S. Thomas Literature Review 9.23.2017

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Shimera Thomas

Holistic Spirituality Parenting

Ball State University EDAC 634

Professor: Dr. Chang

Name	Comments On
Shimera Thomas	Caroline Heston, Group 4

Introduction

             Spirituality is often confused with religion most people think that both are one of the same. Spirituality is significantly different. Religion is usually practiced among a congregation and or groups that share the same beliefs and they often fellowship on scheduled days.  Spiritually is one’s individual beliefs that includes an association with one’s self and sense of nature. The universe is a large part of nature that includes being holistic. The practice of being holistic has everything to do with the mind, body, soul, and spirit. Holistic practices tie the interconnections of emotional, physical, social aspect of a person’s being to keep a balance (Reach Out Australia 2017). In life, we will experience loads of worldliness situations such as enrolling into school, purchasing a new home, marriage, career, lifestyle, and having children. Commonly parents will inspire their spiritual, moral, and core values upon their youngsters. Holistic spiritual parenting starts with the perception to honor all creatures both living and non-living. Holistic parenting also encircles environment friendly, peacefulness, a connection to nature, and natural organic life style. There are several essential categories for holistic parenting.

          First, accomplishing informed family choices from birth to adolescence. These parents have determined that health, well-being, wholeness, being social are important.  The proper nourishment practicing the method of self-restraint cultivating literacy and learning through social and emotional growth. Second, pursing balance among peers conveying emotion, compassion, confident techniques in developing self-control performance and know-how in parenting. Third, engaging in our restorative development adding harmony in our everyday lives to assist with the healing of our mind, body and spirit in a holistic manner. Next, Counteracting and incorporate environmental divine bearing of living. Which consistent of living developing, daily consumption, physical performance, therapeutic healing.  Finally, providing guidance regarding providing guidance and appreciation to habitual creation teaching youngsters preserve their surroundings, climate and atmosphere.

General Themes

        Holistic living creates a living that constitutes the mind, body, soul, and spirit. Becoming one with self, nature, and ones surrounding in a spiritual aspect that keep stress by the waist sides.  In addition, to using alternative healing methods with the use of herbs, holistic medical practices, and mediation to embrace nature’s earth’s offerings. Holistic living preserves the earth through human basic needs such as establishing a healthy lifestyle, social, emotional, mental, and physical aspects. This style of living also touches on proper diet and nourishing foods for the body. Holistic practice embraces vegan and vegetarian lifestyles in support of holistic living. Adapting to eating nonanimal products are considered respect of both living things. The lifestyle incorporates and promotes eating from the earth persevering animals from being extinct and prevention of cruelty. (Reagan 2011) speaks on holistic living being the pathway to wellness and making those connects to healthy living. Holistic living creates an atmosphere that appears promote spirituality developing and one’s sense of self.  I think that those with preexisting conditions such as type 2 diabetes, hypertension, bad cholesterol can overcome their illness using a holistic approach. Alternative mediation, exercise, and proper diet which are main factors to deescalate the effect of chronic illness. 

           Holistic and spirituality is a mental and spiritual network with the equivalence of social and emotion. Holistic The combination of both holistic and spiritualty assists us in the way we deal with our emotions. That being social interactions with others and our inner selves. Also, being unfavorable or positive feelings, a holistic approach assists us with balancing those emotions. Spirituality in a holistic practice transforms our own healing and process healthy development both holistic and spiritually. Creating interconnections to the emotional, physical, social aspect of a person’s being to keep a balance. Yoga is a perfect example of holistic and spirituality it involves all the key components of interconnecting to the mind, body, soul and spirit. The movements that require mediation, breathing techniques that the entire family could benefit from especially children.  Holistic parenting is a philosophy that embraces that journey (Nancy Mossotto 2013).

            Holistic parenting institutes the comprehension and consideration of all living and non-living creatures. The unique style of holistic parenting includes the following choices made by the family and or parent (Holistic Parenting 2013). Welcoming going green, peaceful connections of wellbeing from limited western medicine to alternative meds for their entire family.  Building a foundation based on developing and consideration alternative organic living.  This type of parenting places a cap on our children being exhibited to commercialized outside influences that hinders and aren’t authentic intercommunication. I find holistic parenting helpful for the reason of parent’s main goal is to respect one self and others building a positive relationship starting with themselves and others. Parents may have selected holistic parenting because of undesirable outside influences that aids in raising their children that has a negative impact. Being a holistic parent seems to support the word “village”.  The village is a strong and positive part of the community. That includes family, peers, friends, authority figures and schools. I would say schools has the most influence over a child.

              Holistic Education (Elenore Stoneham 2013) Indicates that one finds the soul considerate appreciation in various elements of our universe by going green. Becoming one with nature is an important key element of looping our youth into a holistic study.  Montessori teaching provides great examples of holistic education. Children can explore their surrounding without military structure its encouraged for students to identify their own capabilities and comprehension without formal structure. Holistic education begins with parents focusing their attention on how their children develop then preparing them for bias tests (Riane Eisler 2005).  When enrolling children into schools besides selecting Montessori may become an issue for parents. Especially those parents that are seeking institutions that supports holistic spiritual parenting. Policies are usually designed as structured and general rules that are written in the handbook to protect the rights of all students, families and or staff. Many of our families enrolled into school come from diverse backgrounds and cultures. It’s not to say that holistic spiritual parenting is unacceptable in fact it may be the next step in creating a different schooling genre. Conflict, may occur because other families may not share the same beliefs resulting in they are not comfortable or ready to adapt. It is indicated that when children are exposed to holistic practices it bridges a successful future of the child career, lifestyle, morals and core values (Goncheva, M. 2015). I’d suggest if holistic parents can’t locate a school to fit their family’s needs to speak with the teacher and principal to incorporate the families’ practices into some of the daily lessons. Maybe an open house night where all families can demonstrate their culture and beliefs.

Implications

           I think that parents/guardians could utilize and incorporate holistic practices within their home. As a matter fact, holistic practice improves oneself, physical health, and bridges connections to support the universe. In most families, they have adapted into this lifestyle created foundations that adapts to a healthier life.  Holistic practices should not be limited to the classroom, also used in the homes of our families to bring wholeness within as well as outside sources. Creating a holistic environment has been proven to lead stress free atmosphere. These practices lead to the foundation of spiritualty, better comprehension in classrooms, provides a positive social and emotional growth. A Holistic lifestyle contributes respect, exercising, applied knowledge to the universe, and ones’ essential needs. The lifestyle meets the demands that society places as rules in our lives daily.

Reflections

       Although my findings and research to spiritual holistic parenting may have concrete evidence of families benefiting from this lifestyle.  As of today, there are only selective schools, states, and countries that incorporate wellness living into their curriculum, lesson plans, and policy.  I think families that choose holistic living as their foundations, assists them to make those connections, even embracing spiritually as a learning process.

Table

Theme	Main Idea/Literature	Implications
Holistic Living	Holistic practice creates a consistent living that constitutes the mind, body, soul, and spirit. Becoming one with one’s self and nature. Embracing nature and the earth’s offerings using alternative methods. Holistic living seems to describe the instruction processing. The process of inner layer and multiple learning styles a continuous way to approach development and expound on the function (MacKeracher 2004). Cognitive information processing (CIP) theory also known as the instruction process. The ideology is based on how we center our attention on how we view our surroundings, Cipher and identify ourselves, and the recollection of contemporary information.	Schools and companies could use holistic living in help saving the universe. Recycling and going green is helps preserve the environment.
Holistic and Spiritual	Creates interconnections to the emotional, physical, social aspect of a person’s being to keep a balance and social interactions with others and our inner selves. Holistic and spirituality describes balance of our emotions and transformation to our healing and inner being. Holistic and Spiritual has similarities to somatic learning.  Somatic learning is an individual transformation in a holistic approach which involves the mind, body, and spirit. Somatic learning emotional, physical and social aspect that modes and form the individual collectively. (Merriam Caffarella and Baumgartner) indicates how we learn through dimensional aspects of our senses.	Instructors /Social Service workers can provide critical support for families with children in general education as well as diverse learning by exhibiting positive connections with one self and others.
Holistic Parenting	The unique style of holistic parenting keeping the respect for all living and nonliving things at the forefront of the holistic practice. The unique style of holistic parenting includes the following choices made by the family and or parent (Holistic Parenting 2013). As a parent, we assist in laying the foundation in our children lives, their environment, the way their raised, outside influences on their learning styles. Learning styles develops who we are parents are the child first teacher. Whether its divergent, assimilator, accommodative and or convergent. Parents are their children first teachers and support. Each learning style builds the blueprint on each child becoming an individual.	Alternative way of parenting of raising children in a healthy lifestyle manner with respect being a top priority while building nurturing relationships.

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