PRENATAL AND POSTPARTUM MEDITATION

"We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think." ~Buddha
 
Developing a strong daily meditation practice during my first pregnancy was a mind blowing, life altering experience... a Complete Game Changer.  Being able to relax my body and mind through breath work, falling into complete synchronicity with my tiny son, and experiencing deep meditative states in full connection/union with another being became the most important aspect of my pregnancy, birthing experience, and postpartum life thereafter.  

I was fortunate to receive meditation instructions from a very wise woman, a mother and midwife herself, trained in guided visual meditations.  She taught me how to set up each meditation session by concisely visualizing my ideal environment and heart teacher, continually supporting and energizing my practice.  

I discovered my perfect environment was under a willow tree, on the banks of a beautiful babbling brook, with dragonflies, frogs, crickets, and foxes all around me.  I easily was able to merge with the earth and roots below me, the branches and birds above, and all the animals weaving the mandalas around me.  I felt comfortable to imagine and invoke different teachers and energies to support my pregnancy.  I deeply explored my transforming subtle energies and internal systems everyday.

Everyday I entered my internal meditation space and melted into Mother Earth.  I received teachings from Isis, Demeter, Artemis, Kali, Tara.  Everyday I visualized the perfect birth of my son, the perfect opening of my birth canal, the calmest, smoothest birth imaginable.  Everyday I visualized perfect health in body, speech, and mind, for myself, and for Maddox Abraxas. I kept a journal, I drew lots of pictures, I imagined myself and my teachers beaming with bright healing lights.

IT WORKED!  Maddox was born so quickly, so perfectly, with so little pain.  My midwife was amazed.  I was full of gratitude for all the wise women teachers that supported my daily meditation practice and growing knowledge.  

My second pregnancy was even easier than the first; my practice had become more developed.  I experienced a perfect Freebirth with less than an hour hard labor.  Just my husband was present. Just as I imagined Everyday.  EXACTLY like I imagined Everyday.  

I am writing this to give other women confidence.  THE VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUES WORKED! Visualize your perfect birthing scenario Everyday.  Let your positive thoughts transform into reality.  Whether you are with your partner, midwife, doctor, or friends, continually visualize your perfect birth.  Visualize Every Detail.  Gain confidence in your visualization. Release ALL your Fear.  Maintain confidence that your body is unfathomably wise.  Let the wisdom flow through you.

I often find myself in conversations with women from various backgrounds comparing and offering prenatal advice.  I ALWAYS STRONGLY ENCOURAGE SOME TYPE OF VISUAL MEDITATION OF THE BABY'S BIRTH.  Look at diagrams, become familiar with all the body parts and internal systems involved.  Everyday practice your birth, imagine what it feels like for your body to open with the "rushes" of energy.  Be confident that you know what is happening to you.  Giving birth is a shared experience of all mammalian mothers, you are not alone.  You are capable of taking an active role in the birth of your child.  You are capable of being lucid and in control.  It is possible.

There is a wealth of prenatal and postpartum information online! Educate yourself.  Strengthen your Mind.  Strengthen your body.  Pregnant women are Strong. Your body was designed to give birth.  Your body can give birth naturally just like all the other mammals.  It is a very raw, primordial human experience too, designed to EMPOWER YOU.  Don't let others take your power away with fear.  

Once you gain confidence, you can begin to cultivate fearlessness. 

Here are some amazing videos of short and long guided PRENATAL and POSTPARTUM meditations and links to classes offered.  

NOURISH: PRENATAL MEDITATION PODCAST

INNER HEALTH STUDIO