Week 1 - Automatic Pilot Parenting

This week you will be exploring:

1.    Parenting on ‘automatic pilot’

2.    Using body sensations as an anchor in the present moment

3.    Moving from ‘doing’ mode into ‘being’ mode

Formal Mindfulness Practice:

Daily Body Scan – 10 mins

Be aware of expectations about feeling anything in particular from doing this meditation. 

Just let your experience be your experience. 

Informal Practice:

Mindful Eating Practice

Eat one meal ‘mindfully’ during the week (or even a few bites) in the same way that you ate the raisin.

This may mean eating that meal on your own without distractions of other people, the television, the radio, or even a book or magazine.

Mindful Parenting Practice – “child as a raisin”

Observe your child (or partner) once during the week as if you are seeing your child (or partner) for the first time.