Mindfulness Class for NICU Parents and Families
Through the practice of mindfulness and self-compassion parents and families with babies currently in the NICU, or recently discharged from the hospital, will gain skills to:
- take mindful pauses
- anchor in their breath
- broaden and open their awareness
- direct attention
- become more in tune with their body and its essential needs for rest and joy
- offer compassion to oneself, their partners and babies
- feel empowered through self-awareness and self-acceptance
Nurturing the skills of mindfulness and self-compassion establishes a strong foundation for mindful parenting, joy, and resilience – the ability to overcome adversity and gain more assets and lifelong inner resources for hardiness and happiness.
Class Details
- When: Tuesdays, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m.
- Where: NICU Parent Lounge, 6 East, Women’s Health Institute, Main Hospital, Newport Beach
Meet our Facilitator
![Nandini Narayanan, LCSW](https://upload.cdn-hoag.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/29181709/Nandini1.png)
Nandini Narayanan, LCSW
Integrative Wellness Social Worker
Nandini has been firmly rooted in the field of emotional, psychological, spiritual and physical health as a licensed clinical social worker trained in medical social work for the past 20 years. Social work, mind-body medicine and yoga philosophy are intricately interwoven together in her approach to helping her patients and clients. Nandini knows personally that this approach has made her not only a more balanced person and healthcare practitioner, but also an empowered and resilient NICU graduate parent of a “25-weeker”, who is now a miraculous 11 year old boy!