January 2013, Issue 4
YOUR QUEST TO REACH
Consciousness Every Moment FULL AWARENESS
HOME AFTER SCHOOL
Energy Exercise Top Parenting THE
7 TOP TACTICS
FINDING PEACE BY
Meditation Empower Y O U R CHILDREN
E V O LU T I O N O F D I S E A S E
New Era of Kids Financial Literacy RESPONSIBLE WITH MONEY CULTIVATE CONSCIOUS CHILDREN
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January 2013, Issue 4
CONTENTS
Cultivate Conscious Children Daily and Higher Awareness Videos page # 7
Welcome Children Home Energizing Exercises
page # 9
By Anne M. Deatly PhD
7 Top Tactics Quickly become a Positive Parent
page # 13
By Neil Fellowes
The Art of Feminine Transformation
page # 16
By Aparna Khanolkar
Good Parenting Empowering Your Children
page # 17
By Rahma Hassan
The Quest for Consciousness For Something more Profound
page #22
By Aparna Khanolkar 3
January 2013, Issue 4
CONTENTS
New Beginning Meditation Download Link
page # 25
By Jasmine Sampson
Raising Confident Children 3 Daily Rituals
page # 26
By Neil and Amber with Hot Chocolate Club
Financial Literacy It’s not just about the Money
page # 30
By Fern Weis
New Beginning Meditation Live Channelling Text
page # 32
By Jasmine Sampson
The New Era of Kids Understanding the Basics of Children and Disease
page # 36
By Regina E. H-Ariel
Reach out to the Contributors
page # 43-44 4
FROM THE EDITOR
HAPPY NEW YEAR To your best year yet! This issue is themed “Consciousness” On the global scene, it seemed like the major focus last year was about the world ending in December of 2012. We all knew that it would be realistically impossible. But still and all many people lived in a subtle state of fear, fruit of all the hype on internet and TV, about “what if” it really was giong to end. Well, my question to many people was “why not just start living more peace and love so you don’t have to worry even if things do end?” From my 20 year experience as a Corporate Trainer and having participated in many high level coaching programs, the idea of the end is often a stimulus to change.
January 2013, Issue 4
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So now I’d like to ask you which simple things in your life would you like to change. You know the things that could bring more love, enjoyment, happiness and satisfaction in your life. Some of these things you can change on your own and some might require the help of others. Some things you can control and other things you can only influence... and some not control at all.
Diana Dentinger, Editor Inner Peace Parenting Magazine
As a parent though, you always influence your children. Become more aware of how your decisions, your mood, your stress, your opinions, and your actions affect them. Use the suggestions from these Experts to make some adjustments to how you are parenting. We all live stress, and none of us are 100% of the time “wonderful parents”. It would be nice though to strive for that goal! For now, starts with being more conscious so you have a more loving and peaceful approach everyday, no matter what. 5
Worldwide Parenting Experts Coaches, Trainers, Moms and Dads Working to make this World a Better Place
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Diana Dentinger Italy
Neil Fellowes Great Britain
Fern Weis USA
Rahma Hassan Nigeria Regina E. H-Ariel Paraguay
Aparna Khanoldar India Jasmine Sampson New Zealand 6
PEACE IN AWARENESS
Daily Awareness Understanding Common Sense By Diana Dentinger
h"p://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EseDQ8QFiA Awareness does not have to be some mysterious thing. To become aware, you just take the time to ask yourself some simple questions. Is it that you don’t take the time or is it that you don’t have the questions? Here’s a simple, fun video reflection on becoming aware of how you are eating, drinking and sleeping! Have fun!
Diana Dentinger Diana helps Parents be better People! She is the creator of a Parenting Program called Parent by Numbers. It teaches parents how to understand the uniqueness of their children so they grow up loving themselves, living a purposeful and responsible life. The next 9 week online group coaching program starts soon: www.parentbynumbers.com
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PEACE AT HOME
Welcome Children Home Energizing Exercises By Anne M. Deatly, PhD
Welcoming your children home from school with open arms is key for a productive and loving family time. Being present with your children as they come home to share what happened in school will create a happy, loving and safe home environment where they get the attention they need. It is important that you hear their joys and concerns. Transition periods of the day may find you in different frames of mind. It may not be easy for you to stop what you are doing the minute the children burst through the door! If you work at home, you may not have accomplished what you intended. It may be difficult to tear yourself away as you are trying to make defined progress on your business. But you also want to give attention and engage your children now that they are home. Or you may work outside the home and you may come home after they get home. Or you may focus full-time on the family but you lose energy during the day from the household chores.
For whatever the reason you may need an energy boost so you can be your best when your children come home. There are simple exercises you can do to raise your energy level and balance energy flow. You can do any or all of these exercises in less than 5 minutes! You may do these exercises before they get home or wait and do them with your children! 8
1. Tap or Thump your K27 points
3. Wayne Cook Posture
If you are exhausted and you feel like you are swimming against the current, your energies may be running backward.
If these exercises don’t enhance your energy levels, your energies may be chaotic, scrambled or disorganized.
I recommend you tap your K27 points (about one inch just underneath your collarbone knobs and about one inch toward your arms).
a. While standing, place the right foot on the outside of the left foot so your feet cross at the ankles.
Tap or thump these two points to stimulate your energies to run in the forward direction. 2. Do a Crown Pull The Crown Pull exercise helps open up your crown to receive fresh energy and release used energy. Place both sets of fingers on the forehead meeting in the middle at the hairline. Pull the fingers apart opening up the areas over the crown suture lines to increase flexibility of muscle and skin over the skull. This is helpful because the skull plates move every time you breathe. If the muscles or skin are rigid, the skull plates won’t move freely and energy gets stuck. Stuck energy is one reason for headaches.
b. Extend the right hand out in front of you with the palm facing toward the right. c. Extend the left hand in front of you with the palm facing toward the left and hold the hands together inter-digitating the fingers so your wrists are crossing over each other. d. Pull your hands together and up to your chest. Take about 4 deep breaths. e. Uncross your feet and uncross your hands. f. Take the left foot and cross it over the right foot so that the ankles are crossing over each other. g. Extend the left hand straight in front of you with the pam toward the left then extend the right hand out in front of you with the palm facing the right hand side and grasp your hands together as before but this time the right hand is on top. h. Pull your hands to your body and up so your fingers are right under your chin. Take 4 deep breaths. i. Now make a triangle with all of your fingers and put the thumbs up to the 3rd eye (right between the inner eyebrows). Take 4 deep breaths. Uncross everything and this should unscramble any disorganized energy! 9
4. Taking Down the Flame This exercise is good if you are angry or frustrated. a. Stand with your hands open on your thighs, 8ingers spread. This position helps to ground your energies to the earth. You may sense the energy moving down your legs. b. Breathe deeply and slowly. Make a sighing Haaaaaaa sound with every exhalation. Envision that your anger and frustration is disappearing. c. Inhale deeply and circle your hands up over your head until the 8ingertips and thumbs meet. d. Exhale with the sighing Haaaaaaa sound and bring your 8ingertips and thumbs down to the Crown Chakra (top center of the head). Inhale. e. Exhale with the sighing Haaaaaaa sound and bring your 8ingertips and thumbs down to the 3rd eye (inside the eyebrows). Inhale. f. Exhale with the sighing Haaaaaaa sound and bring your 8ingertips and thumbs down to the Heart Chakra right between the breasts. Inhale.
g. Exhale with the sighing Haaaaaaa sound and bring your 8ingertips and thumbs down to your navel and roll your hands to form a triangle right beneath the navel. Keep them in this position until your next inhalation. h. Exhale with the sighing Haaaaaaa sound and 8latten your hands and stretch them down to the original position on the thighs. Inhale. i. Exhale with the sighing Haaaaaaa sound, slowly move your hands down the legs as you bend over, and 8inally letting your hands hang down as you inhale. j. Still hanging over, exhale with the sighing Haaaaaaa sound. As you return to a full stand, bring your hands up the inside of your legs and back to their original position. k. Exhale with the 8inal Haaaaaaa sound. Doing these simple exercises will greatly enhance your time together for the rest of the evening. You will feel energized and revitalized to be a parent who feels blessed with wonderful, exciting, and awesome children! Your children will feel loved and special. They will feel cared for! Most significantly, your children will learn what you model for them! Live radiantly!
Dr. Anne Deatly Previously a Principal Research Scientist in Vaccine Research at Pfizer, she changed careers in 2012 and is now a certified Eden Energy Medicine practitioner, teacher, and inspirational speaker. Director of Optimal Health and Wellness Center, she focuses on holistic health and energy balancing, positive inspiration, and spiritual coaching. Visit www.energizeforjoy.com 10
As a Parent remember to take care of yourself first!
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PEACE IN TACTICS
7 Top Tactics Quickly become a Positive Parent By Neil Fellowes
You want to know what to do for the best in a given situation... but sometimes you find yourself in that situation with your kids that’s breaking new ground and you have no reference. Other times you’ve been in the situation often, but wish you could find a better way to handle it. So in this article I’m going to give you my top 7 tactics to use. These are not necessarily tactics you will get from a self-help book. This isn’t just theory, this is what I do by default, so I’m giving you what I know works. Before we go into the tactics, let’s define the word “tactics”. Tactics simply means to “Apply a strategy that achieves a certain objective”. An objective might be that you want your 5 year old to stop shouting and behave calmly. Another objective is to build a relationship with your children that is open and honest. Other objectives might include having them be confident or
having them take pride and give their best in their school work… So, here are my top 7 tactics for parents with a short explanation for each including an example of how you can use it. 1. Walk away Walking away is a great tactic when tension is high. Sometimes kids get their knickers in a twist. It might be over homework, it might be something that happened at school that they find it hard to speak about or it might just be that they’re just in a horrid mood. 12
Rather than get sucked in, the best things to do is say, “Sorry I can’t talk to you when you speak to me like that” and leave the room. You’ll find it’s a lot easier for you to leave the room than to get them to go to their room. If you leave there’s no tantrum. You’ve told them you don’t like their behaviour and now they have the space to think about their behaviour and come back into balance. What’s great is that if they have ticked you off you get time-out to think about your next move. Doing this has saved me from boiling over more than once! Try it and see how you get on. 2. Lead them This is my favourite. I’m not a fan of dishing out discipline and the best way to avoid it is to involve the children (if its age appropriate to do so) in the discussions about what’s expected from them. If they have input into a solution or idea, they are much more likely to comply with what’s needed because they were part of the decision process.
3. Be direct When you have to correct your kids keep it short and simple. Try to say what you need to say in 30 seconds or less, because if you start to lecture their little eyes will glaze over and they will switch off. To do this effectively you can’t dwell on what went wrong and just cut straight to what you expect or need to happen in the future. Here’s an example, “Next time you are in the car I expect you to try to get along with your sister, is that clear?” If you start talking about the teasing or the pinching the message of what you expect will just get lost. 4. Be aware You have to pause and think about your children from time to time. Take a few minutes weekly to just stop and think “What do they need right now?” If you think about their behaviour you might see that their playing up is a need for more attention. If they seem to be reading more often maybe they need more books and encouragement. Do they need some inspiration for drawing?
Here, you are leading them to choose what is right so they can exert their own personal power. This is much better than having them misbehave and you then having to exert your force to get them to comply to a set of rules they didn’t even know existed. 13
This tactic is the one I use when I am thinking about my children’s birthday or Christmas presents. I notice an area of life where they are showing interest or promise and I select something that will help them develop even more. 5. Non-judgement This is a tough one for many parents. We want to leap in and advise. We want to correct them when we feel they are wrong. However, whenever we do we may be risking alienating the kids. The best method is to draw out of your kids all the information on whatever they tell you. Ask them why they did something? Ask them how they felt about it? Ask them if they think they would ever do it again? If you feel they are wrong, ask them if you can say what’s on your mind. If you have their permission to speak about what they said, they are more likely to listen.
6. Don’t hang around When you notice them doing something that niggles you, deal with it early. Don’t wait and then be explosive. Deal with things early and quickly while you frustration and anger can be easily controlled. I once saw a boy continually pushing his sister over and the mother kept saying “Stop it… Stop it… Stop it…” Until eventually she shot out of her chair and smacked him over and over. Had she got up the first time the child pushed his sister and moved him away she wouldn’t have got angry, the sister wouldn’t have got hurt and the boy would have learnt his behaviour isn’t acceptable. 7. Have a Hot Chocolate Build a routine with your children. Put some special time aside for you and them each week to do something nurturing together. Listen, talk, share stories and life together. It doesn’t have to be for hours, it can just be 15-30 minutes, but it will bring you closer together!
Neil Fellowes Neil Fellowes doesn’t create more to-does, but he does help parents get results in gentle, subtle ways through www.hotchocolateclub.com . He has a superb guide to help you nurture self-confidence in your kids. Get it from: www.nurturingritualsforchildren.com 14
PEACE IN YOU
The Art of Feminine Transformation By Aparna Khanolkar
h"p://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5or6wnyUSG4 Aparna shares 4 profound steps for your transformation. It requires dedication and devotion. Try it. This excerpt is from her workshop series "The Art of the Feminine" 3 weeks of Tribe & Truth & Transformation.
Aparna Khanolkar Aparna Khanolkar is a spiritual mentor and cosmic transformer. Her work is based on the timeless wisdom of Ayurveda and she specializes in taking women on a journey from karma to dharma. www.themistressofspice.com 15
PEACE IN POWER
“Good” Parenting Empowering your Children By Rahma Hassan
You will agree with me that after the riot in London last year, in England a lot has been said about parenting with regards to those involved in the angry attacks of other people’s properties. Single parenting of some of the perpetrators of the riots has been said to be a contributing factor to their behaviour. It is disheartening to hear people conclude that the fault lies at the doorsteps of ‘single parents’. As of 2009, there are 2.9 million single parents with 3 million children. About 1 out of 4 families with dependent children are single-parent families, of which only 8 to 11 percent are male. This means that women who in most societies are already burdened with other issues, poverty, due to low earnings, discrimination at work, low employment opportunities, physical and emotional abuses from past or present relationships, low self esteem etc, raise almost 3 million UK children. It is known that 6 out of 10 children raised by single mothers are near or below the poverty line with bare existence, living from ‘hand to mouth’.
Gandhi said the worst type of violence is poverty. Poverty kills a child every 5 secs due to hunger and malnutrition worldwide. Which other type of violence does this? So does it mean that those involved in the riots came from these 3 million or so children of single parents? Most of the riots took place in areas of UK that are impoverished (inner cities), of course, that is where one finds most poor people, including majority of single parents. The social and economic factor of people determine the environment in which they live. Children who are brought up by single parents are therefore assumed to be perpetrators of social vices. I have not seen the statistics yet, but it will be interesting to know what percentage of perpetrators of the August riots are products of single parents. 16
Neither single parenting nor inner city dwelling should be blamed for the behavior of the rioters. There are more factors contributing to the development of human beings’ anger and hurt than these 2 factors. It will be helpful to consider the factors that make other children, brought up by single parents in inner cities grow up joyful and peaceful. An example is the new Met. Police Commissioner, Mr. Bernard HoganHowe. He was born in Sheffield, has an MA in Law from Oxford University, a diploma in Applied Criminology and was awarded an MBA in Business Administration from Sheffield University. He has been awarded the Queen’s Police Medal. He was brought up by his mother.
It is not unusual in some cultures, mostly African, for the bad behaviour of a child to be blamed on the mother. However, the father claims the credit when the children are well behaved and successful. So, what is ‘parenting’? I feel parenting is an important part of loving and caring for your child. Parenting is a mother’s natural role and it starts from the uterus.
He claimed that the last time he saw his father was when he was 16 years old! What are the factors that made him what he is today? There are a number of decent children and adults who are product of single mothers out there. As a single parent, I brought up my own 2 lovely daughters in Hackney. They went to school in Hackney, and ended up in King’s College, University of London to study medicine. They are now gainfully employed and giving back to the society.
This means that a mother must be properly nurtured to pass on same to the embryo. Studies have shown that stress during pregnancy negatively affects the nurturing of the unborn child.
I never thought of myself as a ‘single parent’, I was just ‘parenting’! Also, It is not true that all the children of double parenting grow up to be good citizens. Even within families where both parents are present, it is the mother, in most cases that play the important role of physical and emotional nurturing of the children.
For example, a British study shows that women abused when pregnant, would have higher levels of a stress hormone, known as cortisone, in their placenta at birth and their children are likely to have conditions that predispose them to addiction by age 7 and 8. Early experiences of the baby is known to have effect on adult behaviour. For example, human touch helps the brain to develop for better emotional and cognitive development. The psychological and social development of a human being depends on the quality of the social life of the parent. 17
Children are very observant, they learn by the example of how their parents behave in all situations. Parents should be of good behaviour in order to show their children how to do same. If children do not learn how to behave, they will find it difficult to get on, both with grown-ups and with other children. They will find it hard to learn at school, will misbehave and will probably become unhappy and frustrated. Good parenting involve ensuring that children feel secure, loved and valued. “Good” Parenting It does not matter who brings up a child, the outcome of parenting depend on the physical, emotional and psychological environment in which the process takes place. Good parenting is about providing a warm, secure home life, helping your child to learn the rules of life, such as how to share, respecting others and to develop good self-esteem. You may have to stop them from doing things they shouldn't be doing, but it is just as important to encourage them to do the things you do want them to do. Honest discussion on every subject that may come up is very crucial. Parents have to just be truthful to their children all the time, excluding so called ‘white lies’. It is important to set rules for everyday life. Rules that are discussed thoroughly with children make it easier for the rules to be kept and followed.
Parents should be observant, to notice when they are behaving well and give them praises for their behaviour. And when their behaviour is below expectation, to have a loving discussion on this and not allow issue to get out of hand leading to frustration for parents and children. From my experience, good nutrition is crucial and beneficial in parenting. At least one cooked meal a day should be eaten with your children. The food should be one that not only provide nutrients for the physical body, but also for the spirit. So parents should make sure that meals include plenty of colourful vegetables and fruits. Preparation of the meals should not be seen as a chore, it should be done lovingly and when possible involve the children. Good parenting with clear rules and expectations for the children. In situations where both parents are bringing up children, if parents disagree about rules and their expectations for 18
their children, the children may get mixed up because they don't know what they are expected to do. They may find that if they ask each parent the same question, they get different answers. So whether the parents are together or living in different homes it is important, as far as possible, that everyone who cares for the child agrees on the most important matters and the behaviours they want to encourage their children to do. In our fragmented, supercharged, fast-paced society, figuring out how to stay connected to our kids is the real challenge. It is important for parents to be up to date with current affairs, political, economical and social of the environment in which children are being brought up. Discussing current affairs with children is very important. This gives children first hand education and information about issues so they do not learn from other children who may not have been properly informed. This is empowering your children, and healthy parenting is a process of empowerment.
As we help to raise our children's selfesteem, we also increase their personal power. When we encourage them to be confident, self-reliant, self-directed, and responsible individuals, we are giving them power Parents have become unsure of the rules and unsure of our roles as parents. Due to interference by institutions, parents have allowed what used to be simple and natural to become bewildering and intimidating. Parents must return optimism to parenting, and focus on the joys, not the hassles; the love, not the disappointments; the common sense, not the complexities of parenting. This is my Angle on this issue. What is yours?
Rahma Hassan Rahma is an Intuitive Life Coach. She assists her Clients to find the truth, love and light in themselves, so that they can become their authentic selves. She also works with Eric Pearl's Reconnective healing technique to compliment her work. Find her at: http://www.rahmathassan.com
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PEACE IN PROFOUND
The Quest For Consciousness For Something more Profound By Aparna Khanolkar
Each of us have a deep quest for something more profound, a deeper meaning in our lives and a powerful connection to the Universe. We are a microcosm of the Universe. All that Nature has in it, we have in us. Divine energy, the five elements, cosmic memories and creative intelligence. How often do you connect with the Universe? Before I began my spiritual practices, I often felt a sense of loneliness and emptiness after a full day of work and child-rearing. It did not matter that I had completed all the tasks on my list. I still felt something was missing. And that something was a connection of something bigger than my tasks and worldly accomplishments. As parents we are required to be in the world and of the world. However, if our only connection to life is on this level then we will experience a disconnection with our higher self. Our quest for consciousness is most natural. A desire that is pure and eternal. All of our ancestors have had the same craving. What is this craving?
Besides the hustle and bustle of life, its responsibilities and mundane tasks, we want silence and stillness. For in that stillness develops a well-spring of wisdom, clarity, peace and intuition. With this as your spiritual backbone, your life’s foundation so to speak, you can stand in grace, power and beauty. Life's challenges don't have to mow you down. As a single mother of two children ages 13 and nine years, I can honestly state that I am sent back (through circumstance and through self-recognition) time and time again to that place of stillness so I may return to innocence and an expansive heart as a woman and mother. 20
This time is sacred because you can give your mind and body a chance to release the stresses of the day. This also acts an transition into the evening phase of your day. If you wish, you can meditate for 10 minutes at night before you go to bed.
We have our own karma to face, our own unhealthy patterns, the karmic tendencies of our children, finances, schedules and so much more that influence our lives. It requires selfforgiveness for mistakes I make, commitment and devotion. This alone is a great quest for consciousness. My quest for consciousness comes each day in the form of meditation. Inner silence provides us with all the answers we want. More than it, it gives our mind an opportunity to leave behind experiences as we perceive them and dwell in a place of unity and bliss. I meditate for about an hour a day. You might wonder how I manage that with two children. Like anything else, whatever is a priority for us we make time for it. For me meditation is most important.
In Vedic tradition, parents practice seated meditation. The children are given what's called a "walking technique," where the child is free to walk and say the mantra silently. They are also encouraged to use their mantras during times of stress and anxiety. This practice, like the sitting meditation induces deep peace and harmony in the body/mind. If you can't or don't want to learn this style of meditation, there are many other forms. Even spending time in Nature, in silence is a powerful healer. Nature contains the energy of the elements: fire, earth, water, space and air. As a practice, you could invoke the power and energy of each of the elements within you and offer gratitude for them in Nature. On a soul level, you are one with the Universe. Your love, your desire, your insight is all lovingly woven into the matrix of the Universe.
I wake at 5:45 am. This 45-minute time span is mine. The home is silent, the morning new and the energy potent. the morning meditation sets the tone for the rest of the day. I also meditate in the evening for about 15 minutes usually between 3 and 4 p.m. 21
Connecting with part of your higher self is vital to your well-being as a parent and human being. The energy and presence you cultivate benefits your children and has a ripple effect on the world as a whole.
As parents we can show our children that peace is within us, already. And that we can easily connect to that by acknowledging our divine unity with the Universe and the vast spaces of silence that exist in our body/mind.
Our children are watching us eagerly, sub-consciously and consciously to see how we live our lives, how we conduct ourselves.
There is a culture of overstimulation and over-doing that is so rampant that our mind and bodies can’t really keep up with it.
Through our actions and practices, we are molding them as the future of this world.
We are beings with sensitive nervous systems that can perceive vast amounts of knowledge and channel enormous comic energy.
We can’t be who we wish to be for our family and children unless we are willing to look within and do what’s required for our own inner peace. No, this does not have to be a painful practice of looking into our past and finding reasons for not actualizing our desires. Regardless of our past mistakes and our limitations, we can begin NOW, TODAY this art of living with meditation.
Recognizing this high truth is a doorway to your stillness and through that to great freedom from the limitations set forth in our minds and our egos. As we emerge from constraint to comfort; knowing our true Nature, we show our children the power that is within them so they too may harness their own cosmic power and peace.
Aparna Khanolkar Aparna Khanolkar is a spiritual mentor and cosmic transformer. Her work is based on the timeless wisdom of Ayurveda and she specializes in taking women on a journey from karma to dharma. www.themistressofspice.com 22
PEACE IN MEDITATION
New Beginning Meditation How to Create Miracles by Jasmine Sampson
Here is the link for this transformational meditation: www.how-to-create-miracles.com/new-beginning-meditation.html
Jasmine Sampson A powerful healing energy from the Divine Heart flows through this Meditation for New Beginnings channelled by Spiritual Teacher, Healer and Mentor, Life Coach and Author of the forthcoming book “7 Steps to Inner Peace: Laying the Foundation of a World that Works� jasmine@jasminesampson.com www.HowToCreateMiracles.com
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PEACE IN RITUALS
Raising Confident Kids 3 Daily Rituals By Neil and Amber of Hot Chocolate Club
The Bedtime Ritual This bedtime ritual will build confidence and build a strong connection between child and parent. It will help them fall asleep contented and have them feeling good about themselves and increase the likelihood of waking up happy and optimistic. Here are the steps 1. Talk about 3 to 5 things Sit close to your child and talk about the 3-5 things from the day that they most enjoyed. It might be something funny, a moment when they felt loved, close to nature, when they learned something or something that excited them. Remember this is about them and we suggest you don’t impose any rules about what feels right. When you’ve spoken about it write it down. If your child is a young, write for them, one day, when they are ready they will ask to do the writing. 2. Select a song (or two) that gives your child the message you would most like to leave them with at the end of the day.
Play this song every night and it will create a very powerful anchor to the love you share with them. A song I used with my daughter is “You are so beautiful to me” by Joe Cocker. You can play the song as many times as you like, cuddling your child until they fall asleep if you want to, or you can play it once and say good night. We used to sing it the first time and then fall asleep to it. It’s your choice, but keep in mind whatever choice you make, your child will expect that every night, so if you try to leave after the first play through and the ritual is 3, they’ll expect 3. So set the game up in the way you are most comfortable. 24
The Breakfast Ritual The breakfast time ritual is designed to give your kids a positive start to the day and send them off feeling happy. Children, around the age where they start school, through to about 7 years old, sometimes have no idea what day of the week it is, so they sometimes have no idea if they need to be in uniform or in normal clothes. When you wake them in the morning it can be helpful to remind them what day it is and what that means. For children up to the age of 7 (possibly 8 with boys) help them get out of bed and be with them while they brush their teeth and get washed.
Qualities that might help are: Kindness If someone at school is annoying but not bullying them. Courage If they are being picked on they may need the courage to speak to a teacher. Support caring for a friend who needs help. Leadership Taking charge on a project.
Help them as much as you can when they need it, but encourage them to do more and more as they go from 4-8 years old. This might mean you need to get up 5 or 10 minutes earlier. Help them get dressed. As they get older you can be with them, but be less involved. Aim to be at the breakfast table by a set time, where you can eat together, even if it is just for 5 minutes.
Clarity Being clear on what you want, why you want it, and making it happen. In order to get your children – and you – to the breakfast table in a receptive mood, you may also need to instil some rules in the household such as no TV or game stations on weekday mornings.
While you sit together talk about character and the importance someone’s character has on how their life goes.
It may be unpopular to start with, but it will work when they get used to it and your life (and theirs) will be better for sticking to this. It might not seem that way to begin with if it’s been part of the morning routine for years though.
Ask them about a character quality that might be useful to help them through the day. You may choose to go first to set an example.
We found this made a huge difference to our family when we did this and the mornings were so much more relaxed and enjoyable. 25
The Dinner Time Ritual This dinner time ritual builds an attitude of gratitude. You'll absolutely love this, especially when the gratitude comes in your direction! Here's how it goes. As we begin each meal I tell each person at the table one thing I have appreciated about them during the day. I’ll say their name, look directly at them, in their eyes, and use words that are not generalised or vague. For example, “Amber, what I appreciated about you today was that lovely smile you gave me when I came to wake you up this morning. You smiling like that gave me a spring in my step. I loved it.” The appreciation doesn’t have to be complicated it can be very simple. For example: “Amber, I appreciate you putting your breakfast dish in the sink this morning. It makes such a difference when you help like that. Thank you.”
Or “Amber, I appreciate that you tidied your room. This meant a lot to me because I didn’t have to remind you. Nice one!” So I go around the table and appreciate everyone. My wife will then pick up on my cue and follow suit, unless Amber is ready with something to say and we’ll eventually all have said something. This is a far better way to begin dinner. It’s better than nagging. In fact nagging will fall away naturally, because as you praise each little change your child makes, they will repeat it. They even seem to look for things they want praise for and sometimes they’ll couch and say “And what about...?” And then you jump in and say “Of course...” and appreciate that. When we are done appreciating each other we will return to the breakfast ritual and ask about how their character trait helped them today.
Neil Fellowes Neil Fellowes doesn’t create more to-does, but he does help parents get results in gentle, subtle ways through www.hotchocolateclub.com . He has a superb guide to help you nurture self-confidence in your kids. Get it from: www.nurturingritualsforchildren.com 26
PEACE IN FINANCES
Financial Literacy for Kids It’s Not Just About the Money By Fern Weis
Do your kids know the value of a dollar? It's never too early for them to learn about the planning, skills, and attitudes that go with it. In fact, you’d be remiss if you continued to micromanage all their expenses into their teen years. Now, more than ever, our kids need to know the value of a dollar (or peso, Euro, or yen). In this time of what many would call the 'age of entitlement', knowing how to earn, save, and yes, how to spend, their money is crucial.
The allowance would be for tasks above and beyond what is normally expected.
It can be an allowance or a job, but there should be something. If you give an allowance, when & how much is up to you.
It’s only a little bit about the money, and a lot about personal growth and getting ready to be on their own.
Caution: Be sure that your kids have some unpaid responsibilities at home.
1. An allowance forces kids to think about making choices.
They should know that some things are just part of being a responsible, contributing member of the family.
"To buy, or not to buy? And which one? Is it worth it to me to buy the fancy label or is just having this item enough?"
My kids helped in the kitchen, cleaned their bathroom and did their laundry from the age of 13… just because.
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2. Once they have money, they can start to budget.
4. Our kids spend money more thoughtfully when it’s their own.
"How much do I need to buy something and how long will it take to earn it? Am I willing to work for X hours to do it? And give up my free time?”
They have come to an understanding of just how much effort and commitment it takes. As a teen, when my son (now 27) used our money to buy clothing, he didn’t think twice about cost (although we did).
Look kids, math really is relevant! In the ‘olden days’ before computers, I wanted a portable electric typewriter to take to college. A decent one had to cost about $300. Imagine that. You can buy a tablet – a mini-computer – for less than that! My parents told me if I earned half, they would give me the other half. Hmm, babysitting for $2.50/hour, that’s 60 hours. Good thing I already had some money saved. 3. Having money and a wish list means they have to learn to save. This requires self-control and delayed gratification. Saving means avoiding impulse purchases and here we are back to making choices.
When it was his money, you should have seen him comparison shopping and checking out the sale racks. Money - having it, not having it, saving it, spending it - is so rarely just about the money. When you hand off this responsibility to your kids, you are truly preparing them for life.
For more on this topic, listen to: "Why Should I Give My Daughter An Allowance" http://bit.ly/UxP4Ks from the coaches at Smart Girls Make Savvy Women.
Fern Weis Fern Weis, Coaching for Parents of Teens. From silence to sharing and apathy to responsibility. Helping parents raise capable, self-sufficient kids. Visit her at www.yourfamilymatterscoach.com or write her at fern@yourfamilymatterscoach.com Phone: 201-747-9642
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PEACE IN NEW KIDS
The New Era of Kids Understanding the Basics of Children and Disease by Regina E. H-Ariel Read at yo own ur risk
This is one chapter of the E-book available at www.globallightparadise.com by Regina. “It is time to teach parents and teachers the new way to teach and to educate integrating spiritual psychology that reaches he causes of any frustration and learning how to eliminate any kind of frustration we make the difference. This implicates that parents learn how to get rid of their fears to make mistakes and fears that their beloved kid would not be the best they imagine Also that teachers get rid of their fears from students that are frustrated and aggressive in the class rooms – their are some simple roules to follow to rise consciousness and to make a difference in the world of education.” A further Chapter is a miraculous Healing of a 17 Year old boy – Tuberculoses very advanced state: gone in only three weeks! How is this? Why can this happen? Find out more
Regina E. H-Ariel Seminars, Courses and Classes for parents and teachers are available: Topics: The New Form of Education for Parents & Teachers Topics: Accelerated Awakening and Healing for Children (parents) - Adults Make a difference in Your Life and communicate with Regina E.H-Ariel at www.globallightparadise.com regina.e.h.ariel@gmail.com
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This chapter could fill an entire book by its own subject. The souls of the children of this world are crying for help and people do not know how to listen because they are not trained to listen with the inner ears, which are connected to the eternal source of life. Children are suffering without words and I think it is time to transmit to the world what they carry within, what their mission is and why so many of them have such heavy health problems. I decided to add this chapter for a deeper understanding of what is going on and to give the children a chance to understand the imbalances in their young lives. So let’s start to analyze asking us some questions as guidelines for a deeper understanding. What is it that makes children sick? Look around; the rate of children’s disease is rapidly growing all over the world. Diabetes, overweight, rheumatic disease, nervousness, stress, asthmatic problems, cancer, AIDS and all kinds of virus infections are hitting the children all over the planet and doctors again are often helpless. All those diseases were experienced before only by adults and today it has jumped over to our kids and even to our pets. What is the cause? And what can we do about it? Is there a way or an answer to rectify and to heal them? Yes there is. But we need to dig very deep into the causes in order to understand the entire picture.
Children show us the truth of life through their innocence, their power of forgiveness, their unconditional love and their joy of life – that is natural within each child. Nevertheless in the way of Earthly education those wondrous gifts are getting lost. We are creating a way of separation and the real eternal values are judged as weakness or as fantasy. That is one part of the reasons for the growing children diseases. The way and the content that these New Age children are taught in the school systems do not fit with the mission they have to accomplish on this Earth. As they are being pushed into another direction as they have to move from inside out, they create a disease which is specific to their personal block or to some kind of soul prison they are sitting in and which they have created deep inside to hide from the world of orders and everything else they dislike not knowing how to resolve their situation because they are so little and nobody has “ears” to listen to what they have to say. Disease is something visible and they have a chance to bring unconscious pattern into the consciousness of their parents. It is a kind of passive act when they see no other way to express, because parents hold on to run the moment the child is sick. Then they start listening. In addition, a lot of the children who do not feel understood do not understand themselves. They cannot find a reason why they feel “different” and they don’t remember (from the higher realms) why they have different skills. 30
There is only a kind of power inside they do not know how to direct their energies and how to handle them. They are hypersensitive, hyperactive and hyper-intelligent and unable to find an anchor on this Earth, missing real guidance. They are seeking answers and get depressed because they don’t find the answers and the result. They feel misunderstood and they run away. Desperation leads to drugs and all kinds of self-destructive life styles as they grow. They do not know where they belong and they cannot figure that out without help. Parents who have no spiritual education go through hell with them and do not know what to do. So the easiest solution is to give them pills to clam down in order for them to be what we call “more natural”. Children rebel against the old educational system, seeing that there they have no space for self-fulfilment or selfdevelopment. The parents and teachers decide what is good or bad for them without even trying to understand what a kid likes or what it is interested in, therefore the kid does not have a say so concerning their life. The kid is confronted with decisions and facts not being able to handle them because it is against his or her life purpose. Parents act as they have been taught when they were children and they wish their children to obey and to do what they want, because it is just the way it is.
You may ask yourself how does she know all that? I tell you that I was one of those “different kids”. To help you understand I will give you some little insight of my own experiences in my early childhood. I was quiet when I had something to do, I was gentle and constantly singing during the entire day, but I never obeyed any order. I was very analytic from the very beginning and I did not understand why my mom gave me orders all the time. I thought these things at an early age in my life and I still remember the hard moments I had, because I did not know consciously what I was doing, I only knew inside that something felt wrong and all what felt wrong got a strict NO from inside me expressing it immediately. Example: I got the order: “Regina come”. I could die before I would move. It got to a point where my mom started yelling at me but I did not care. You ask the question why? The answer is so simple, when she asked me to come in a gentle way, I would go the first time. For example, Regina we need to go now would you please come? Can you feel the difference of the energy, which touches the child? The little word please softens the energy of the question so it is like an invitation to come and will be a pleasure to follow. A sensitive child will never act or react on orders because that feels like a sword cutting you in half and the only way for self-protection is closing down to that heavy energy. All can be so simple when the child will be integrated in decisions made for and WITH them. 31
For example: when children are very tiny the mother decides what they have to wear. There are children who make a drama each morning to dress up. The reason is they want to decide by themselves what they will wear and the simple solutions is to show the child two different possibilities to chose from and then the kid will dress up without any problem. They also want to try to dress up alone. Those kids are coming to teach parents and the world that LOVE has to be the base of life and no orders. Children are no soldiers and a family is not a regiment. Already as a five year old girl, I figured out that adults in church often are talking about stuff in their lives instead of paying attention to what the priest is says and I was wondering in this early age of my life why those people are going to church when they are not interested in God. At the age of nine, I had my first communion and at the most wonderful moment of my life my two neighbours who attended the communion started to argue and they finished up by setting my candle under fire. That was so sad for me. I felt ashamed to have a black burnt candle and I wanted to present myself to God in such a holy vibration. So after that incident with my candle, I decided to stop going to church. The next Sunday came and my mother told me to get ready for church and I answered: I am not going! She replied: “Yes you are going”, “Oh no I won’t “, “But what should the neighbour think of you when you are not going?
The next Sunday came and my mother told me to get ready for church and I answered: I am not going! She replied: “Yes you are going”, “Oh no I won’t “, “But what should the neighbour think of you when you are not going? “ “I don’t care what anybody thinks about me, I only care what God thinks about me .” “How can you be like that and what will the priest think?” “I don’t care either; they are only judging me. I do not need the church - God is living in my Heart, that is my church and in that stone church people either only go by obligation because what the neighbours would say and not, because they love God.” I closed myself up in my room and only came out when church time was over. Every Sunday my mother and I went through the same thing until my father said to leave her in peace and I was happy. I went to church all alone when nobody saw me, mostly around 6:00PM with the old ladies where praying the rosary. God was my love but in a church full of people I could not feel the serenity and the love I felt within and it did not match. But who would understand that? For the adults it was difficult to handle that and is still today. You can be sure that I really understand what I am talking about. This was also the reason I became a high school teacher first, because I wanted to make a difference in teaching children. True education means learning through love, understanding, without pressure or judgement, to open the horizon of the kids, to create self-
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confidence and strength within them in deep respect for the different skills and talents they have to enjoy with each other instead of creating a state of better, good and bad and any kind of competition. They need somebody at home and at school to rely on and to feel safe and to be welcomed like they are. In Kos-Greece when I was the Vice Manager of the tourist club, each night we had a second activity on the dancing floor after the evening show. One day we organized a dancing competition and before we were starting many kids were playing, running around and having fun on the scene. The manager took the microphone and said: We want to start the competition now and I ask all the children to leave the dancing floor now. There were about 20 kids, it was very loud and nobody made a move to obey that order. After the 4th time, the manager got very upset and he said to me: get these children off the dancing floor immediately or I will go nuts. I smiled and I moved onto the dancing floor. I needed exactly 2 minutes to have them leave the place in a quiet, good manner. My colleague looked at me with big eyes and asked: How did you do that? Easy I answered - professional secret. So what did I do that it could work out so fast? First of all I put myself in the middle of the dancing floor so everybody could see me and called them all to join me. I lean down to get a direct eye contact with them and I told them that I would explain something when all of them would be in the centre with me. So the first kids were calling the others.
Then I explained that we would like to start the dancing competition and if they were to stay here, the high heels of the ladies shoes dancing around may hurt them. I asked them, don’t you think that would hurt a lot .Oh yes that would hurt a lot. So I said they will be safe if they would continue to play at the border, is that ok? Yes that is ok they agreed. I thanked them and they all left understanding that now is the adults turn. The boss was happy, the parents were happy and the kids were happy. LOVE is the way. You touch the heart of a kid and it loves you immediately. It is so simple. Unconscious education is creating inner wars and often traumas. What is unconscious education? Here a little example: Just think about how many times little boys are hearing the advice: Boys do not cry! This is only one single tiny sentence of uncountable unconscious expressions or educational advises we are using apparently to make the kids strong inside. The result is, the poor kids are learning how to eat their pain and to hide them deep inside because they do not want to be treated as weak. This is the way we are creating manipulation instead of offering a real comprehensive and protective education based in love. Why should a boy not have the right to show his feelings? Where is that leading us? The result of that education is that children are closing their hearts for themselves and the later effect is that there are no more feelings for anybody. 33
They are learning to be hard on themselves and obviously they project the inside out acting and expressing what they have been taught. That is exactly the way we are educating youngsters who then show destructive patterns as adults. Their inner life has been destroyed through such self-denying patterns. How many are sitting in front of their computers playing war games? When they are not able to handle it anymore, they flip out and then the Law of Cause and Effect boomerangs and when it hits us we are surprised. In the extreme cases we can see the results in the TV news, again a kid shooting teachers and colleagues. Our education is what we have in front of us in the Governments and all institutions. When children are learning that showing their feelings is bad, we find ourselves confronted with aggressions, brutality, corruption, abuse, lies, suppression and pressure setting us under permanent stress all the time. People do not learn as children to use their heart to make decisions, only the mind and the advantages are relevant. They do not learn that it is good to express the truth within or the love they are and that is killing their innocence. It is so simple to get to this cause of what we are experiencing in our days. This is only one of those many little sentences we are feeding kids, thinking we are giving them a good education.
Lots of kids in our times are going through a traumatic time. They came to bring peace and love on Earth but they are confronted with horrible news on TV and everywhere. Often they have a personal negative experience and there is nobody to open their eyes to show them the love which is around them and how much value they have, so they can create a valuable life for themselves. Every life is valuable. The masses of mankind forget to look at the inner values and are picking out things with which they judge people as special or not. Only the fastest, the most intelligent, or a winner of any kind of activity has a value. The second one is already a loser. Ask yourself at that point. The pressure to perform creates an unconscious state of wishing not to disappoint the parents so they would be sure to be loved, no matter if they like what they do or not. What are we creating in our society? Can you feel it? Those judgements are the cause for many kinds of permanent stress in our lives, especially for the children. Being permanently under pressure to be the best is ending often in heavy diseases. We should be able to express ourselves with the skills we have in joy and happiness and stop judgments, which are difficult to handle for most of people. When we start to understand how we create our world, we will make a shift in consciousness and have lot more fun in our life. Children love their parents and wish to be loved. 34
No room for self-defense means weakening the immune system. A weak immune system opens the door for all kinds of disease. A lot of “normal” things the new era child hears and sees during the day is shocking to them and leads to confrontation and suppression of the inner unconscious soul connection. There is so much that falls down on their being that a normal event becomes a bad moment in their short life and can provoke a trauma and a shift in their life habits and attitudes.
They can’t talk about it and are pushed down by the fact there is nobody who has an idea what they are going through. Adults do not know what they are doing to their children when they simply say – do not disturb me with your questions, go into your room and shut up, leave me alone, I am tired, or somebody says: your are bad, or stupid when they come with a lower grade from school and fears are born. Fears to make a mistake, fears of not being loved anymore, fears to express.
magine all the new kids have skills to see, to feel or to communicate with the invisible world. Lots of them see the elementals, angels and also ghosts (hanging spirits for reasons they need help to be able to leave the astral world or for they have to transmit something to a relative or a friend and need to find somebody who has the skills to see the “other world” too).
Parents are stressed and tired from work and they just don’t know how to handle a hyperactive, hypersensitive or sensible kid.
When they talk about that parents say: stop telling such fantasies. Angels do not exist. Do you feel what that does in the life of a child! It is a shock like it was the case with the Paraguayan boy.
Remember: seek and you will find. There is an answer for all questions. Just ask, even ask your kids.
They close down and do not express themselves freely anymore because the first thought will be, Am I “normal”, is it right what I wish, will they be happy with my wish or become mad about me? There are so many consequences in only one situation that their immune system gets week. They are confronted with being right or wrong without having done anything to be considered wrong.
There is a lot to learn and I wish to help all parents to understand that the only way for all these special kids is LOVE, COMPREHENSION, and AN OPEN HEART TO HEAR THEIR MESSAGE WITHOUT JUDGING ANYTHING.
Train yourself to transform all orders into a question and you will see how fast a very deep connection is created. Don’t say to a kid that it is nuts when you do not understand what he says. Ask what do you mean? Can you explain it to me? And when you get an answer then you can think about it and do some research to understand, because those kids are touching eternal wisdom from inside and often leave adults speechless. 35
Love is the answer and the answer is love and a simple open heart. Those kids areone with the Universal Sacred Heart and they get sick when their way leads into a “wrong” direction. When we look at all those youngsters lost in the streets, they are not bad or not mad, even when they behave without respect like rebels. That is because they cannot find understanding in their families neither in school. They can never find an anchor anywhere and they are not aware that they are lost inside. As we learned already about cosmic law, this one would be like feeling inside so manifest outside - lost inside – lost outside. They never found their true reason to be on Earth. Imagine this young boy from Paraguay who was eating himself up for thirteen years? Who can stand that? Some of the kids are unconsciously creating disease so they can leave this planet since there is no way for them to communicate what they feel it. Other kids are letting their frustrations out to the world, running amok and falling in self destructive patterns through drugs, using guns and all kind of other activities to brake out of this structure of judgements and pain. They are filled up with soul pain and they can’t handle it so they do not care if they die or not. They are searching for that one single time of attention from the world even if it is the last thing they do.
We have to heal these poor youngsters. It is not their fault that nobody understands what they are going through and that they do not fit into this three dimensional world. Indigo kids are coming from the 4th dimension. They are transit kids here to bring the present systems down which is based in corruption and lies. The Light Children are coming from the 5th dimension to create the base for the Golden Era of Love and Comprehension. The Crystal children are coming from both the 5th and mostly the 6th dimension to bring transparency and oneness. So how can they accomplish their mission when nobody listens to them? The children of our world are really in need, in all continents, there is so much abuse of all kinds. We have to help them to become who they truly are, Angels on Earth. Think about it, you may know a kid like this. Just give him a smile or a nice word. That makes big difference in their lives. Happiness in your life is created by generating love for all people living in your family and your neighbourhood. Look in your surroundings and make a difference in your world. Everybody can do it. You will see how wonderful life becomes, when everybody is happy. This would be a huge miracle created by you. You can do that, it just depends on one single decision you make for yourself, to love and to be loved, and that will be the shift in your life that will become a miracle. The E-book is available at www.globallightparadise.com
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CONTRIBUTORS
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Neil Fellowes mission is to help parents with their parenting techniques using everyday situations. He doesn’t create more to-does, but he does help you get results in very gentle and subtle ways through www.hotchocolateclub.com. He also has a superb guide to help you nurture self-confidence in your kids. You can get it here: www.nurturingritualsforchildren.com
Fern Weis says: “The dark road of my son’s teenage years inspired me to become a parent coach. I support and educate parents on transforming the parent-teen relationship, letting go of the need to control, helping kids become super problem-solvers and taking the confusion out of decision-making. In other words, raising teens to confident, selfsufficient adulthood and maintaining your sanity along the way. Get started with a free “Effective Parent/Successful Child Jumpstart Kit” at www.yourfamilymatterscoach.com
Anne M. Deatly, PhD, previously a Principal Research Scientist in Vaccine Research at Pfizer, changed careers in 2012. She is now a certified Eden Energy Medicine practitioner, teacher, and inspirational speaker. As Director of the Optimal Health and Wellness Center, she focuses on holistic health and energy balancing, positive inspiration, and spiritual coaching. Known as the Radiant Energy Doctor, Anne is a radio talk show host of Energy Medicine and Optimal Health on VoiceAmerica. Visit www.energizeforjoy.com. You will be glad you did.
Jasmine Sampson is the author of the forthcoming book 7 Steps to Inner Peace: Laying the Foundation of a Life That Works. With more than 30 years experience as a Spiritual Teacher, Healer, Mentor and Life Coach, Jasmine teaches busy and successful people practical ways to connect with their inner wisdom and power in the midst of demands of everyday life and work. Contact Jasmine through her website www.HowToCreateMiracles.com 37
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Regina E. H-Ariel was born in Paraguay. Her goal is to bring the new kind of root cause healing and Transformational Multi Dimensional Quantum healing to the world. Plus she feel is it is time to teach parents and teachers the new way to educate by integrating spiritual psychology that reaches the causes of any frustration. Learning how to overcome any kind of frustration is how we will make the difference. Reach her at www.globallightparadise.com or by email regina.e.h.ariel@gmail.com
Aparna Khanolkar is a spiritual mentor and work specifically with women in their sacred journey from karma to dharma. I coach women to understand their karmic tendencies and teach practices that allow for the blossoming of one’s true dharma. I help women shed the constraints of their culture, family and self-imposed beliefs so they create greater peace and harmony in their lives. I am Ayurvedic Lifestyle Counselor, a former chef and consultant at the Chopra Center and an author. www.themistressofspice.com Rahmat’s vision is a world where all people are confident that they will live a healthy and fulfilling life having achieved their maximum potential. She was born in Kano – Nigeria in 1952, started her education in Nigeria and came to London in 1989 to study for a Masters degree in Maternal and Child Health in the University of London. Rahmat has a wealth of experience on self-empowerment, capacity-building and human development worldwide. Over a 1000 women benefited from a life skill project which she worked on for over 10 years in Africa. Many more women and young people benefited from various empowerment project with which she has been involved in the UK. http://www.rahmathassan.com
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