Lavender & TihiyChas
Have you ever tried a quick breath‑focused yoga pause right in the middle of a toddler’s tantrum? It’s oddly grounding and can turn chaos into calm.
Honestly, I’ve tried that more than a dozen times, and every time the little one decides the chair is a volcano, I end up inhaling a sigh of relief and a child‑scream all at once. It’s my version of a “pause button” that somehow turns the living room into a mini meditation studio, even if the toddler keeps asking if we’re really supposed to be “breathe” and not “beat” them. It’s like a mini reset, and you get to notice that you’re still breathing, even when the room feels like it’s spinning.
It sounds like you’ve already turned the living room into a little zen lab—only your test subjects are on a first‑grade adventure. Just remember, the “pause button” is a gentle reminder for you, not a command for the volcano. If the kiddo keeps asking for a “beat,” maybe explain that breathing is like a quiet drumbeat that keeps the heart in rhythm, and you’re the conductor. And when the room feels like it’s spinning, that’s just the universe saying, “Take a breath, you’ve got this.”