If someone told me 5 year ago that I will have my own successful business, that I will be writing and enjoying motherhood, I would have told them that they are insane. Motherhood? no way. Writing? Are you kidding me? I can barely speak English:) Business? I don't have the capacity. That's what I would have told them.
Now, I am a mother of a 2 year old, I run a successful business and I love writing about joy of parenting, children and what it's like to be a clairvoyant parent.
After the birth of my daughter, I was inspired. I was inspired by her presence, I was inspired by the miracle of birth and life. I started doing things I feared. I quit my secure job, I started a business doing the thing I loved the most, I started teaching and enjoying life. Fear followed me around and I found it in every corner of the street but I released it each time I noticed it. I kept being inspired by children and their amazing capacity of doing things with no effort. They just simply don't have the concept of limits and impossibility.
From the moment of inspiration I learned about passion and doing the things with absolute passion and ease.
Be inspired by your children and their wisdom. As my daughter says " Don't worry mommy"
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Play
Kids experience, discover, destroy through play and wonder. From the moment, my daughter opens her eyes in the morning, she is playing, singing, laughing, dancing, screaming, destroying, breaking....
It's amazing to see the energy and the enthusiasm children have about life, about their body, about exploration and being alive. By their presence, very often they teach us to laugh more, they teach us to stop taking things so seriously and remind us about play and creativity.
By the time I was 16 year old, I was told that I can't play any more because I need to be responsible and serious, I need to be an adult. In the present day, I get accuses of being "silly", "childish", "you never learned to take life seriously", "you never grew up".
As we become parents, we are also becoming children, we are remembering the power of play and wonder and imagination. As parents,we are learning to step away from the responsibilities for a while and be present and play. Through our children, we are healing ourselves. Children inspire us everyday by their presence in our lives. They don't have a concept of future, fear, doubt, responsibility and all that adult stuff. They use their imagination, they believe in miracles, they create miracles everyday. There are no limits in their universe.
Become inspired by your children and remember your unlimited power of playfulness and creativity.
It's amazing to see the energy and the enthusiasm children have about life, about their body, about exploration and being alive. By their presence, very often they teach us to laugh more, they teach us to stop taking things so seriously and remind us about play and creativity.
By the time I was 16 year old, I was told that I can't play any more because I need to be responsible and serious, I need to be an adult. In the present day, I get accuses of being "silly", "childish", "you never learned to take life seriously", "you never grew up".
As we become parents, we are also becoming children, we are remembering the power of play and wonder and imagination. As parents,we are learning to step away from the responsibilities for a while and be present and play. Through our children, we are healing ourselves. Children inspire us everyday by their presence in our lives. They don't have a concept of future, fear, doubt, responsibility and all that adult stuff. They use their imagination, they believe in miracles, they create miracles everyday. There are no limits in their universe.
Become inspired by your children and remember your unlimited power of playfulness and creativity.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Wisdom of a child
The greatest conversation I had today was with a 4 year old. She mentioned that she wants to be a monster doctor and heal all the monsters. When I asked her about the monsters, she grew excited and proceeded to tell me more about them and how some of them are angels, some of them are stuck and some of them are her friends and playmates. I validated her and spoke about the monsters and said hello to them.
As parent, do you listen to your child? They see more than most adults and they know things. Even though, children have small bodies (sometimes we tend to think, that they don't know anything because they don't have the experience), they have big spirits. As a spirit, a child has tremendous amount of information, experiences and intelligence.
Slow down, listen to your child. You might learn something.
As parent, do you listen to your child? They see more than most adults and they know things. Even though, children have small bodies (sometimes we tend to think, that they don't know anything because they don't have the experience), they have big spirits. As a spirit, a child has tremendous amount of information, experiences and intelligence.
Slow down, listen to your child. You might learn something.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Overwhelm
Being a parent is the most amazing, exciting, adventurous, spiritual experience of all but meantime, it can be overwhelming from time to time. It is a mistake to think that if you are a stay home mom, it means you have all the time in the world, that your job is not important. Being a mom is undervalued in our society. Sometimes, parents don’t get a lot of validation from the world around us; sometimes we forget how challenging the job of parenting can be. We are expected to be busy, to give ourselves away, to give our attention away and to have “important” things to do. Overwhelm in our lives is the attempt to do everything and do everything perfectly. As mothers, we are taking on the household responsibilities, we nurture, we give, we problem solve for others and as a result, we become scattered. Our energy becomes scattered and when as a spiritual being we are not present in the body, we get tired; we get stresses, overwhelmed by the responsibilities and our children’s constant demand for attention and stimulation. If a mom spends all the day with children, she is deprived of adult stimulation and she really needs intellectual, emotional support from others. I know many moms do it but I will mention it anyways. Creating a mom playgroup or going for a walk in the park with other moms is a wonderful way of creating space to interact with other adults and meantime, give your children space to play together. It will help you create a little separation between you and your child and it gives both sides a space to be, to grow. As a parent, it will give you the space to step away from the role of “being a mommy” and be yourself.
When you are notice how overwhelmed you are, create few minutes for yourself to relax. Find a comfortable chair, sit and notice your breath. Start bringing your awareness to your body and notice where in your body you keep all the tightness and uneasiness. Now imagine connecting the base of your spine to the center of the planet with a line of energy. I call this being grounded. Imagine all the demand, stress and overwhelm leave your space, release it and be PRESENT with your body. Stay present and open to whatever miracles the day will bring to you.
When you are notice how overwhelmed you are, create few minutes for yourself to relax. Find a comfortable chair, sit and notice your breath. Start bringing your awareness to your body and notice where in your body you keep all the tightness and uneasiness. Now imagine connecting the base of your spine to the center of the planet with a line of energy. I call this being grounded. Imagine all the demand, stress and overwhelm leave your space, release it and be PRESENT with your body. Stay present and open to whatever miracles the day will bring to you.
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