“Relax daddy, just breathe deeply into your tummy. Like this: Aaaaa (inhales). Like you’re blowing out a candle. One more time. Take a deep breath into your belly… Daddy, breathe, breathe with me…“ (he actually forgot to breath for a bit:) This is how our three year old daughter instructed her dad when together with her…
Author: Monika Guillemin Weiglová
How to heal emotional wounds and trauma
“Can we take a moment to listen to what your body is saying right now? What’s happening when we’re talking about that situation? Whatever is happening, what sensations and feelings do you have?’ “I’m holding my breath and I don’t know why, I feel tension in the solar plexus and feel as if my shoulders…
ON TRAUMA, SUPPRESSED EMOTIONS, BODY AND INNER CHILD
I feel fear, anxiety, light trembling in my body and then the tears come. I give way to them and remain embracing myself; I am here for the little girl inside who feels sadness. As if she were slowly disappearing in the ocean of tears, and I take her into my arms and say: “It’s…
How free play and creativity helps with emotions not only in children
“Mom, have you finished working? When will you have finished?” “And why, Ady? Are you bored?” “Well, maybe I am. I wanna make the butterflies again.” “Aha. Well, frankly speaking, I don’t much feel like it. You know how Leo is again gonna be completely smudged and I wanted to finish this work.” (I am at a desk…