Practising mindfulness can help calm parents and children alike, but many struggle to find the time to fit it into their day. Izzy Judd, who has written the book Mindfulness for Mums, and Sian Warriner, a Consultant midwife at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust who runs mindfulness courses for expectant parents, recently appeared on Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4.
"We lie down, we choose a teddy bear, one for me and one for her. We place it on our tummies and we breathe in and out and we watch the teddy rising and falling. It’s getting her used to connecting herself with her breathing, because as children we’re naturally very mindful but as adults we forget how to be mindful, we forget to think about our breath.
"You’re standing there, ground your feet - feel the floor under you - take a deep breath and just say a positive affirmation... 'All is well'."“Everyone has an individual experience of mindfulness,” says Sian, who teaches an antenatal course. “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.”
mrs_izzyjudd really great, thanks. Your other guest, Sian Warriner's book 'How to have a Mindful Pregnancy' called 'a handbag sized wonder' by reviewer for the British Journal of Midwifery is here:
mrs_izzyjudd Love this . Great tips that can be done quickly & easy to remember. Thank you
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