Mindful Parenting is a contemplative practice through which we become more mindful of our children and, in doing so, experience a more joyful life.
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The Morning Sip: Breathing With
Your Child II
Yesterday's sip involved visualizing your child
while breathing and imagining you and your child exhaling at the same
time.
Today, use the same verse when you are with your
child:
Breathing in, I see my child
Breathing out, my child breathes out
We often perceive a difference
and a different connection with our child depending upon whether we
are physically present or separate from them. The practice of
mindful parenting opens awareness to the depth of connection and presence
that exists in both cases.
Alternate between reciting the verse
when you are with your child and when you are distant from your
child. Open awareness to the different feelings that emerge.
The Mindful Parent is an organization devoted to sharing
with parents and other child caregivers ways in which to enhance the
many joys of parenting. By mindfully attending to our children,
both when we are physically present with them and when we are physically
separated from them, we can enhance our sense of connection to them
and, in turn, our connection to the cosmos. This makes us a
better parent, a happier person, and a more vital human being.
To
facilitate a more mindful approach to parenting, The Mindful Parent
publishes on its website, and in its bi-weekly
newsletter, mindful
parenting
verses and commentaries. The Mindful Parent website
also serves as a community forum that encourages and supports a mindful
parenting dialogue and the sharing of mindful parenting experiences.
In
the spirit of developing a mindful parenting community, we encourage
you to
submit a mindful parenting experience through verse,
commentary, and imagery to share with others. We believe that
through our collective experience, we can help each other develop
a deeper and more meaningful mindful parenting practice.
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everyone who has contributed or is considering making this very compassionate
contribution.
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the bliss that awaits you.
