PARENTING et. al.

[Guest guest]

sat nam karyn and everyone,

funny, yesterday afternoon i was thinking about how much i'd like to

have a way to discuss parenting with any parents who might be on this

list, and here was your email yesterday evening! i live in seattle so i

can't do anything face to face/in real life with you in the east bay,

but maybe we could start a seperate to at least chat online

about issues? any others interested?

i'd also loooooove it if we had a women's group; if anyone's interested

in that, let me know too.

i realize many people are already overinundated with email, but if there

are some who aren't, maybe one or both of these ideas could get off the

ground!

love and blessings,

seattle sue

 

 

karynleigh2 wrote:

 

>I am also a mom of 2 boys, aged 2 and 4 and have recently moved back from Italy

where

>they were born to my native California. I live in Albany and work at UC

Berkeley and would

>so like to set up a family oriented KY community here in the East Bay. Gurmukh

has a

>wonderful center in LA that I would one day like to emulate here. For now I am

finding this

>KY site and the classes are helping me to develop an extremely powerful daily

practice, but

>I am missing COMMUNITY and know there must be other KY practitioners living in

this

>mecca of yoga. WHERE ARE YOU? Let's meet and see how we can best parent our

kids in

>the spirit of Kundalini.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Seattle Sue,

I am interested in discussing parenting and women's issues online and

have one friend who is a mom and has done some yoga in Seattle who you

might talk to. I am following the online course and feeling and seeing

how much I learn from my boys about myself and my own journey and how

much I hope to help them have as joyous and abundant a life as

possible. Also how challenging it is for me to be a parent because I

LOVE MY KIDS but I also need lots of time to myself and am really

appreciating working full time and that my husband is caring for the

kids, but this is also a temporary situation.

 

I just picked up a simple but for me helpful new book by Deepak Chopra

called THE SEVEN SPIRITUAL LAWS FOR PARENTS: Everything is possible;

If you want to get something, give something; When you make a choice,

you change the future; Don't say no--go with the flow; Every time you

wish or want, you plant a seed; Enjoy the journey; You are here for a

reason. They are great reminders for myself and things I hope to live

so as to impart to my kids.

 

My vision is to create a yoga center with a full preschool/daycare and

options for kids while their parents participate in classes or

meditations, etc. Also with activities to do together as a family.

Local churches and synagogues are so far ahead of the yoga community

where childcare and activities are concerned and I have this sense

that I am here to make such a community happen. But of course I need

others who share the vision and a workable plan to set into motion.

 

Sat Nam,

Karyn

Berkeley, CA

[Guest guest]

Sat Nam Karyn,

have you ever considered opening a centre that was purely yogic

daycare and after school yoga classes for kids and teens? It seems to

me that there'd be a greater demand for something of this sort (not to

denigrate your original idea in any way). I've never seen this done

before, there's certainly a need for alternative daycares and after

school programs (where else there are lots of yoga centres these days,

though childcare may be harder to find). You could offer classes for

adults as well (perhaps only on the weekends?) but if you made the

childcare aspect your focus you'd certainly be starting something

special and innovative. If you thought about perhaps incorporating

child educators or art therapist to guide special activities you'd

really have soemthing unique that I'm sure many parents would be

willing to pay good money for. Of course, this idea may not interest

you at all and you may not want to be working with kids that intensely.

I hope my suggestions aren't an imposition. This is, of course, your

dream to dream! I just read your email and had a flash of

inspiration that I felt worth sharing.

blessings

ovasoul

[Guest guest]

Dear Ovasoul,

 

Thank you for your inspiring and not at all imposing idea. I have

thought about this a lot and do believe you are absolutely right that

a full yogic daycare and afterschool program would be the way to go. I

am just not in the financial position to do it on my own so am looking

for others to join in making this happen. I plan to go around and

leave announcements in all the local yoga studios and parenting

centers to find families who may be interested. I don't have the

qualifications to teach on my own nor do I think I'd choose to only be

with kids all day every day, but I definitely believe there is a need

and that this could be a very successful, light and love nurturing

endeavor. Luckily I have some time from my day job to do groundwork.

Again, thank you for responding in truth and light,

Sat Nam,

Karyn