Hi there,
A few of us have expressed feeling anxiety and worry about our babies and pregnancies. It's very normal, as you know. I wanted to share what I do to help with those feelings when they become too much.
A therapist that I saw a few years ago introduced me to energy psychotherapy. It is incredibly easy to practice, and it works very quickly. I am going to outline a couple of easy techniques you can try.
The first one is called "snowglobe". What you do is bring your cupped hands to your mouth and pour all of your worries into them -- "I am so scared and anxious about my baby!" be as specific or not as you like. You can even sigh deeply into your hands, just feeling those feelings come out.
Next, sweep your hands together over your head toward your neck, grazing your hair. Then bring your hands back around so that your elbows face the other way (basically just so that you can reach up to your neck and sweep the energy down your spine) and out at the small of your back.
When you are feeling better, do the same exercise, but say, "now I am feeling calm, secure, relaxed and serene" or whatever you want to feel, and then sweep that over your head and down your spine.
This is the one I use when I am irritated with my children because it works really fast, and it allows me to think of a good way to handle a stressful situation without yelling or whatever I might otherwise do!
The second technique is known as "energy tapping". Tapping has you stimulating certain meridian points to clear negative energy.
I just sit comfortably and begin by tapping the side of my hand under my little finger. 7 or so times, all the time saying or thinking "I deeply love and accept myself even though... (I feel nauseous, or I am so damn angry, or I want to lose my temper)" ANYTHING goes here, and is okay. You are tapping to clear those feelings that are negative that resonate with you at the moment. So, it is perfectly okay to say "I deeply love and accept myself even though I feel like punching that lady in the nose" Seriously!
So, here is a sample tapping sequence:
-side of the hand below the small finger (either hand is fine)
-top of the head
-outer edge of eyebrow
-inner edge of eyebrow
-just under the eye, on the bone, in the center
-just below the inner collarbone (again, either side is fine on any of these)
-just below ribcage at lowest point of either side
-side of body at bottom of ribcage
repeat as often as necessary.
Let me know how it works for you!
:
Jean
A few of us have expressed feeling anxiety and worry about our babies and pregnancies. It's very normal, as you know. I wanted to share what I do to help with those feelings when they become too much.
A therapist that I saw a few years ago introduced me to energy psychotherapy. It is incredibly easy to practice, and it works very quickly. I am going to outline a couple of easy techniques you can try.
The first one is called "snowglobe". What you do is bring your cupped hands to your mouth and pour all of your worries into them -- "I am so scared and anxious about my baby!" be as specific or not as you like. You can even sigh deeply into your hands, just feeling those feelings come out.
Next, sweep your hands together over your head toward your neck, grazing your hair. Then bring your hands back around so that your elbows face the other way (basically just so that you can reach up to your neck and sweep the energy down your spine) and out at the small of your back.
When you are feeling better, do the same exercise, but say, "now I am feeling calm, secure, relaxed and serene" or whatever you want to feel, and then sweep that over your head and down your spine.
This is the one I use when I am irritated with my children because it works really fast, and it allows me to think of a good way to handle a stressful situation without yelling or whatever I might otherwise do!
The second technique is known as "energy tapping". Tapping has you stimulating certain meridian points to clear negative energy.
I just sit comfortably and begin by tapping the side of my hand under my little finger. 7 or so times, all the time saying or thinking "I deeply love and accept myself even though... (I feel nauseous, or I am so damn angry, or I want to lose my temper)" ANYTHING goes here, and is okay. You are tapping to clear those feelings that are negative that resonate with you at the moment. So, it is perfectly okay to say "I deeply love and accept myself even though I feel like punching that lady in the nose" Seriously!
So, here is a sample tapping sequence:
-side of the hand below the small finger (either hand is fine)
-top of the head
-outer edge of eyebrow
-inner edge of eyebrow
-just under the eye, on the bone, in the center
-just below the inner collarbone (again, either side is fine on any of these)
-just below ribcage at lowest point of either side
-side of body at bottom of ribcage
repeat as often as necessary.
Let me know how it works for you!
:Jean
.
