Jan
18
2014

Take A Time Out For Your Breath

Before your react to a stand-off with your school-ager, your toddler's tantrum, or attitude from your tween, give yourself a time out to reconnect with your breathing. Close your eyes and take five deep breaths. Deep breaths can give you perspective, calm the nerves, and help you return to the situation with fresh eyes.

Annabel is YMC's own Meditating Mummy. But don’t think her life is all lotus petals and incense. From the moment she bolted tearfully out of her first mom and babe yoga class with hysterical infant in tow, Annabel recognized, with great irony, that one of her biggest challenges would be finding the “om” in mom. Now with two kids she is still searching for serenity.

Aside from being a yoga master (teaching yoga and Pilates all over town), Annabel’s a freelance writer and co-author of bittergirl (the play, the book & the musical), a recreational runner, and of course she’s a doting Mum.

Join Annabel as she meditates on the joys and jolts of parenting - through sleep deprivation, snuggles, and tantrums - taking yoga off the mat and into motherhood one meltdown at a time. And with a few good laughs along the way.

You can also visit her at: www.annabelfitzsimmons.com or follow her on Twitter.