3 breathing exercises to help your child beat exam stress

These breathing techniques will help your child stay calm and relieve exam related anxiety.

By: Tania Tarafdar | | Updated: March 3, 2016 9:41 am

In a world of school, family and internal pressures, kids need to practice yoga and meditate as much as adults. These breathing techniques can energise the kids and encourage relaxation. It will help them calm their mind, beat the exam anxiety and tension and, in turn, improve their focus and memory. Pooja Jagtiani, senior yoga teacher, Art of Living tells you how you can guide your child to perform the breathing techniques. Here are 10 diet changes that help your kids top exams.

1. Hissing breath: Take a long deep breath through your nose and breathe out through your mouth by making a hissing sound. The exhalation should be longer than the inhalation. The long breath will calm the mind. It can be an excellent way to slow them down mentally and release any tension and anxiety.

2. Bear breath: Take a deep breath through the nose, pause for 1 to 2 counts and then breath out and pause for 1 or 2 counts again. Use your fingers to count the number of breaths. Repeat this 4-5 times. This will help settle a kid’s mind and let go any thought which is in the kid’s mind.

3. Bee’s breath: Sit on your knees and take a long deep breath from your spine. As you exhale, lower your forehead towards the ground and make a buzzing sound like a bee. Hold for a 2-3 count and slowly come up. Repeat this three to four times. Bee’s breath can be an excellent way to help create a moment of pause in their mind and release tension from the spine, back and neck.

So, make sure you make your child practice these breathing techniques before they appear for their next paper. Here are tips that will help your child deal with exam result anxiety.

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Published : February 9, 2016 6:41 pm | Updated:March 3, 2016 9:41 am

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