A big HELLO to all my readers. My name is Aarti Shenoy. The engagements that I cherish the most are dancing, listening to music, painting, writing and sharing information on my treasured topics such as positive parenting, right brain development of child, spirituality, meditation for kids etc. I have a 6 year old cute daughter, her name is Vaishnavi. Currently my angel is enjoying her Kindergarten . My spouse Ajit Shenoy is a software professional. Ajit and Vaishnavi are my biggest motivators and inspirations, so through my first blog I would like to say a big “Thank You” to them for always being there for me in all my thick and thin.
How the Positive Parenting Journey Started for US!!!!!!!!!!
My pregnancy news spirited Ajit to explore more on parenting topics. He started reading a lot of books on parenting. One day while his evening walk, he encountered an advertisement on Garbhasankar class held by Dr. Geetanjali Shah and Dr. Vikram Shah at Dadar (Mumbai). Garbhasanskar refers to imparting knowledge and values into a fetus or baby in the womb. As it was a novel and exciting concept for both of us, we immediately decided to grab the opportunity of learning something unfamiliar. From there on began our exciting parenting journey. Garbhasanskar course proved to be the first turning point in our life, as it changed our outlook towards pregnancy and parenting. For me pregnancy no longer remained a boring journey of carrying a baby for 9 months in the womb. As parents we became more aware and conscious.
While studying the Garbhasankar course one thought that always kept lingering in my mind was, “when a lot of diligence is taken by us while, performing petty things like buying grocery, shopping for gifts, etc, then why??? most of us nurture our little-ones with lack of information and awareness”. This thought gave birth to an explorer within me and then through one of my lovely friends Lalitha Srinivasan, I encountered another astounding course on parenting named “ISP (Infant Siddha Program)”. Lalitha had acquired complete knowledge of this course and I always admired her parenting skills. She was a huge motivation behind me for taking up the ISP course.
Vaishnavi was 1 year old when Ajit & I pursued the parenting course together conducted by Mr. Darshan Desai at Borivili(Mumbai). ISP course proved to be the second turning point in my life wherein, every single day I saw myself changing and growing into a positive parent. We thoroughly enjoyed studying all unfamiliar concepts, ideas and ways of parenting. While doing the course I promised myself on sharing my learning with people around me. I touched the lives of my friends,relatives through my small parenting tips, ways and solutions,which I will surely share with you all soon. The appreciation and love from friends and family inspired me to study more on this topic.
Currently, I conduct parenting sessions at my apartment. In these sessions I discuss, share and educate parents on day to day parenting affairs. Apart from my formal education, observing and learning from everyone around me has become my hobby. I also educate kids on “how to focus???” and on “Being Mindful” through my meditation sessions. I would love to share pictures and videos of my sessions with you all in my upcoming blogs.
IMPETUS BEHIND WRITING BLOGS:
My Friends Bhagyashree Tithe and Kalpana(who herself writes blogs) encouraged me to write blog on parenting, so that my experience and knowledge can reach to masses through this medium.
Thanks to these two friends for being my motivation behind this.
Whatever I have versed from my experience, books and courses, I will share it with you all here every Thurdays (once a week).
In my blogs I will touch topics like Right brain development of kids, YES parenting, Indian parenting ways, Meditation for kids, Spirituality.
WHY YES PARENTING?????????
I as a parent realized that the most important aspect of parenting is raising kids in a positive way and in a positive environment.
YES PARENTING is not just about positive parenting but also about transforming yourself and people around you into a positive human being.
Very small transformations in our attitude as parents can create wonders and through this forum lets try to explore all this together.
Parenting according to me is mystical journey that unfolds many secrets to us as parent from time to time. Let’s try to make our journey as parents very beautiful through the magical parenting mantras which will be shared soon with all my readers in upcoming blogs.