Parenting Mindfully

Mindful parenting has been described as a fundamental parenting skill or practice and it has been proven that fostering everyday mindfulness in the context of parenting and parent training is a wonderful avenue for improving the effectiveness of parenting.

Here are the top 5 benefits of Mindful Parenting :

1) Lowers Stress

Mindfulness gives families powerful tools to help manage and reduce stress.

2) Provides Support and Boost Resilience

A mindfulness program for families has been found to improved emotion regulation, mood, empathy, confidence and self-esteem, coping and social skills, and ability to pay attention and focus. Allowing both parents and children to better cope with the stress of day to day life.

3) Mindfulness Improves Physical Health.

As parents we strive to keep our children healthy. Scientists have discovered that mindfulness techniques help improve physical health in a number of ways. Mindfulness can: help relieve stress, treat heart disease, lower blood pressure, reduce chronic pain and improve sleep.

4) Mindfulness improves overall well-being.

Mindfulness supports many attitudes that contribute to a satisfied life. Being mindful makes it easier to savor the pleasures of family life as they occur and helps you become fully engaged in activities with your child.

5) Increase connection and bonding.

When we practice mindfulness, we are more absorbed in the present moment. As parents we are more present for those special moments that create more closeness. And our children feel our clear focus on them, nourishing their need for our attention and to them validates how very important they are to us.