Mindfulness for Mums: Simple ways to help you and your family feel calm, connected and content

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This might be a little more difficult if you are a single parent, but it is still possible, perhaps take an hour after the kids are asleep to do a home yoga class or write in your journal. That little tiny sliver of space begins to open up for you, in which you can choose how to respond rather than simply react to it.

Mindfulness will help you learn how to pay attention to what matter’s in your life and your child’s life. You can practise mindfulness anywhere, but it can be especially helpful to take a mindful approach if you realise that, for several minutes, you have been trapped in reliving past problems or pre-living future worries. Different mindfulness practices Mindfulness involves paying attention to what is going on inside and outside ourselves, moment by moment.

Remember: ‘what you dwell on you can become’. By dwelling on the enjoyable aspects of life; learning to appreciate them and giving them your full attention, day by day, you can begin habitually to help overcome that feeling of merely existing on a treadmill. N on-Identification .Realize that the emotions you are experiencing make for a fleeting experience, one that will soon pass. It isn’t who you are.

Children are our best mindfulness teachers as they are naturally mindful and observe their surroundings as if for the first time every day. Encouraging a mindfulness practice from a young age helps them to access an inner calm and the ability to understand when the mind and body are relaxed. It helps to develop key skills such as concentration, discipline and focus. This article has been written to help mums feel more at peace and happy and peaceful in their surroundings. Family life is beautiful but it can also be incredibly stressful too and Clare shares some fantastic information about mindfulness, how it can help you remain happy and peaceful with easy and fun activities that can be done with children and without. This article is to help shares simple ways to help mums find calm amid the chaos. Life can be so frantic and busy. There’s the endless to-do list, the costume for school that’s remembered at the last moment, fussy eaters to cope with, and tears and tantrums to boot. Mother’s Day is just around the corner so what better time to discover ways to be kinder to yourself. Vidyamala Burch and Claire Irvin share some mindfulness for mums to help transform your day and give you that much-needed energy boost. What day is it?” asked Pooh. “It’s today,” squeaked Piglet. “My favourite day,” said Pooh. A.A. Milne 2. Practice S.T.O.P & R.A.I.N Listen to understand and try to see the situation from your child’s perspective. Don’t give advice, correct or judge when you are actively listening.

So in mindfulness it's this ability to start recognising our own patterns of thinking that may not be that helpful for us. Once we start recognising those unhelpful patterns then we can start doing something about it, we can start having a choice. It's sort of reducing our reactivity and increasing our ability to respond more wisely.”

I’m very excited for you to give some of the techniques a try. I think you’ll be surprised at how small, simple changes can ignite enormous change in your life. Try your best not to let racing thoughts in your head and focus on the sounds around you; the birds, the wind in the trees, the sound of cars. What can you smell? What does the washing feel like? How does the grass feel on your feet?Nonverbal cues include noticing your child’s tone of voice, body language, breathing and facial expressions. You can help your child increase their emotional intelligence by letting them express and discuss their emotions. In my opinion, one of the most important mindfulness tools we can adopt is to tune into our breath.