What if I'll tell that by taking a few deep breaths NEXT TO your child you can teach them how to regulate their big emotions? Your child's brain 🧠 works by observing, processing, and imitating your behaviors for better or for worst. Monkey see, monkey do 🙈 Modeling is everything. ⁠ Research suggest that when we model deep breathing as a response to our own big feelings, our child's brain parts associated with learning and memory light up 💡 and register this coping skill without them practicing it with us! ⁠ This is a part of the brain's mirror neural network which is necessary for brain development and learning emotional regulation. ‍👩‍👦 ⁠ Here are the main keys 🗝️ and scripts 💬 to use:⁠ ⁠ 🗝️ Express your feelings and why you feel them: ⁠ 💬 "I feel frustrated that we are getting late for swim class. I feel tightness in my chest. I'll take 3 deep breaths."⁠ ⁠ 🗝️ Take the breaths and narrate them if you can:⁠ 💬 "In through the nose, out through the mouth."⁠ ⁠ 🗝️ Tell them how you feel now:⁠ 💬 "I feel calmer now. Let's think about ways to get to class on time later today. I love you."⁠ I know what you’re thinking. There’s no way we can respond with perfect communication every time our child trigger us, and you’re right. We can’t. But we’re all just doing our best with the tools we have, and our best is enough. We can always repair, and start again tomorrow. We got this. 💪 ⁠ 🏆 PRO TIP: Point out the parts of your body where you feel your emotions 🫁 🫀. Research suggest that having body awareness improves ability to regulate big emotions🌪️⁠ ⁠ Struggling with big emotions and little time? 🪄 The Yoga Play Kit is here to help! Full of proven methods to feel calm, connected and happy. Link in Bio. Source: Kara L. Kerr et al. Parental Influences on Neural Mechanisms Underlying Emotion Regulation. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6756171/ ⁠