Inspired by a Sane 2WW created by zenquaker, this thread is a place for pregnant women at all stages of the process to come together to explore their emotions during pregnancy, particularly the unsettling ones such as fear, anxiety, and impatience. Together we can help one another frame pregnancy as a sacred time, offering compassionate suggestions and discussion to one another.
This is a place to prepare our minds, bodies, and spirits for what is to come. Let's not discuss nursery design or debate the merits of a favorite baby carrier (worthy pursuits, definitely, but better discussed in other places).
All religions, spiritual practices, and atheists are welcome to this discussion!
Resources to help guide you through a peaceful pregnancy (listed in no particular order; most resources have been mentioned in this thread one way or another -- if you feel misrepresented, please ping OP)
(A work in progress!)
Trust Tending: Transforming fear with trust
Bountiful, Beautiful, Blissful: Experience the Natural Power of Pregnancy and Birth with Kundalini Yoga and Meditation by Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa
Yoga with Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa
Sheryl Paul: A psychotherapist on Conscious Transitions and Conscious Motherhood
Freebirth educator Jeannine Parvati Baker
An inspiring article about being absorbed in life: An Absorbing Errand by JANNA MALAMUD SMITH
Anji fertility meditations (this one is on healing after loss)
Mindful breathing meditation for pregnancy, and info on the book Mindful Motherhood: http://www.noetic.org/library/audio-experientials/mindful-breathing-meditation/
This is a place to prepare our minds, bodies, and spirits for what is to come. Let's not discuss nursery design or debate the merits of a favorite baby carrier (worthy pursuits, definitely, but better discussed in other places).
All religions, spiritual practices, and atheists are welcome to this discussion!
Resources to help guide you through a peaceful pregnancy (listed in no particular order; most resources have been mentioned in this thread one way or another -- if you feel misrepresented, please ping OP)
(A work in progress!)
Trust Tending: Transforming fear with trust
Bountiful, Beautiful, Blissful: Experience the Natural Power of Pregnancy and Birth with Kundalini Yoga and Meditation by Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa
Yoga with Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa
Sheryl Paul: A psychotherapist on Conscious Transitions and Conscious Motherhood
Freebirth educator Jeannine Parvati Baker
An inspiring article about being absorbed in life: An Absorbing Errand by JANNA MALAMUD SMITH
Anji fertility meditations (this one is on healing after loss)
Mindful breathing meditation for pregnancy, and info on the book Mindful Motherhood: http://www.noetic.org/library/audio-experientials/mindful-breathing-meditation/