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Many parents
Many children
Mindful Parenting is a contemplative practice through which we become more mindful of our children and, in doing so, experience a more joyful life.
Your mindful parenting practice
tip
of the day.
Be sure to
sip slowly
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The Daily Sip:
The Telephone and Your Child
If you look closely at a telephone
handset, you may find that it resembles the body of a tiny infant.
It broadens at the earpiece (head) and mouthpiece (bottom) and
narrows in the center (body). A cell phone is styled differently,
but if you first examine a traditional telephone, and appreciate its
infant-like shape, you may be able to transform your perception of
your cell phone so that it too cues an image of an infant.
Today,
when you answer the phone, open awareness to your child by imagining
that you are reaching for your beautiful child, when he or she
was an infant. Treat the ringing phone as if it were
your cooing or crying baby.
As I reach for the phone
I reach for my beautiful child
Breathing
deeply
I send love to my child
As your call is about to conclude, bring
awareness again to your child, and sense that you will soon be letting
go of your child. Conclude your call with a
mindful heart, cherishing that you are alive, that your child is alive, and
that you are communicating with another human being.
Open
to the compassion and love you feel for your child and allow that
feeling to spread to your caller and to yourself.
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