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How do you navigate in the dark? π
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Dear Reader, I've gotta be honest with you: the stress of personal/family change and uncertainty, under the weight of world chaos is presently crushing me. I've got tools. I've got practices. I've got a few very special friends! But sometimes life is just going to be really f'in uncomfortable! I've been chanting the mantra to Kali and asking for her to show me how to navigate the dark and change. I've been to the underworld before, you would think I might know my way around more. But then again, each decent is unique. Have you been to the underworld? If you've given birth - or experienced pregnancy loss - you have. If you are a mother, you have. You know that the journey strips you bare and turns you to into an unrecognizable version of yourself. But when you return - as I hope you all do - you are a new and better version of yourself. More clear-eyed. More wise. More you. To be clear, sometimes we hang out down in the underworld much longer than we need to, a little too comfortable down there. Or sometimes we get stuck and we need someone or something to come pull us up. Actually, we always need other people to help us in-corpo-rate (come back into our bodies). It is a huge and essential piece that is missing from postpartum care and motherhood! If you are pregnant, now is the time to prepare yourself for the underworld. I don't say this to scare you because what you can become through the journey is so powerful! In fact, when you see birth as a rite of passage - an initiation - you have context for the transformation that is happening. I'd like to invite you to learn more about this initiation and all of the information, tools and skills that you will need to traverse the portal. βEmbodied Birth Skills is a comprehensive, skills-based childbirth education. We go deep! Class starts Wednesday, Aug 14. Early bird pricing ends Aug 7. You can also watch my FREE 1-hr birth skills class here. βLearn more here (or reply to this email with your questions). Blessings, PS. There is NO PRENATAL YOGA on Aug 12 - I'll be in Minnesota! Just so that you know all the ways I can support you |
Sacred Rhythms
If I can share space in your inbox, I'll whisper my heart-felt musings on the making of Mother Culture - and invite you to our gatherings
Dear Reader, As MotherCircle convened again this fall, I am reminded of why I do this work. And of the mission that I am on: to prepare women for labor, birth, and motherhood. It sounds a bit trite or perhaps even unnecessary since our bodies were βmade to do it.β What I mean by prepare is not just stretching the body, practicing βcomfort measures,β and having all the gadgets, diapers and clothing that you need. I want you to have the resource of inner wisdom so that you know how to listen to...
Dear Reader, Do you remember those last few weeks or months of pregnancy? Maybe there was some urgency to getting everything in place. Maybe there was some discomfort... waddling, needing 4 pillows to sleep at night, couldn't breathe or eat too much, but also perhaps a sense of stillness or closeness with your partner... But once baby came, all of that changed! In an instant! Your world upside down. Does anything feel familiar? I would like to offer something that may have resonance with your...
Dear Reader, When I had my first son, I thought I knew something about the nervous system...I was a yoga teacher and all. π§βοΈ But really, I knew nothing about MY nervous system. I didn't understand the nervous system in labor and birth, or the nervous system in bonding with our babies, and especially about this DAILY spiritual practice of mothering and how MUCH my nervous system directs this experience! Well, thankfully I've learned from some amazing women about embodied mothering - the birth...