Parenting in the 21st century can feel like a weighty responsibility. Over the past few decades, scientific research has elucidated much about how to optimize children’s development through parenting education. The negative by-product of this wealth of information, however, is excessive fear and anxiety about trying to do everything right. This is not the kind of nourishment our children need. What children really need is to see their parents aligned with a deeper ocean of intelligence, not just the waves on the surface. They need to know we are in touch with the essence of life.

Our parenting classes start with the observation that there is a mysterious and intelligent force behind all processes of maturation. And when we align with this dynamic optimizing force, life unfolds quite magically toward its intended full expression. We cannot make our children into something they are not. We cannot make ourselves into something we are not. We can only support our unfolding by aligning with the powerful and intelligent life force that is living and breathing us in each and every moment. This is a core principle of Essential Parenting and it is what makes us such a unique and powerful parenting resource.

Essential Parenting is an insight-based and practice-oriented parent education program that optimizes the developmental potential of both children and their parents. Based on a variety of teachings including the work of Gordon Neufeld and the cutting-edge field of Interpersonal Neurobiology spearheaded by Dr. Dan Siegel, Essential Parenting’s unique parenting classes are built to help you align with your children as they are in the present moment. In each parenting class, we combine cutting-edge developments in Interpersonal Neurobiology with practices that deepen awareness and capacity for self-regulation such as mindfulness meditation, somatic practices, and inquiry. Essential Parenting classes will empower you to return to your naturally wise and loving heart. In doing so, we support our children in becoming more fully themselves while also creating a ripple effect of wholeness, confidence, and well-being in our communities and on our planet.

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