Peaches and Cream
For parents of infants and toddlers - from birth to age 2
Joyful Beginnings
Description
This workshop offers parents a nourishing pause from the busyness of life—a space to reconnect with themselves, their parenting journey, and their children. Through guided reflection, sharing, and supportive discussion, we create a sacred space to deepen awareness and strengthen the parent-child bond.
Focusing on the period from birth to age 2, each session blends developmental themes with joyful sharing, guided meditation, contemplative art, and simple practices to support a deeper connection with your baby and yourself.
Contemplative principles, developmental science, experiential art, and meditation are woven throughout, offering tools to support your inner development as a parent. We explore ideas such as love, joy, kindness, empathy, happiness, serenity, change, interconnectedness, and basic goodness.
You will also be guided in practices of meditation and contemplation, learning to witness what arises in your body and mind with presence. Simple mindfulness techniques, self-regulation tools, and easy exercises to share with your child will offer supportive anchors for both you and your baby.
These sessions offer ‘an island’ of nourishment—a time to pause, reflect, and grow in your path of parenthood.
Possible Themes We will Explore:
Partnership
In the first months and years of a child’s life, parents develop a new appreciation for one another while juggling life’s demands and their own internal processes. Welcoming an infant brings magical, joyful moments and deep feelings of love, attachment, and protectiveness. We will discuss the joys and struggles in our relationships with our partners during this time.
Nurturing Confidence
How to nurture self-confidence in infants and toddlers—and in ourselves as parents.
Sleep
Parents want to sleep. Parents want the baby to sleep! Let’s explore peaceful, practical approaches.
Food
Feeding, weaning, and introducing solids—raising children with food as nourishment, not entertainment, bribery, or emotional comfort. Meals can be simple, healthy, and easy.
Toilet Training
From nappies to potty to full toilet training.
Simplicity
Slowing down and simplifying life. A slower pace can calm the whole family.
The Senses
Children absorb the world like sponges. We’ll look at life through their eyes and find ways to nurture and protect while staying grounded in the real world.
Observation and Awareness
Practising presence and allowing awe and wonder to unfold—rather than rushing children to “grow up.”
Releasing Habitual Patterns
As children grow into toddlers, parents may still treat them like infants out of habit. We’ll explore how to tune into their growth and respond accordingly.
Rhythm
Creating your own family rhythm brings security and peace. This may include sleep, meals, chores, playtime, and more.
Decluttering
Less is more. A calm, uncluttered environment supports a calm inner life—for children and adults alike.
Reality Check
Parenting is physically demanding and emotionally challenging—but also filled with joy and precious moments. Being real together is healing.
Enduring Crying Spells
At times, the frequency, pitch, and intensity of a baby’s crying can trigger deep emotional and physiological reactions, especially in sleep-deprived parents. We will explore awareness practices, mindfulness meditation, and inward-focused spirituality to support us in meeting these moments with patience and love.
The Growing Family
Many parents find the transition from one child to two overwhelming in the early years. We will share experiences and explore ways to meet the needs of both an infant and a toddler or young child.
Crying Without a Cause
How to manage the stress of a baby who continues to cry despite all needs being met—food, nappy, temperature, etc. We will explore how to stay present and grounded through these intense moments.
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