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ChakraGirlsEMPOWERMENT PROGRAM

PARENT GUIDEBOOK

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A note from Travel HeadquartersWelcome to the Journey!

I’m so glad you’ve chosen to take your daughter on this journey of self-discovery!

I designed this program to help you give your daughter roots to ground her to her core

self, the tools she needs to navigate the ups and downs of growing up, a deep sense of

confidence and wings to fly towards her dreams.

Along the way, you’ll find that you also improve your relationship with your daughter,

build your own confidence and transform your parenting.

Remember, you’re not alone on your travels…

Check in with these resources when you need extra support:

Travel Agency - Find resources and planning sheets here:

https://www.innerrainbowproject.com/chakra-girls-travel-agency/

Password: lightkeeper

Get in Touch- Email:

[email protected]

Let the Adventure Begin!

© 2018 INNER RAINBOW PROJECT • CHAKRA GIRLS™ • Personal Use Only. All rights reserved.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Prepare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Program Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Choose Your Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Calendar Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Mindset Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Sharing Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Quests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Home & Family Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Authentic Friendships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Inner Strength & Resilience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Self-Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Self-Expression & Voice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Mindfulness & Inner Peace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Dreams & Imagination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Conclude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32


Prepare CHECKLIST

Program Orientation

Choose your Route

Calendar Mapping

Mindset Tips

Sharing Tips

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Prepare PROGRAM ORIENTATION

ABOUT THE PARENT GUIDEBOOK

The parent element of the program includes four ways to enhance learning and support parenting.

Use the guide themes as a framework for making parenting choices - The reflection questions and exercises give you the chance to be conscious and intentional about the lessons you want to share and values you want to instill in your daughter’s life.

Practice Self-Improvement - By focusing on changes you can make in your own life related to the things your daughter is exploring, she learns valuable tools by witnessing the example you set.

Open Door Opportunities - Each quest introduces some challenging emotions and topics for your daughter to explore in a gentle way. These introductions provide doors of opportunity for you to address difficult feelings and situations.

Offer Behind-the-Scenes support - With increased awareness of what she’s learning, you can support your daughter by offering acknowledgement, praise and reinforcement for the changes she makes.

ABOUT THE JOURNEY

The Chakra Girls Empowerment Program is organized into seven quests across seven themes, with beginning and concluding challenges. Each quest is designed to take place across one week.

All quests contain four parts, each building on the next to support the complexity of learning:

Discover - Questions and exercises to promote self-discovery, identify talents, address challenges, explore emotions and build strategies

Explore - Hands-on projects to take the concepts further and apply knowledge

Reflect - Questions and ideas to develop metacognition and extend learning to real-world situations

Share - Questions and ideas to share knowledge to help improve the world and integrate learning for oneself

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PROGRAM ORIENTATION

QUESTS OVERVIEW

Step 1: Reflect and set goals and intentions Before you begin each quest, take time to review the concepts, do the reflection questions and gain clarity on your goals and intentions around each theme.

Step 2: Plan ahead for project supplies (optional) Depending on how much of a planner you are and what supplies you already have, you may want to have your daughter look through the Explore section of the quest at the beginning of the week to see what, if any, supplies you’ll need for the challenge(s).

Step 3: Discover These questions and exercises can be completed all at once or across a number of days.

Step 4: Explore Depending on time you have available, choose one, two, or all of these hands-on projects to complete the quest.

Step 5: Reflect Revisit what she learned and use these prompts as conversation starters to help your daughter remember important skills, tools and strategies.

Step 6: Share Facilitate your daughter creating the steps of her action plan to share her knowledge. Make sure to define a specific time this will be carried out to teach accountability.

Step 7: Crystal Card Your daughter will be guided to write things she wants to remember about each quest on the back of the Crystal Card and place it in her Confidence Toolkit to symbolize completing the quest.

Prepare

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Weekend Warrior Best for: busy families, many afterschool activities, traditional schooling

Tips & Time Estimates: Discover - Do a couple of the questions each night or all on one evening that nothing else is planned (approx. 1 hour total) Explore - Choose one of the three challenges to complete (1-3 hours) Reflect - Complete this at the same time as the Crystal Card by writing the ideas from

this section onto the back of the crystal card (15 minutes) Share - Choose an idea and plan a time to carry it out in the future (varies by choice)

Prepare CHOOSE YOUR ROUTE

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Parent Reflection and Goal-

Setting

Discover —> —> —> Explore —>

Reflect Share

Crystal Card

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Parent Reflection and Goal-

Setting

Discover —> —> Explore 1 Explore 2 Explore 3 Reflect

Share Crystal

Card

Scenic Route Best for: flexible schedule, special emotional needs, homeschooling

Tips & Time Estimates Discover - Spend the beginning of the week exploring this section (1-2 hours) Explore - Complete all three challenges (3-9 hours) Reflect - Use the questions as conversation starters to add depth to this section (15 minutes) Share - Carry out one of your ideas during the quest week (varies by choice)

Use these suggested routes to plan time for each part of the quest:

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Prepare CALENDAR PLANNING TIPS

Now that you’ve chosen your route, it’s time to get organized about when you’ll do each quest. Here’s a sample calendar for how the program can be completed across eight, consecutive weeks:

Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat

Prepare Begin Red —>

Orange —>

Yellow —>

Green —>

Notes: • Map out your plan onto the calendar you already use to organize your family’s schedule,

noting times when there are already existing things planned that you need to work around

• You don’t need to do the quests on consecutive weeks, but to maximize learning, the ideais to spend one week on each theme

• The quests were designed to be done in order from red to purple. Yet, you can also chooseto do them in order of interest or need and experience the same benefits.

Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat

Blue —>

Indigo —>

Purple —>

Conclude —> Celebrate!

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Week 7

Week 8

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Prepare MINDSET TIPS

1. Keep an Open-Mind

Practice keeping your mind open to what your daughter discoversand reserve any judgments that come up about how she should dothings or how you’d like the experience to go. Practice allowing herto guide the flow of where the discoveries lead her.

2. Set Goals and Intentions, not Expectations

Use the goals and intentions worksheets to gain clarity around whatactionable steps you’ll take to support your daughter’s learning. Andthen, release expectations for what the outcome will be.

3. Every Effort Counts

Remember that everything you’re doing throughout this journey iscontributing to your daughter’s healthy self-development. You DONOT have to do everything perfectly in order to be successful.

4. Be PresentPractice being present in the moment when you’re engaged in theseexplorations with your daughter. This helps her see that you valuethis kind of learning and helps you ‘focus on the journey, not thedestination’.

5. Have Fun!

Allow yourself to have fun and enjoy the adventure too. Takingyourself and the experience less seriously will also maximize thelearning.

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Prepare SHARING TIPS

1. Let Her Lead

Allow your daughter to guide the flow of how long you spend oneach part and what projects are chosen.

2. Balance Independence and Collaboration

Depending on your daughter’s age, learning style and personality,there are different ways to create this balance. For example, she mayprefer to do the Discover section on her own and some of theprojects on her own. You can balance this with some collaborationon projects and/or do the Share activity as a family.

3. Share and Participate

Share your responses to the questions and offer anecdotes abouthow you’ve experienced different feelings and situations throughoutyour life. Even if your daughter is seemingly non-responsive, she’llhear that you’re open to talking about emotions, expressingvulnerabilities and also feeling pride for your strengths and talents.

4. Use a Casual Tone

Think ‘anti-lecture’, use a conversational tone and remember your‘Have Fun’ mindset!

5. Ask Open-Ended Questions

Use questions that require more than a yes or no answer to expandthe potential for conversation and help your daughter feel safe torespond truthfully. For example, instead of asking, ‘Do you ever feelangry?’, ask ‘What are some things that make you feel angry?’

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OVERVIEW Begin

You’re ready to welcome your daughter to the journey and get started with the beginning challenge!

Time Estimate: 30 minutes to 1+ hour

Everything you need is inside the Travel Documents Folder.

Step 1: Welcome Letter

Here’s where your daughter will learn about the journey, why she’s taking it and have her first introduction to the Chakra Girls as her guides along the way.

Step 2: What’s in a Quest?

Here she’ll learn about the different parts of the quests and the Crystal Cards she’ll gain when she completes each quest.

Step 3: Devi’s Challenge Part 1

Confidence Toolkit

This beginning activity gives your daughter a chance to take ownership over the experience right from the start as she creates a space to collect tangible ways to remember and access all the inner tools she gains.

Letter to Self

Your daughter will be guided to write her future self a letter to act as a

time capsule which she’ll have a chance to revisit at the end of her journey.

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HOME & FAMILY LIFE Quest of the Garnet Crystal

How to establish what and who helps her feel safe and that she belongs

How to bring the family together in a playful way & improve family relationships

Overview of what your daughter will be exploring on the RED - Home & Family Life Quest

Ways to help your home feel like a comfortable place that provides an anchor of safety

Ways to connect more deeply with her family and culture

Grounding • Comfort • Safety • Security • Belonging

Themes

Exploring the emotion of fear

Confronting conflict in the home and family relationships

Open Door Opportunities

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REFLECTION QUESTIONS

Take some time to look through your daughter’s guide and connect with the particular themes, areas of learning, questions and activities she will be engaging with. Consider these themes and concepts when you respond to the questions below.

What are my hopes, wishes and goals for my daughter in these areas?

What values do I want to help instill in these areas? What tools and skills do I want to help her develop in these areas?

What are my daughter’s challenges in these areas? What is she already good at in these areas?

What are my challenges in these areas? What am I already good at in these areas?

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SETTING GOALS & INTENTIONS

Use your reflections to refine your thoughts into things you’d like to focus on accomplishing with your daughter and yourself in the areas related to the particular guide she’s exploring.

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AUTHENTIC FRIENDSHIPS Quest of the Carnelian Crystal

Overview of what your daughter will be exploring on the ORANGE - Authentic Friendships Quest

How to identify friends she can be herself around and turn to for support

Ways to celebrate and strengthen friendships

Qualities of authentic friendships and good friends

Exploring and understanding authentic friendships

Discussing how to make friends

Discussing how resolve conflict in friendships

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INNER STRENGTH & RESILIENCE Quest of the Citrine Crystal

Overview of what your daughter will be exploring on the YELLOW - Inner Strength & Resilience Quest

Identify points of pride and courage

Identify and learn ways to build confidence

Explore unique strengths

Resilience • Inner Strength • Power • Courage

Exploring the emotion of anger

Identifying coping skills for anger

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SELF-LOVE Quest of the Emerald Crystal

Overview of what your daughter will be exploring on the GREEN - Self-Love Quest

How to practice gratitude, self-acceptance and forgiveness

Ways to build self-esteem and to address low self-esteem

Identify what helps her feel loved and good about herself

Self-love • Self-esteem • Self-acceptance • Gratitude • Forgiveness

Exploring the concepts of forgiveness and acceptance

Understanding your daughter’s triggers for low self-esteem

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SELF-EXPRESSION & VOICE Quest of the Turquoise Crystal

Overview of what your daughter will be exploring on the TURQUOISE - Self-Expression & Voice Quest

Exploring what is important to her

How to stand up for what she believes in

Concepts of honesty and listening

Honesty • Truth • Self-Expression

Discussing how to share truth even when it’s challenging

Discussing what feels scary about sharing the truth

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MINDFULNESS & INNER PEACE Quest of the Sapphire Crystal

Overview of what your daughter will be exploring on the INDIGO - Mindfulness & Inner Peace Quest

Coping techniques she already has for calming her mind

Tools for learning how to calm her mind

Things that cause the mind to feel chaotic

Mindfulness • Presence • Peace

Discussing how to bring more peace into your home

Discussing anxiety and stress

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DREAMS & IMAGINATION Quest of the Amethyst Crystal

Overview of what your daughter will be exploring on the PURPLE - Dreams & Imagination Quest

Expanding her imagination and the idea of what’s possible

Ways to envision what she wants and how to bring it into reality

Connect with her hopes and dreams

Imagination • Inspiration • Hope • Dreams

Showing your daughter you believe in her and support her dreams

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OVERVIEW Conclude

Now that your daughter has made it to the end of her journey, she’ll bring all that learning together to create her own mood management system and celebrate her growth.

Time Estimate: 45 minutes to 2+ hours

Everything you need is inside the Travel Documents Folder.

Step 1: Devi’s Challenge Part 2

Mood Ring

This concluding activity gives your daughter a way to gather all the tools she’s

developed for managing her moods and bring them together into something tangible she can access when she needs.

Plan your Celebration

Honor all the exploration and growth by planning a party and/or ritual to

celebrate. Ideas and inspiration are included. Yet, your daughter’s intuition is the best guide for planning this event.

Step 2: Look through Confidence Toolkit Your daughter will also be guided to take some time to look through all of her Crystal

Cards and souvenirs as a way of reflecting on the experience overall.

Step 3: Read Letter to Self

Next, she’ll open up the mini-time capsule and see how much she’s grown.

Step 4: Celebrate Enjoy your celebration!

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A note of GratitudeCongratulations on completing the journey!

Even though this exploration in self-discovery was for your daughter, you also went on a

journey in parenting, self-reflection and building new ways of seeing and relating with

your daughter.

You deserve to give yourself moments of pride in what you’ve accomplished. You’ve

offered your daughter the gift of knowing that she has incredible power within herself

and the solid roots of your support to ground her no matter what challenges she meets as

she grows up.

You’ve taken time to reflect on your own strengths and challenges, made new choices in

your parenting and taken steps towards building your own confidence.

I’ll end this journey in the same way we began,

Let the Adventure Begin!

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