| As difficult as it can be to live with a hyperactive child, | | | | way. The key to making this enjoyable is to make |
| imagine how frustrated your child must feel at his | | | | exercise into a family activity and make it part of your |
| inability to soothe himself. As parents, we know that a | | | | routine. For instance, every Sunday morning, take your |
| relaxed, alert state of mind is one of the best | | | | family on a bike ride. Encourage your hyperactive child |
| experiences that human beings can have. Studies | | | | to get involved in this by asking him to help plan the |
| have shown that this in this state, our minds and bodies | | | | bike route. Or keep things spontaneous and let him |
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| And of course, the more we experience this state of | | | | that doing something vigorous leaves you calm and |
| mind, the easier it is to achieve it. In this article, you'll | | | | refreshed. By creating these experiences of relaxed |
| learn three important ways to help your child achieve a | | | | calm in the lives of hyperactive children, you will be |
| state of alert calm, so hyperactivity can be a thing of | | | | giving them a state of being that they can return to on |
| the past. | | | | their own. Since the brain alters itself with the |
| 3 Effective Ways to Calm & Soothe a | | | | experiences we give it, these experiences actually |
| Hyperactive Child | | | | change the brain with time, creating new neural |
| - Encourage your child to experience nature. This | | | | pathways that are built from a sense of calm. |
| doesn't mean you have to go on an extended | | | | - Give your child a natural diet and supplement with |
| camping trip, although regular experiences in the | | | | natural remedies designed specifically to help restore |
| outside world can be very healing. Sometimes, my kids | | | | proper brain function by giving the brain the nutrients it |
| and I just sit in the backyard and take in the beauty of | | | | needs. It's important that your child take this |
| the grass and trees. There's something about nature | | | | supplement regularly, so over time the brain can heal |
| that creates a sense of calm in us, inviting us to enjoy | | | | and the experiences of calm, alert awareness can |
| the inner stillness that we see reflected all around us. If | | | | take hold. Supplements with holistic ingredients calm |
| you're like me, some of your best moments have | | | | symptoms of hyperactivity while balancing the mood |
| been spent outside. For instance, I recall an experience | | | | and enhancing your child's experiences of the activities |
| backpacking up a switchback to the top of a mountain | | | | described above. Since the brain can be molded with |
| in the High Sierras, each step taking me deeper into | | | | new experiences, natural remedies are an essential |
| myself and higher to the pinnacle, where I enjoyed the | | | | component of a proactive plan for change. Providing |
| expansive view and my new perspective. Nature | | | | your hyperactive child with a natural diet of foods that |
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| and fully alive and deeply aware. In order to develop | | | | greatly improve his overall sense of calm. |
| properly, hyperactive children need this inner stillness to | | | | In conclusion, the most important thing to do for |
| balance the damaging effects of hyperactivity on the | | | | hyperactive children is to help them have experiences |
| developing brain. (Are you aware that scientists have | | | | which will lead to a relaxed, but alert sense of calm. |
| found that a state of constant agitation (hyperactivity) | | | | Over time, these experiences can change the brain, |
| actually causes our DNA to contract?) Experiences of | | | | creating new neural pathways. Used in combination |
| "just being", rather than constantly doing is healing for | | | | with healthy food and quality natural remedies, you can |
| children's minds and bodies and of course, it is good for | | | | help your child put the brakes on hyperactivity and |
| you as well. | | | | enjoy a calm, happy, active life. Best of all, your your |
| - Help your child to discover the wonder of physical | | | | relationship with your child and life at home will improve |
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