Mindfulness based support group for New Parents

Class description:

Every new parent finds they need a lot of support, especially in those first few months of learning and defining what it means to be parent, a care taker, and a provider for a new baby.

We are offering a new approach to the traditional mommy/baby support group.  Based in Mindfulness philosophy, our group is open to both moms and dads/co-parents for open discussion on various topics relevant to new parents and facilitated hands-on skill-building in newborn care.

You will find a community of like-mined parents and gain a new set of “tools” to enrich your experiences as parent s and as partners.

Please joins us for this innovative new group, whch will combine elements of mindfulness education and practice with other comm

Topics for discussion will be individualized to each group, and may include: refreshers on how to soothe or swaddle baby, coping with sleep deprivation and enhancing healthy sleep for baby, understanding newborn stages of development, feeding challenges, self care, identity shifting, relationship changes and maintenance, and much more. You will find a community of like-minded parents and gain a new set of “tools” to enrich your experiences as parents and as partners.

John Kabat-Zinn calls mindfulness “paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and without judgement.”  Mindfulness practice in the context of parenting can be a profound and powerful tool in becoming the parent you want to be by embracing and accepting the parent that you are.

Benefits of mindfulness practice include:

• Reduced postpartum stress, anxiety and depression
• Enhanced bonding with baby
• Enhanced parenting and relationship skills
• Reduced risk or severity of postpartum depression and anxiety
• Increased kindness, curiosity & compassion for self, baby & others

Each session will offer a new mindfulness tool for us to practice and discuss, as well as plenty of time for discussion of common parenting issues and challenges.  Each member will receive a complimentary copy of Mindful Motherhood, by Cassandra Vieten.

Join us for a one month series, and come back for as many more as you like!

Babies up to 6 months welcome!

FOR JANUARY WE WILL OFFER DROP IN DATES:  JAN 20th and JAN 27th
at a discounted rate of $35/session.
SIGN UP REQUIRED BY SESSION – see calendar to  sign up by selected date: http://www.carmelblue.com/calendar/

Time: 1:00pm – 3:00pm

Cost: $175 (one parent), $225 (two parents) for the 4-week session

Carmel Blue Pregnancy & Parenting

1418 Grant Ave

San Francisco, CA

94133
 USA