You and your child share so much.  However your child entered your life, whether through biology, nurturing, or the inter-connectedness of the cosmos, there is so much of you in your child.

 

This concept may one day become a comforting one for your child -- the notion that you are always with them, that you are a part of them.

 

Today, if you are able to be with your child, look at your child's hands and find yourself in them.  Hold your child's hands in your own.  Feel them with your hands.  Open awareness so that it is your hands that are feeling them (not your thinking mind).  Breathe deeply and softly.  Gently exhale onto your hands and feel the gentle breeze.  Close your eyes.  

 

          My child's hands

          Are my hands

          Can I feel any difference?

 

The practice of mindful parenting expands our awareness and sense of connection to our child.  We reside in much more than our child's hands. 

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.  Click here to learn more about making a submssion.  We thank everyone who has contributed or is considering making this very compassionate contribution.

Click here to learn what recent events are taking place and of changes to The Mindful Parent website.  Please contact us with your questions about mindful parenting or to share a mindful parenting experience.  We are devoted to working with you to enhance your ability to "be" with your children, and to experience the bliss that awaits you.