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Friday August 20, 2004
The Morning Sip: Breathing With Your Child II
 
Yesterday's sip involved visualizing your child while breathing and imagining you and your child exhaling at the same time. 
 
Today, use the same verse when you are with your child:
 
          Breathing in, I see my child
          Breathing out, my child breathes out
 
We often perceive a difference and a different connection with our child depending upon whether we are physically present or separate from them.  The practice of mindful parenting opens awareness to the depth of connection and presence that exists in both cases.
 
Alternate between reciting the verse when you are with your child and when you are distant from your child.  Open awareness to the different feelings that emerge. 
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