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\"\"<\/a>Friday Wisdom is shared from Christine Agro\u2019s\u00a0Conscious Living Wisdom Cards<\/a>\u00a0(Special Moms\u2019 Edition) Each Deck has 42 cards and a booklet that offer insight and guidance for parenting consciously.<\/em><\/p>\n

Expand Card #39 in The Conscious Living Wisdom Cards (Special Moms\u2019 Edition)<\/p>\n

Today I drew the Expand Card.<\/p>\n

If you ever take a class with me or join my Sunday meditation group you’ll hear me talk a lot about expanding. It is our unconscious nature to contract. We contract when we are afraid, when we are uncertain, when we are challenged. We contract when to make it easier for other people and we contract when we feel like we don’t deserve something.<\/p>\n

When we expand we allow our energy to flow, we allow what we want to create to manifest. When we expand there is no room for fear, uncertainty, lack or limit.<\/p>\n

Teaching your child to expand rather than contract is a great gift to give to your child. One way to teach expansion is to model expansion. Try to catch yourself when you pull in or pull back and instead set your intention to really own and fill out your own energetic space.<\/p>\n

For kids, you can give them a tool, like stretching their arms out wide so that they can really experience expansion. In Hatha Yoga, \"\"<\/a>the posture Garudasana (Eagle Pose) offers a great physical experience of contraction (when arms and legs are intertwines) vs expansion (when arms and legs are let go and outstretched. You can teach this to your kids and ask them to tell you how contraction feels vs expansion, and ask them which is easier to function within. \u00a0You can then draw a parallel and talk about the ways in which we tend to contract energetic and share how expanding instead can make us feel much better.<\/p>\n

Here is the text for EXPAND which you will find in The Conscious Living Wisdom Cards (Special Moms’ Edition)<\/strong><\/p>\n

For You<\/strong><\/p>\n

We are taught to contract and to pull ourselves in.\u00a0 But contracting creates limit, lack and stagnation in our lives and allows fear to take hold.\u00a0 When you are faced with challenges and obstacles, expand to move past them.\u00a0 Close your eyes and simply by intending it allow yourself to expand energetically —\u00a0 to move out and beyond the constraints that keep you living in limitation.\u00a0 Also, think about how you might expand your life through the thoughts you have and the words you use.\u00a0 Pay attention to when you choose phrases like \u201cI have to go to work.\u201d How much more expansive it is to say, \u201cI have work to go to.\u201d Use your intention to expand yourself and consciously convert constricting thoughts, words, and experiences into expansion.\u00a0 Your life will flow with greater grace and ease as you do.<\/p>\n

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For Your Child<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is interesting to observe a newborn, for to him time and space are limitless. It is only when adults introduce limits that children begin to establish borders and boundaries to contain themselves.\u00a0 Is this a bad thing?\u00a0 Not really.\u00a0 Children need healthy boundaries because they provide a sense of safety and security. Establishing healthy boundaries, however, does not require constricting our children.\u00a0 The difference comes from the way we communicate information.\u00a0 If we set boundaries out of fear, constriction occurs.\u00a0 If we set boundaries from a place of control, constriction occurs.\u00a0 Consider the rules you have for your child and look for areas where you can allow your child to expand.\u00a0 It is also helpful to teach your child to expand when he experiences fear, challenge or uncertainty.\u00a0 And it is even more helpful to expand yourself along with him, as he uses you as an example and benchmark for his own experiences.<\/p>\n

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Expand Card #39 in The Conscious Living Wisdom Cards (Special Moms\u2019 Edition), Illustrated by Samantha Bachechi, Creative Medium LTD (C) 2010-2012 Conscious Living Unlimited LLC<\/p>\n

**A note about The Conscious Living Guide Wisdom Cards (Special Moms\u2019 Edition): There are 42 cards in the deck and a guide book. The guide book includes insight for you which is meant to help you live life more consciously as well as insight for your child, which is meant to help support you in your Conscious Parenting. *Additionally, to avoid the awkwardness of saying he\/she all the time, I have picked one gender to identify in each card.<\/p>\n

\u00a9 2012 Christine Agro<\/p>\n

Come join me for free at\u00a0The Conscious Mom\u2019s Guide<\/a>. I uploaded two new videos \u2013 one a pre-pregnancy reading I did with a lovely miracle ending and the other is a Conscious Parenting Tip \u2013 Stop, Listen and Interact. You’ll also find the Conscious Parent Forum where you can ask, share, receive support and inspire others.<\/p>\n

Have questions about your child or need support? Christine offers\u00a0private readings<\/a>\u00a0as well as on-line support at\u00a0The Consicous Mom\u2019s Guide<\/a><\/p>\n

Christine Agro is a clairvoyant, naturopath, Master Herbalist, conscious mom and author of 50 Ways to Live Life Consciously as well as of The Conscious Living Wisdom Cards (Special Moms\u2019 Edition). Christine is founder of The Conscious Mom\u2019s Guide , a membership site where she helps support you on your own journey of living life consciously and on your journey of being a Conscious parent. You can also join Christine on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>. To contact Christine, invite her to speak or to schedule an appointment with her please\u00a0email<\/a>\u00a0her.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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