Birth is a sacred, spiritual, primal, powerfully female journey to welcome a new being into the world.
Prenatal yoga has a place in that journey to reconnect the mind, body and spirit with our innate intrinsically female wisdom as a part of that journey.
8 ways prenatal yoga helps you experience birth as a sacred journey:
- Trust that you have the inner resources to face whatever each moment brings your way. Yoga shows you that are more powerful than you imagine!
- Embrace pregnancy and birth as a spiritual journey for the mother, father/partner and baby through meditation, relaxation and deep yogic breathing.
- Prepare your mind and your body for birth. Childbirth is possibly the most physically demanding experience you will encounter. A depleted woman will be a depleted mother.
- Yoga puts you in touch with your changing body. Feeling comfortable in your body will ease your childbirth experience.
- We birth the way we live. Spend time in meditation, prayer, yoga, dance, nature, laughing, making love — whatever brings you joy and connects you to your higher self.
- Find your tribe. Mothers need elders, mentors and sisters to navigate motherhood.
- Nurture your connection with your baby while you are pregnant. Even in the middle of a crazy day, you can take a moment to breathe and connect with your baby inside you.
- Close your eyes and breathe deeply into your belly. Feel the inhale breath surrounding your baby. Feel the exhale softening your body. Recognize that your child is an active participant in his or her birth. Acknowledge his or her participation in the birth process. Sometimes babies are born the way they need to be, not necessarily the way we want them to, regardless of what you do.
Namaste ~
Lauren