Hello.
In this little space of time that we're going to share right now,
We are going to imagine.
We are going to pretend.
Because when we imagine,
When we pretend,
We can get playful and this is a good feeling to have.
But first off,
I want you to know something.
Everybody feels scared sometimes.
Everybody feels afraid.
And by using our imaginations,
We can become bigger than our feelings,
Bigger than our fear,
Bigger than these feelings of fear that we experience.
So are you ready for this?
First off,
What we need to do here to get nice and connected so we can focus and do this imagining and pretending.
What we need to do is to imagine as you breathe in,
You're breathing in air that gives you strength and courage.
And when you exhale,
Any other feelings come out again.
So the next time you breathe in,
Imagine that you're sucking in all of this air like a superhero.
And then as you exhale,
The air leaves your body.
So let's do this three times.
Are you ready?
In breath,
Drawing in all of that strength and courage.
And then out breath,
Exhale.
And again,
In breath,
Drawing in that air,
That strength and courage.
And then out breath,
Coming out again.
And the last time,
In breath,
Imagine drawing in that strength and courage.
And then out breath,
Allowing it to leave your body.
Okay,
Good job.
Now,
Sometimes we feel scared.
And it doesn't matter who we are.
Like I said before,
We all feel scared from time to time.
And it might be when you are in your bedroom and the lights are out.
That could be something that makes you feel scared,
But it could be something else.
Now,
You're listening to me right now.
And sometimes there's words in your head that come and go.
And sometimes there's feelings in your body that come and go.
Sometimes we feel nice feelings,
And sometimes we feel not so nice feelings.
So what you can do is to imagine that you've got a pen,
And you can color in where you feel your feelings.
You can get an imaginary pen and draw a picture of where you feel your feelings.
And then you can draw a picture of what you're feeling right now.
You can get an imaginary pen and draw a picture of what your feeling feels like in your body.
So if we feel fear,
Sometimes that could be in our stomach,
Or our chest,
Or our throat.
If we're feeling sad,
It might be at the very bottom of our stomach.
Now,
One thing I want to say is maybe you're not feeling anything at all.
You might just feel nothing,
And that's okay as well.
But it can be really helpful when we do experience a feeling that we don't like to imagine what it looks like.
What shape is it?
What color is it?
And you can ask your mum and dad to help you to talk about this.
And the reason it can be very helpful is because when we do draw it,
And then maybe even color it in,
We feel it.
Even color it in,
We find that the feelings that feel uncomfortable don't feel as uncomfortable anymore because we're using our imagination.
We're using our visualization skills to make a shape of this.
In-breath,
Drawing in all of that strength and courage,
And then out-breath,
Exhale.
And again,
In-breath,
Drawing in that air,
That strength and courage,
And then out-breath,
Coming out again.
And the last time,
In-breath,
Imagine drawing in that strength and courage,
And then out-breath,
Allowing it to leave your body.
Okay,
Good job.
Now,
Now,
The more we do this,
The more calm we feel,
The more settled we feel.
And it's so much better to feel like this than it is when we're feeling really scared.
So remember,
You might like to talk to your mom,
Your dad,
Your teacher about this.
You might like to listen to this again,
And the more you do,
The better you can get at being brave with the scared feeling inside of you.
Then the scared feeling doesn't seem so big anymore because the truth is,
You are much bigger than the scared feeling.
Thank you for listening to this,
And I'll see you again soon.
Bye-bye.
