15/11/2019
Happy weekend β€ Looking up at the skys, raising my soul altitude. I was lucky enough recently to be gifted the chance to go to a course here in Queenstown thanks to and . One of the things that I learnt, as I understand it, is that when your eyes look in different directions they cause different parts of the brain to be used. One being in that when you look down your brain is accessing your emotions and feelings. So my 8 year old has some troubles with reaccuring bouts of getting frustrated or having a stubborn and grumpy attitude. He is my number 2 rebel child. I had tried and failed at lots, many different approaches to find a strategy that worked and lifted him up and out of these moods without resulting in getting frustrated myself. I took more notice and one of the things I had been doing was kneeling down to try get on his level but from his height he was looking down at me. So the next time it happened we were in the car. I looked at him in this mood, his head was down, eyes down already and in his stubborn attitude. I simply asked, Drae, can you look all the way up for a sec. The first time he refused and then I asked again. He tilted his face up so it was facing the roof. I said, no face me but just move your eyes up. he did, and within a couple of seconds a smile crept up on his face and then he giggled and just like that, by allowing his brain to stop directly pulling at his emotions it broke it up enough to pull him out of his funk. As I understand, when you look up you're access your memory and your creative and imagination. I periodically mention to him to look up more often instead of down and have his books or computer slightly angled up as well and there has been a noticeable decrease in these moments occurring as we as his entire mood and attitude has lifted and been more consistent.
I wanted to share this with you. No expert nor claim to be, but sharing my experiences of positivity.