How NOT to Lose it with Your Toddler: A Practical Introduction to Meditation

On-Demand Class · Parent Wellness

How NOT to lose it with your toddler: A practical and easy introduction to meditation and mindfulness techniques for moms who want to remain calm during the toddler years and beyond.

Class Description

If you’ve noticed that you are losing it with your toddler more than you care to admit, even though you have read all the parenting techniques and followed all the advice, you are not alone. It’s easy to be the gentle, patient parent when you are calm and rested… quite another when you are tired, feeling overwhelmed or running late for an appointment. In this class, I want to show you how you can use simple, effective and practical meditation and mindfulness tools to help you keep your cool and parent in a more joyful and gentle way during the toddler years and beyond. As a certified meditation and mindfulness teacher and a mom of 2, I understand how easy it is to forget all our best intentions in the heat of the moment. I created this course to show you that understanding yourself, your stressors and emotional triggers is the best way to ‘hack’ your own parenting. Over the course of 4 sessions we will discuss: What meditation is and isn’t (including a super simple exercise to help give your mind a break from the thousands of racing thoughts you have everyday). What stress actually does to your brain, how it affects your parenting and how meditation can help. How to understand what type of breather you are and how to use the breath to calm the body down. Understand the emotional triggers that are making you lose it with your kids + a step by step guide on what to do when you get triggered. You will also get 2 short meditations made especially for moms to help you relax and recharge for the day ahead.

Sessions Overview

  1. An introduction to what meditation is and isn't.: Understand some of the misconceptions around meditation and how it helps focus the mind. We finish with a practical exercise that shows you meditation doesn’t have to mean sitting down with your eyes closed.
  2. What stress does to your brain and how meditation helps.: Understand the science behind stress and meditation and how everyday stressors can turn into chronic stress affecting the way we parent and our everyday lives.
  3. Body Check-In Meditation: A short guided meditation divided into 3 sections: Relax your body, Focus on the breath and a quick body scan.
  4. Using the breath as a tool to calm the body and the mind.: Understand how the breath can be used to create a real physiological change in your body when you need it the most. Find out what type of breather you are and how incorporating belly or chest breathing can help you feel more grounded or more creative.
  5. What is actually making you lose it with your children?: Understand your emotional triggers and how your meditation practice can help. Get a step by step guide on what to do when you are emotionally triggered to be able to stop yourself from losing it and react in a kinder more loving way to your kids.
  6. Bonus: A guided Meditation for Moms: A short guided meditation for moms that helps retrain your attention and enjoy the present moment. Perfect for beginners or those getting back into a meditation practice.

Your Instructor

Maricela Robles

Maricela Robles is an environmental lawyer, turned children’s author and certified meditation and mindfulness teacher who helps parents and kids find their calm, ease anxiety and increase their confidence through practical meditation and mindfulness techniques. As a mum of two, Maricela understands how modern life has sent parents and children's stress levels through the roof. She became passionate about helping mums learn how to calm down to reconnect with themselves and enjoy their parenting journey at the same time. She lives in Switzerland with her husband and kids. When not writing on her laptop or scribbling ideas on her notepad you can find Maricela snuggling in to watch the newest animated movie with her kids or exploring mountain hiking trails.

Degrees and Certifications

Certified Meditation and Mindfulness Teacher Resilience practitioner Children's Author

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