Workshop Series: Conscious Parenting with Compassionate Awareness
Psychological insight, spiritual wisdom, and decades of practical experience combine in a truly holistic approach to the role of parenting. Carlos de León lights a way for parents to better understand themselves and their children, and provides tools to foster deeper, more joyful family connections.
Workshop
- Instructor: Carlos de León
- Ten Online Classes (2 hours each)
- English Interpretation
- Access: 1 Year
About the Program
Parenting is a journey that calls for compassion, resilience, and spiritual awareness. Along with guiding, protecting, and nurturing their children, parents, like lions, are the symbolic representatives of Leadership and Courage. This challenging, often arduous, journey offers countless opportunities and rewards for growth, connection, and spiritual transformation.
We see a child as a growing soul and spirit, and as parents try to help bring out all the best in his or her innate personality and living nature.
~ Carlos de Leon
A Journey of Growth and Discovery
From the moment we consider bringing a child into the world, the path of parenting begins. It has been said that no one is truly prepared for this experience and, certainly, many parents find themselves thinking, "I had no idea what I was getting into!” The series was created to support questions & doubts that tend to arise along this path.
Whether you are planning for a child, already a parent, or offering guidance to parents as a professional, this series will equip you with practical tools and spiritual “remedies” for each stage of parenting. Psychological perspectives, admixed with time-honoured traditions and wisdom, reveal “new” ways to foster harmonious, loving environments for your child and yourself.
Program Goals
- Step into Conscious Parenting: Cultivate awareness and clarity in your parenting role through spiritual and psychological guidance.
- Open the Heart: Understand the importance of compassion and spiritual principles in bringing children into the world.
- Celebrate Parenthood: Experience the magic, wonder, and personal growth of parenting.
- Guide Your Children: Learn how to educate and support your child's development in alignment with spiritual values and love
Program Content Overview
This course begins by exploring the foundations of parenting—planning, preparation, and managing family life. In understanding how parenthood fosters spiritual growth, we recognize that this journey as a transformational opportunity for all parties concerned!
- Planning Pregnancy
Intentionality of Conception: Conception is viewed as a sacred moment where body, mind, and spirit align intentionally. Parents can learn to create a loving, secure, and spiritually connected environment to welcome the new life.
Parenthood and Self-Transformation: Parents are encouraged to examine their situation, reflect on motivations, assess readiness, and build a nurturing space in which a child can flourish.
Holistic Realities for the Family: Parenting touches all aspects of family life. Here we explore the physical demands, the psychological shifts, and spiritual growth opportunities of pregnancy and beyond, helping parents grow alongside their children.
Spiritual Practices for Conception and Pregnancy: Through meditation and mantra recitation, parents clear karmic obstacles, bless the conception, and invite divine support. These practices foster a peaceful pregnancy and support the whole family on many levels.
- Pregnancy and the Journey to Birth
Pregnancy as a Transformative Experience: Pregnancy brings a profound physical, emotional, and spiritual transformation. Expectant parents can learn to connect deeply with their developing child and to navigate the challenges and joys, as they arise.
Physical and Psychological Changes: Mothers undergo significant physical change, and both parents often experience an identity shift. Particularly with support between partners, pregnancy can foster selfless love, a deeper connection to the divine, a sense of renewal and honouring of life’s sacredness.
Spiritual Practices for Expecting Parents: Meditation and spiritual practices cultivate harmony, peace, and compassion, which supports babies and their parents as well. These are practices that strengthen the family bond and invite a divine presence into everyday life.
- The Miracle of Birth
Sacred Initiation into Parenthood: Birthmarks both the culmination of preparation and the start of a new journey. Parents adapt to the demands of caring for a newborn while nurturing their own healing and spiritual growth, developing patience and compassion as they establish a new family rhythm.
Preparation for Conscious Birth: Prenatal yoga, childbirth education, and mindfulness promote physical health, emotional readiness, and spiritual centeredness, making birth a transformative experience for mother and child.
Physical, Psychological, and Spiritual Impact: The birth process is physically intense, emotionally profound, and spiritually meaningful, welcoming a new soul into the world. This powerful initiation serves as a rite of passage, where parents witness the unfolding of divine creation.
- The First Year of Parenting
The First Year of Parenting: This first year brings rapid change, with parents balancing baby care and self-care. Understanding the child's physical, emotional, and spiritual needs results in a loving, grounded family presence.
Recognizing the Developmental Stage(s) of Your Child: Parents learn how to recognize the milestones in cognitive, emotional, and motor skills development, and to nurture curiosity and connection in a supportive, loving environment.
Understanding the Psychomotor Domain and Different Intelligences: Children’s abilities with physical coordination and emotional intelligence develop in sequences unique to the child. Parents are able to support this growth through sensory play, exploration and compassionate interaction.
- Positive Education and Spirituality
Positive Education and Spirituality: As babies grow, parents transition into teaching along with nurturing. This program is a teachers’ guide to instilling compassion, setting boundaries, and nurturing the empathy, respect, and mindfulness that we think of as spiritual values.
Positive Education (Limits, Misbehaviour & Teaching Spirituality): When approached with compassion, setting limits and addressing misbehaviour can serve a truly spiritual purpose. Teaching empathy, respect, and responsibility helps children become conscientious, balanced individuals.
Integrating Spirituality in Education: Parents create spiritual learning by weaving it through stories and activities, by nurturing the values of kindness, and by demonstrating the interconnectedness and mindfulness that support holistic growth. Children watch, and learn best by example!
Spiritual Practices for Parents
Throughout the series, parents are introduced to spiritual practices from different traditions, such as:
- Ganesh: The remover of obstacles invoked to bless the parenting journey with wisdom and protection.
- Vajrasattva: A practice of purification and healing, offering clarity and peace for parents.
- Green Tara: The swift liberator whose compassion and protection help navigate the challenges of parenthood.
- Shiva: The lord of transformation empowers us to embrace change with grace and wisdom.
- Manjushri: The bodhisattva of wisdom, aiding parents in guiding their children with insight and compassion.
A Sacred Heart for Parenting
Join this transformative series and explore the sacred heart of Parenting with compassionate awareness. Whether you are a parent yourself, or a guide for others on the parenting journey, this course offers the tools, wisdom, and spiritual practices that support a more fulfilling and harmonious relationship with one’s children—and oneself.
This series is open to those who seek the spiritual and psychological tools to deepen the parenting experience. It is a challenging and rewarding journey that offers growth, connection, and opportunities for profound transformation.
Course Pricing
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Regular Fee
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- 10 Live-Streaming Sessions (2 hours each)
- Videos & Audios (Access On-Demand), & Downloadable PDFs
- 1 Year Course Access
- After access expires, renew for 15% and enjoy an additional year!
