Bedtime Meditations for Kids: The Ultimate Mindfulness Guide. Help Your Child Feel Calm and Have a Relaxing Sleep Time Listening to Fantastic Short Stories.

By Melissa Grover

Is your child having trouble getting to sleep? Would you like to help your kid achieve a calm sleep and mindfulness?

 

If you want to help your child fall asleep faster while listening to amazing tales, then this Ultimate Collection of Meditation Stories is the right for you!

 

Thanks to this book, you don't have to worry anymore, your kid will have a wonderful sleep every single night!

 

Bedtime Meditations will help you to calm your child down, improve his vocabulary and listening skills!

 

In this book, you will find:

1. How Meditation in Children works and its benefits
2. Children's mindfulness activities
3. How to Calm down and help your child to cope with stress
4. Collection of Meditation Stories to make your child fall asleep faster at night

….and that's not all!

• Short Meditation Stories
• Fables and Fairy Tales
• Adventure Stories about Animals

... and much more!!!

 

What are you waiting for? Don't miss this opportunity for your baby and take advantage of this Complete Collection of Meditation Stories!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Melissa Grover
• Release date: Jul 27, 2021
• ISBN: 9798201074852

Book preview

Introduction

Remember cuddling up with your child, a book in one hand and the fragrance of baby shampoo on the other? The majority of us believe that such times will vanish once our snuggler learns to read. They don't have to be, though! Save the ritual, and you'll be able to assist her in becoming a greater reader than she is currently.

What the kids get out of it: time with you. You and your child may do something new together by keeping your bedtime routine alive: cheer for the good characters and boo the evil guys in the stories you read. You may also gain a glimpse into your child's worldview by listening to her remarks on the narrative, characters, and location. Because you enter her world via the safe channel of a third party — a character, Michelle Anthony, Ph.D., a child psychologist in Denver, explains, you'll have more understanding than you ever would by saying ‘So, how's life? And who knows, maybe you'll find you have similar viewpoints!

Improved reading abilities. Reading demands rise as children progress through the elementary schools, but one-on-one reading training for proficient readers does not. Listening to you read more advanced novels teaches her skills for success in school. You read aloud with a lot of emotion. You take a breather for punctuation. In time with the action, you increase and drop your voice. To express the degree of stress in the text, you speed up or slow down.

Chapter 1 What is meditation, exactly? Meditation's history and health advantages, as well as how to get started

What is the best way to learn to meditate? First, we learn to pay attention to the breath as it comes in and out in mindfulness meditation and notice when the mind wanders away from this job. Returning to the breath strengthens the muscles of attention and awareness.

When we focus on our breath, we are learning how to intentionally return to and remain in the present moment—how to anchor ourselves in the here and now without judgment.

Mindfulness appears to be a simple concept—it requires patience to practice. Indeed, Sharon Salzberg, a well-known meditation instructor, recalls how her first meditation experience taught her how easily the mind becomes distracted by other things. I figured, alright, how long would it take me to take 800 breaths before my mind wanders? And, to my utter astonishment, all it took was one breath and I was gone, Salzberg recalls.

Why should you learn to meditate?

Listed below are some of the advantages of meditation.

While meditation isn't a panacea, it may help you create some much-needed breathing room in your life. Sometimes all we need is a little encouragement to make better decisions for ourselves, our families, and our communities. Some kindness for yourself, a little patience, and a comfortable location to sit are the most crucial things you can bring to your meditation practice.

We infuse far-reaching and long-lasting advantages into our lives when we meditate. Plus, you won't need any additional equipment or a costly subscription.

The following are five compelling reasons to meditate:

1. Recognize your suffering

2. Reduce your stress levels

3. Improved communication

4. Sharpen your attention

5. Cut down on mental chatter

The Best Ways to Meditate

Everyone can meditate, and here's how to do it.

Meditation is both easier and more difficult than most people believe. Read through these steps, make sure you're in a relaxing environment, set a timer, and give it a shot:

1) Sit down.

Look for a relaxing and quiet spot to sit in.

2) Establish a time limit.

If you're just getting started, setting aside a short amount of time, such as five or ten minutes, can be beneficial.

3) Pay attention to your body.

Sit in a chair with your feet on the floor, cross-legged, or kneel—any of these positions is acceptable. Simply ensure that you are stable and in a position that you can maintain for an extended period of time.

4) Pay attention to your breathing.

Pay attention to the sensations of your breath as it enters and exits your body.

5) Recognize when your thoughts have wandered.

Your attention will inevitably leave the breath and wander to other things. Simply return your attention to the breath when you notice your mind has wandered—in a few seconds, a minute, or five minutes.

6) Be gentle with your wandering thoughts.

Don't pass judgement on yourself or obsess over the content of the thoughts you're having. Simply return.

7) End on a positive note.

Lift your gaze gently when you're ready (if your eyes are closed, open them). Take a moment to listen to the sounds around you. Take note of how your body is currently feeling. Take note of your feelings and thoughts.

That concludes our discussion. That's how it's done. You go away, return, and try to do it as graciously as possible.

Is It Necessary for Me to Meditate?

Meditation isn't any more difficult than what we've just described. It's that easy... and that difficult. It's also effective and worthwhile. The most important thing is to sit every day, even if it is only for five minutes. My meditation teacher said that the most significant moment in your meditation practice is the moment you sit down to do it, says Sharon Salzberg, a meditation teacher. Because you're telling yourself that you believe in change, that you believe in self-care, and you're putting it into action. You're not just holding a value like mindfulness or compassion in your head, but putting it into practice meditation Techniques and Tips

We've covered simple breath meditation so far, but there are other mindfulness techniques that employ external objects like a sound in the room or something wider, like noting spontaneous things that come into your awareness during an aimless wandering exercise, to anchor our attention. But there is one thing