Relax Kids with Hollie

Relax Kids with Hollie Hello! I'm Hollie and I am a mother of three; Alexis who is 10, Zachary who is 8 and Nox who’s 2.

Creating calm, confident kids through a seven step system of dance and movement, drama and relaxation games, stretching, peer massage, breathing exercises, affirmations, minduflness and visualisations. I’ve been working as a Relax Kids coach in preschools, Primary Schools and Secondary schools for the last 4 years in the West Dorset and South Somerset area. I have qualifications in Childcare, Breastfeeding Support, Teaching Meditation to Children, Art therapy, Mindfulness and Children’s Yoga.

📢 ANNOUNCEMENT 📢 It is with a heavy heart that after almost 7 years, I am hanging up my children’s mindfulness coach hat...
02/09/2024

📢 ANNOUNCEMENT 📢

It is with a heavy heart that after almost 7 years, I am hanging up my children’s mindfulness coach hat and will not be returning to run any classes this September.

I have been offered the job of a Yr 3/4 Teaching Assistant in my local Primary school and after initially thinking I could juggle both roles and still run some afternoon sessions, I have since had to face the reality that I simply cannot do it all; especially with my current personal circumstances and home educating our soon-to-be six year old.

As I hope you can imagine, this hasn’t been an easy decision to make. I absolutely love my job - supporting young people with their mental health, empowering them to be the very best versions of themselves and hearing about how so many of them have put the skills and techniques I have taught them into practise has to be one of the most rewarding jobs on the planet, and I’m really going to miss it - the job, the schools, the children! 😞

But fear not! I will be back! Perhaps not in the same capacity as I once was, but I’d like to think that once I’m settled in my new role, I can at least return to offering 1:1s and one off workshops in the not so distant future.

Thank you so much to every parent and teacher who has supported me over the last 7 years and to every single child who has attended my classes. I assure you this isn’t goodbye, it’s just goodbye for now ☺️💜🌈✨

That’s a wrap! 🙌🏼Wishing all the Year 6s that I’ve been working with over the past 7 weeks from Sherborne Primary, Sherb...
22/07/2024

That’s a wrap! 🙌🏼

Wishing all the Year 6s that I’ve been working with over the past 7 weeks from Sherborne Primary, Sherborne Abbey, Yetminster, Thornford and Evershot, as well as all the Year 6s from Buckland Newton and Kingfishers Primary that I’ve worked with over the past year; the very best of luck for the future as they transition from Primary to Secondary school! 🤩

Over the past 7 weeks I’ve been teaching these 10 and 11 year olds a variety of different mindfulness based and resilience building skills to help them feel calm and confident for secondary school and beyond.

I’ve also just realised that I’ve been working with some of these children throughout their ENTIRE school life… from as young as 4 or 5; which not only makes me feel old, but super grateful to have witnessed them blossom into the awesome young beings they are today! 🌟

I have no doubt they will continue to thrive and excel on whatever path they choose as they move on to their next chapter 💜

Year 6s you are all AMAZING, and I’m so proud of you all! Never forget what makes you YOU, to always believe in yourselves and in times of need, B-R-E-A-T-H-E! You’ve got this 💪🏼✨

Mindful scavenger hunts in the sunshine! 🌿☀️🪰
11/07/2024

Mindful scavenger hunts in the sunshine! 🌿☀️🪰

Play-dough of positivity! 💛 Happy - infused with Lemon essential oil 💙 Brave - infused with Wild Orange🩷 Kind - infused ...
05/07/2024

Play-dough of positivity!

💛 Happy - infused with Lemon essential oil
💙 Brave - infused with Wild Orange
🩷 Kind - infused with Rose
💜 Calm - infused with Lavender

Exploring our sense of smell and touch yesterday with a ‘play dough of positivity’ activity! We talked about how colours and smells can sometimes make us feel different ways, and the children got creative and made some wonderful things in each coloured dough that made them feel the corresponding feeling! Swipe to see some of their marvellous creations!

So pleased to be back at Sherborne Abbey school working with the Year 6s this term! 💜Sherborne Abbey was one of the firs...
28/06/2024

So pleased to be back at Sherborne Abbey school working with the Year 6s this term! 💜

Sherborne Abbey was one of the first schools I started working in as a Relax Kids coach 6 years ago, and apart from when on maternity leave, I ran regular sessions each week with different classes throughout the year. There’s been lots of changes to staffing this year which has meant I haven’t been here since last Summer - so I cannot tell you how great it feels to be back teaching the students new skills and strategies to feel calm and confident for their imminent transition to secondary school! 🥰

A little bit of what we got up to last week at our Thornford after school club! 😊💜✨
28/06/2024

A little bit of what we got up to last week at our Thornford after school club! 😊💜✨

An early start for me this morning running the first session of my ‘preparing for secondary school’ course with the Year...
10/06/2024

An early start for me this morning running the first session of my ‘preparing for secondary school’ course with the Year 6s from Sherborne Primary school!

Quick lunch break and then I shall be back in to run a workshop with a main focus on emotional regulation for the Year 3s 😊

Such a lovely start to our new 6 week ‘Mindful me’ course at Thornford Primary School today! We played some games, pract...
06/06/2024

Such a lovely start to our new 6 week ‘Mindful me’ course at Thornford Primary School today!

We played some games, practised some simple yoga stretches, talked about how and when to use breathing techniques to help us feel better, shared all the different things that make us feel happy, and finished with a relaxing guided meditation! 🌈💜✨

Think it’s all just yoga and mindfulness? Think again! We play lots of confidence boosting and emotional intelligence de...
23/05/2024

Think it’s all just yoga and mindfulness?

Think again!

We play lots of confidence boosting and emotional intelligence developing games too! After all, one of the best ways of boosting our mood and releasing all those feel-good chemicals into our brains is through PLAY and by having FUN! 🙌🏼💛😊

👐🏼 EXPLORING OUR SENSE OF TOUCH 👐🏼Each of my classes always involves a type of massage - either a self massage with our ...
23/05/2024

👐🏼 EXPLORING OUR SENSE OF TOUCH 👐🏼

Each of my classes always involves a type of massage - either a self massage with our own hands or props (like spiky balls or feathers), or a group massage where we act out a story or poem with our massage moves.

This teaches the children the powerful benefit to massage - not only for relaxing our bodies but relaxing our brains too. The children learn lots of techniques to help them use massage as a self-regulation tool at a point of overwhelm or stress, or to help them fall asleep easier at nighttime.

We also teach the very important rule of consent when doing group massages - the children know to always ask permission first before they touch anyone else’s body, and say ‘thank you’ after receiving such a lovely massage!

I always love seeing the instant calm on their faces as they begin to relax their bodies and minds with positive touch. Some of them sigh with enjoyment, others start to yawn, or my personal fave is when they exclaim “Ahhh yeahhhh that’s SO goooood” 😆🥰

Check out all these blossoming yogis! 😍It’s been a pleasure to teach this lovely lot over the last 6 weeks! All 13 of th...
23/05/2024

Check out all these blossoming yogis! 😍

It’s been a pleasure to teach this lovely lot over the last 6 weeks! All 13 of them completed their ‘mindful me’ course today and went home with a certificate for all their hard work! 👏🏼

We’ve had a space theme this week for the children of Kingfisher Primary and Pen Mill Infants! The children have all bee...
15/05/2024

We’ve had a space theme this week for the children of Kingfisher Primary and Pen Mill Infants! The children have all been thinking about what type of stars they are - kind stars, calm stars, brave stars, loving stars, reading stars, writing stars, football stars, singing stars… and many many more types of stars! 🌟

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