I'm a perinatal yoga teacher, doula and childbirth educator. If you make space for me in your inbox, I'll whisper my heart-felt musings on the making of Mother Culture through mothering.
The gift π of body π
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Dear friends, I have a gift for you: While you read this, place your hands somewhere on your body. Maybe press your palms together, or give yourself a light hug, or place your hands on your thighs. Take a breath in and a breath out. Connect with the sensations in your hands. With each breath, feel from your hands the sensation of your body, and feel from your body, the sensation of your hands. Take another breath. Go. Do that now. I'll wait. (Eyes closed heightens the experience if that is available to you.) Isn't your breath a gift?! Isn't your body a gift!?! It is still a profound idea to me that this BODY is vehicle through which I experience all of life: the emotions, the sensations, the pain, the pleasure, even the THOUGHTS are all available to me because I was born into a physical body. And this body influences my life path as much as my actions. My body is part of my karma. To be clear, as yoga says, I am not my body. I have a body. Not an object to be owned, controlled and extracted from, but a piece of the whole system. A system that includes bones, organs, electrical current, chemicals... matter, energy and spirit. I like to think of the nervous system as a bridge. It's the transformer that converts energy into physical matter. The mind directs the current. So do our emotions control our mind? Or does our mind control our emotions? (Trick question. It works in both directions) In MotherCircle, class three is called MotherBody. We start with a practice similar to what you just did. Then I teach about the 5 universal postpartum needs. There is time for sharing in context of the teaching. And we return again to the somatic practice. In the 5 universal postpartum needs there is the acknowledgement that repair (coming back home to ourselves after birth) happens on the levels of matter, energy and spirit. And while the foundation of health is extended rest and nourishing food, repair is not complete until the energy body is sealed, we honor our individual experience and place it in context of the community. All of this happens with elders, sisters, aunties and friends. In other words: together. In my last email, I said that MotherCircle is about the female nervous system in the context of motherhood. What you experienced is an embodied example of that. I hope that it was helpful. Insightful. Clarifying. Releasing. This Sunday, I'm offering a free class called Skills & Practices for the New Era of Motherhood. You can get an even bigger drink of MotherCircle at this free class. You are welcome whether or not you plan to attend the full course. And bring a friend! Free Mom's Classβ
And of course, I would love for you to join the 8 week MotherCircle to weaver together the many areas of motherhood for your well-being. Blessings and stay grounded, PS. If you know you want to join MotherCircle, choose your pricing plan and sign up through Find Your Flow (via Momence). If you need more info, visit my landing page for all the details or reply to this email. Just so that you know all the ways I can support youLove what I offer? Please leave me a business review on Google or Yelp.
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I'm a perinatal yoga teacher, doula and childbirth educator. If you make space for me in your inbox, I'll whisper my heart-felt musings on the making of Mother Culture through mothering.
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