02/06/2025
Happy International Play Therapy Week! Today is Tranquil Thursday. Several of our team members share their favorite calming techniques and spaces.
Julianne shares a calming mandala dot painting that she created. If interested in making one of your own, here are some recommended materials - https://a.co/d/bRF84YH
Victoria enjoys the Better Sleep app when she wants to listen to something tranquil. You can mix and match sounds to create your most tranquil soundtrack. Her go-to sound is this one she created - https://my.bettersleep.com/share?selection=FireCrackles,Forest,Flute&mixName=Tranquility&smart_status=false,false,false&utm_source=rm_ios&sharerName=Victoria%20Rizzuto&utm_medium=share&volumes=0.40,0.31,0.14&utm_campaign=share_copy
Lulu loves to make personal scent rollerballs using jojoba oil and a few drops of kid safe essential oils, like lavender, orange, ginger, peppermint. She prefills the rollerballs with jojoba oil so theres not too much room left. They get to pick the smells, add the drops using a tiny eyedropper and name the smell! They usually identify it as a strong, happy or calm smell and can put it on when stressed or before bed.
Rachel enjoys making sparkly calming jars. Fill a jar with a little water, then mix in glitter glue and glitter. The slower you’d like the glitter to fall, the more glue you use. You can always add more, but you’re unable to remove after you add the materials, so test things out along the way to find what works best for you. Then fill the remainder of the jar with water.
