Breathe together

I've got an idea for an experiment and maybe you can be one of my guinea pigs...I look for articles to share each month, as part of my work as Mental Health Consultant for the Nursery School in my building.  Yesterday I read an great one on how to connect with your toddler during tough times.  

​One of the suggestions in the article was to:
-Hug
-Breathe together
-Sync your breathing to each other
-Take three breathes together
-Feel the connect
-Feel the calm

I want to experiment with this and see how it goes for not just parents and little ones, but couples!  And parents with older kids too!  Maybe even friends who aren't getting along and are open to trying a very different form of conflict resolution?  I've heard of (and promote) the six second hug, but this has a little different twist.  

Our breathe is always part of us, always available, and very powerful, as well as under-used as a calming tool. This idea adds connecting and maybe even healing to the calming.  

So, if this sounds like just the right kind of helpful "trick" to try and not too weird, try it out!  I think it will work, even when there is no conflict or tension between the huggers. 

And let me know how it works for you and yours!  I'm going to try it myself tonight--I won't wait for a conflict to try it.

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