Welcome back to How I Parent, where we get a glimpse into how the nation is raising their kids.
This week we’re chatting to Basma Gale, 42, from Canterbury, who works uses chakras, astrology and energy to determine how she parents her two children, Safi, nine, and Josh, seven.
Known as HD, Basma follows Human Design theory, which apparently combines quantum mechanics and ancient wisdom to determine an individual ‘code.’
‘For the last three years, my kids both know and work with their energy type, strategy, and personality profile,’ she tells Metro.co.uk.
‘I believe that if every parent brought their child up to follow their special design, we could solve most of society’s problems in one generation.’
Basma explains that with HD, you combine your date, time and place of birth to create a body graph chart. Each chart shows how you were energetically coded at birth.
This information, Basma says, can then reveal your gifts to share in this lifetime and can help with happiness and life purpose.
‘Although it sounds a bit bonkers, it’s like an eerily accurate personality test!’ she says.
‘When I explain HD parenting, there’s a mixture of fascination and eye-rolling.
‘It’s not for everyone – you have to be prepared to work on yourself which is difficult at first, but the rewards are worth it in terms of a happier and more fulfilled life.’
But what does this mean? She describes her daughter as a ‘manifestor,’ for example, and adapts her parenting style accordingly.
‘My daughter is a manifestor, so we play games to strengthen her intuitive skills,’ she says.
The mum has become so passionate about this parenting technique, she’s even turned it into a career, sharing her learnings with other families.
‘At first, it went right over my head. But then a coach gave me a reading,’ she says. ‘It radically changed how I see myself and how I parent.’
While it’s a bit technical, Basma says you can find out your personality and energy type easily and then follow a strategy. (There are websites online that’ll give you a profile).
‘Manifestors are the only type who can initiate, Generators are here to respond to the world around them,’ she notes.
‘Projectors must wait for an invitation and Reflectors need time to feel things out.’
Basma says this has determined who everyone is in her household – and helped them to understand one another.
‘My husband is not at all interested, but he doesn’t need to be. Knowing that he’s a Generator, I can ask him yes or no questions to give him something to respond to and encourage him to listen to his gut when making decisions.’
Other parents she’s worked with have noticed a positive effect on their children’s behaviour, she says.
‘One mum was at her wits end worrying about her primary school age daughter’s mental health,’ she tells says.
‘It turned out that the child had an undefined solar plexus (a chakra linked to emotions) and was actually picking up and amplifying her mum’s emotional state.
‘I worked with mum on stress reduction and self-care strategies whilst practising breathing techniques with her daughter.’
Many parents may wonder why they have a ‘lively’ child, says Basma, so they need to work with their energy to find out what works best for them.
‘I had one child who had much more energy than other kids. With the parents, we came up with the plan to try walking 20 minutes to and from school. The parent reported that the teacher could tell which days the child hadn’t walked to school!’
Basma also feels it has helped her in her personal life, too.
‘Following my HD has made me more comfortable in my own skin. I finally feel free to be more me – I’ve let go of a lot of conditioning,’ she says.
Basma believes that if more families opened their hearts to the concepts of chakras and energy, children would benefit immensely.
We instinctively know who we are as children, but get conditioned to become more of who our parents or society tell us we should be as we grow up,’ she says.
‘The goal of energy parenting is to raise children that won’t have to recover from their childhood.’
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