breath in through your [Music] nose and gently breathe out through your [Music] mouth now imagine your really starting to cook feel your hands start to relax your arms and legs start to feel loose and Wiggly unscratch your face and feel your body get nice and floppy like a cooked piece of pasta now just enjoy being nice and Loosey Goosey in the warm relaxing bubbling jacuzzi

[Music] water that was pretty fun wasn't it let's try that again ready pretend to be a hard rigid uncooked dry piece of pasta tighten your body clench your fists stiffen your arms and legs scrunch up your face stand up super tall and straight now hop into the relaxing bubbling water and feel your body start to loosen [Music] up take a nice deep breath in through your nose [Music] and gently breathe out through your [Music] mouth now you're really starting to be nice and cooked feel your hands start to [Music] relax your arms and legs start

to feel loose and Wiggly and unscratch your face and feel your body get nice and floppy like a cooked piece of pasta and just enjoy being nice and Loosey Goosey in the warm relaxing bubbling jacuzzi [Music] water amazing job one more Time Hop back up you're hard uncooked piece of pasta tighten your body clench your fists stiffen your arms and legs scrunch up your face and stand up super tall and straight now hop into the relaxing bubbling water and feel your body start to loosen up [Music] take a nice deep breath in through your [Music]

nose and gently breathe out through your [Music] mouth now you're nice and cooked feel your hands start to [Music] relax your arms and legs start to feel loose and [Music] Wiggly unscratch your face and feel your whole body start to relax [Music] and just enjoy being nice and relaxed in the warm bubbling jacuzzi [Music] [Music] water great job remember you can come back to this video anytime you want to relax you can also check out our relaxation playlist for more ways to relax and our activity journal the brightenup kids gratitude and positivity activity Journal is

another way to incorporate mindfulness practices to your day which is available now on Amazon you can also go to your favorite podcast platform for the brightenup kids podcast for even more positive content thank you for taking time to relax with me today if you like this video please like And subscribe and I hope you have an amazing day