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

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Mindfulness involves paying attention to what is going on inside and outside ourselves, moment by moment.

This isn’t an automatic way of living or being that just HAPPENS. It takes a while, but it can become your default state if you work at it. You’ll find that you’re gentler with yourself and with others. Mindfulness is a bit of a buzz word these days. So many people are rushing through life that they actually have to be reminded that it’s important to slow down and pay attention to what they are doing. Izzy Judd's beautiful and practical book will hold your hand through the challenging and exhausting days as well as the exciting and happy days.

Becoming a mother often involves the letting go of the old you and welcoming the new you. You may not be able to do things the way you used to and that in itself can be frustrating. In these instances, be kind to yourself. The sooner you can accept that in your life, the easier it will be to enjoy actually being a mother. For many years, women have taken pride in the fact that they can multi-task, however it's now been proven that whilst this may be true, we can't actually give each task our full attention and best efforts. So being mindful of this helps us to slow down, and take one task at a time. The more you practice mindfulness, the easier it will be for your brain to enter a mindfulness state. What are a number of different ways we can learn to be mindful and how can each one help in more detail? Paying more attention to the present moment – to your own thoughts and feelings, and to the world around you – can improve your mental wellbeing. Now gently open your eyes and move your body. As you reengage with the activities of your day, see if you can carry the awareness that you have cultivated with you.

Set an alarm on your phone. When this alarm goes off (every couple of hours) it will remind you to breathe. When the alarm beeps, stop what you’re doing (if you can), breathe in deeply for a count of three, and exhale for a count of three. Repeat this seven times. I relax my shoulders and my face and I also pay attention to my breath instead of my thoughts and let all my stress go as I exhale.Being aware of the present moment, focusing our attention and also accepting things as they are can help us to reduce our stress and anxiety levels through improving our immune system, our breathing patterns and our general wellbeing and happiness. When we are aware of our mind, body and breath we can help our breathing to slow down and this, in turn, settles our central nervous system. 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.

The practice of mindfulness strengthens the parts of the brain that drive high emotion, so you react less automatically or impulsively. You’ll slow down and feel a lot more in control rather than at the mercy of your emotions. This practice also strengthens the pre-frontal cortex, which is the thinking part of your brain that is able to weigh in and calm your big emotions while considering possible consequences. Some tips for the practice of mindfulness Mindfulness is a form of meditation in which we are ‘training our attention’ to focus on specific things and let other things go. Through this practice, we can learn to focus on the things that are the most useful and helpful in our lives. This will allow us to live more consciously and fully.

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su_note note_color=”#f6ff66″ radius=”0″]My favorite phrase in the universe is “this too shall pass.”[/su_note] For parents who are in a stressful or upsetting situation with their child, a popular mindfulness exercise known as S.T.O.P & R.A.I.N. published in N.Y. Times mindfulness for children guideis a great tool. Days, weeks and months can even go by before you realize that you haven’t spent ANY time doing ANYTHING you love. Our guest blogger from Babies1st, Moni Celebi, has more to say on the matter below. Read on to find out more!This one might take about five minutes, but as moms, we often worry about everything, and these worries drag us down, follow us around and litter our minds with negativity. Wrapping your baby up tightly you can then meet up with another mother, a friend or family. Establishing a walk and talk space becomes an opportunity to have a chat, a catch-up, a space where you get some adult attention