Did you know that we inherit (lets call it) “stuff” from our moms that we consider ours even though it’s theirs?
That’s why I want to share this story with you.
As moms you want to be aware of what behaviors and trauma you (can) pass on to your kids.
Last week my yoga class teacher shared a story about bunnies. You can imagine in my savasana pose I was wide a wake.
When I spoke to her a few days ago and asked her the source of this story she said the research was actually was done on rats. She apologized profusely for changing the rats into bunnies.
Because the bunny story was so visual and because bunnies are so cute I put a bunny photo up here. Anyway.
It doesn’t matter. The point I want to make is the same.
Here’s the story she told us:
They took a group of female bunnies and had them sniff peppermint oil. At the same time as they had them sniff peppermint oil they poked them.
The bunnies got very agitated from the poking. Every time they sniffed the peppermint oil they were poked. It agitated them like crazy.
Then, they had the same group of bunnies ONLY smell the peppermint oil without the poking.
Even though they weren’t poked anymore they showed the same reaction; they got very agitated every time they smelled the peppermint oil.
The experiment goes further. Here comes the interesting part.
They bred the female bunnies and they let the babies smell the peppermint oil (no poking).
The babies got very agitated every time they smelled the peppermint oil.
Then they bred the babies and their babies showed the same behavior. They also got very agitated when smelling the peppermint oil without being poked.
Isn’t this amazing how this behavior was passed on to the second generation?
This is just a little wake-up call and not to be afraid of, but to be conscious of how our kids can pick up “our stuff”, too.
Not all of “our stuff”, but some stuff. Good stuff, too.
Other research shows that a mother’s emotional state during pregnancy greatly effects the baby’s brain development.
For two decades I have regressed hundreds of clients back to the womb and been amazed how deeply some beliefs of their moms were ingrained in their own belief system today.
The good news is we aren’t bunnies so we can be conscious and aware AND we can release our un-serving behavior and limiting beliefs.
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Let’s do this exercise:
1. Take a moment and ask yourself if you recognize a behavior, pattern or belief that isn’t yours. Is it your mom’s or dad’s?
Let it go.
2. Then ask yourself if you see a certain behavior of yours that your kids (or kid) show.
You can work with that, too. Change it and talk about it with your child.
3. What’s the BEST trait they got from you?
Give yourself a pat on the back! You deserve it.
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Share Your Experience with this exercise below!
It’s a fun and powerful exercise…
Much love
