{"id":57384,"date":"2018-01-15T06:31:28","date_gmt":"2018-01-15T06:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xenodochial-archimedes.45-76-20-142.plesk.page\/2018x101x1i-taught-my-son-the-art-of-relaxation\/"},"modified":"2022-11-29T18:13:39","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T18:13:39","slug":"i-taught-my-son-the-art-of-relaxation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/2018\/01\/i-taught-my-son-the-art-of-relaxation.html","title":{"rendered":"I Taught My Son the Art of Relaxation &#8211; Mrs. Bishop"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<input class=\"jpibfi\" type=\"hidden\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Curling up in front of a fire, listening to the flames\u00a0roar, and clearing my mind of the day\u2019s stresses.<\/p>\n<p>Soaking in a warm bath with a glass of wine and a great book.<\/p>\n<p>Rocking in my hammock while the breeze blows and the birds chirp.<\/p>\n<p>Relaxing- it might very well be my absolute favorite thing to do.<\/p>\n<p>However, as a Mom, sometimes I feel like it\u2019s my job to keep my son busy. To point him toward educational activities or imaginative play. To make sure he\u2019s not sitting around \u2018doing nothing\u2019 or even allowing him any time to actually get bored.<\/p>\n<p>I spend a lot of time keeping him from being still. Yet, when I think about it- my most favorite activities include doing just that. Sitting still and thinking. Taking deep breaths and sometimes not doing anything at all.<\/p>\n<p>Over this break, I\u2019ve tried to school my son in the art of relaxation. We\u2019ve curled up with blankets next to the fire and just watched it burn. He truly enjoyed the stillness and the only sound being the crack and the pop of the wood. He even told me, \u201cit\u2019s nice to rest by the fire, Mommy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve spent long periods of time re-reading his favorite books. Taken extra long baths.\u00a0Rocked together in the chair, watching our favorite shows together.<\/p>\n<p>I want him to know that life doesn\u2019t always have to be hustle and bustle. That it\u2019s okay to take a few minutes to unwind. I don\u2019t mean being completely sedentary and lazing about all day, but the older he gets, the more time I know he\u2019ll need to just chill out. His new favorite thing to say is, \u201cI\u2019m just hanging out, Mom.\u201d And, I\u2019m totally okay with it.<\/p>\n<p>This year, I want him to know that while playing and keeping himself entertained is important- that it\u2019s equally important to let his brain and body rest. I needed the reminder that we all need a little peace and quiet sometimes, even at 5 years old.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over this break, I&#8217;ve tried to school my son in the art of relaxation. We&#8217;ve curled up with blankets next to the fire and just watched it burn. He truly enjoyed the stillness and the only sound being the crack and the pop of the wood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":58900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,32,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mommy","category-parenting","category-thoughts","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}