Be a Mindful Parent: Nurture Mindfulness in your children

Ever wondered how to nurture mindfulness in your little ones?

 Walk with me on this journey as we explore how to preserve the inherent curiosity, joy, and playfulness of our children, while also shielding them from the burden of excessive adult worries.

Get ready to encourage your child's immersion into nature and the world of sensory experiences.
Expect to learn practical tips on how to promote awareness in your child's everyday life.
Let's talk about the joy in appreciating the warmth of the sun, the coolness of a breeze, or the softness of a flower.

More importantly, we'll discuss your role as a mindful parent.

After all, as role models, our children mirror us, and become like us.
 So, why not make it a beautiful exchange where we learn and grow together?

Resources & Links Mentioned:

• The Mayonnaise Jar-inspirational short story
• Stress-Less-Technique-Decrease stress in two minutes or less. 
• Work with Cheryl- Hypnosis and Coaching 

 

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
You're picking up your mindfulness practice.
You're becoming more presentand more engaged with the world
around you, and you wanna teachthat to your children.
So how do you teach yourchildren how to be mindful?
Let's talk about that.
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(00:45):
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Welcome to Mindful Hypnosis.

(01:28):
I am Cheryl, your host.
Children are very curious andthey are pretty mindful without
us having to do much to teachthem.
If anything, the children canteach us how to be more mindful,
but I still want to give you afew things and ways to help you

(01:49):
to bring mindfulness into yourchild's life.
The most important thing thatyou can do when it comes to
mindfulness in your children isto not untie them to be mindful.
Children laugh at nothing.
They're curious with everythingand they love to explore, and
when they become unmindful iswhen they start to become afraid

(02:12):
, when they question things thatthey shouldn't have to question
and when they start to take ontheir parents' issues.
You're overthinking, you'reworrying, becomes they're
overthinking and they'reworrying.
So be aware of that.
Allow them to be as present andas joyful and as inquisitive

(02:33):
for as long as they possibly can, while keeping them safe, of
course, but you don't want tosquish or squash the desire to
play and explore.
You don't want to squish orsquash their laughter or their
little tiny bit of gratitude,because they're so appreciative
of things you know and this ispart of mindfulness when you

(02:56):
teach them to appreciate thesmall things and to just explore
and play.
I saw and I forgot what it was,but it was this person carrying
something heavy, a statue, andthere was a little picture of a
girl trying to hold it up, thestatue up, to help this person

(03:17):
who was carrying it, and it justteaches you know of their
desire to to help and to be goodand wholesome, and they do this
naturally.
So there are not a lot ofthings that you have to do in
order to help your children tobecome mindful, but if you want

(03:40):
some actual tips, teach themphysical sensations feeling
their fingers and toes wiggle,how it feels to stretch and to
jump and to move, and bringingthe elements feeling the sun on
their face or the wind in theirhair or the coldness of a
snowball, and maybe how soft aflower petal feels.

(04:06):
And it's all about justnoticing and diving deep into
the sensory component and justallowing them to immerse
themselves and you all see theirface will light up.
I mean, if we could only be sojoyful as to feel a flower petal
as a four year old does, I meanseriously Right, life would be

(04:29):
so good.
But keep everything you'reteaching with them very short,
because their attention span isshort, and teach them how to
take a deep breath and then howto let it go and how to shake
things off, and literallythey'll shake their whole body.
It's a wonderful thing to see,I shake my whole body now
because I've learned that feelsreally good and it also reminds

(04:52):
me when you're going down thestreet and you go by a car
dealership and you have thatflying thing that's bodies
moving all over the place andits arms are whacking itself in
the head.
Okay, well, that's me when I domy my shaking it off.
You can also teach them how tonotice and feel a hug, the fur
of a cat or the lick of a dog,even doggy breath, you know,

(05:18):
which won't likely they'll holdtheir nose.
But another way, and the lastway that you can teach your
children to be mindful is whenyou become mindful.
They are going to mirror youand we also have mirror neurons
in our body than these mirrorneurons help us connect to
people and they're going toconnect to the softness around

(05:41):
you, to the kindness and thespaciousness that you have, and
they're going to want to becomemore like you and they're going
to become mindful automatically,without you having to do
anything.
So you're going to learn theexchange of.
You're going to become moremindful when you're with them,

(06:01):
because now you get to watchthem and notice them being
mindful and notice them beinginquisitive and playful and
having so much appreciation forthe little things that it is
also going to make you feel thesame, and then they're going to
notice how you were mindful asan adult and they're going to

(06:21):
want to be the same.
It all trickles down.
It's all a combination.
It all spirals from one to theother.
So have fun.
Let me know how these tips andways help and I will see you on
the next episode.
Take a deep breath in andexhale.

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Remember, you have a powerfulmind and it can be change or
support the life you want tolive.
In the meantime, enjoy your dayone minute at a time.