Georgia prepared for her birth process by actively visualizing the experience she wanted to have. I asked her, How can you visualize something you’ve never done? How can you picture what you want to have happen? She admitted this was a good question and proceeded to try to explain. Read the rest of this entry »
Archive for March, 2009
How do you prepare?
Especially for something you’ve never experienced before?
Jill spent her pregnancy preparing in a particular way for her birth process. She was aware of practice called kiva (in fact she teaches that in her doula practice) in which a person becomes internally focused. It’s a type of focus where you are super present to the present – what’s going on with your feelings, vibrational energy and physically with your body in that moment. Jill knew that she wanted the ability to literally transition herself to an altered state of consciousness during birth, without the use of chemicals. And, she knew that she would need to practice in order to be able to do that during the birth process. Being internally focused when there are things going on in your external environment to prepare for the birth (whether it’s in a hospital, your home or somewhere in between, there are plenty of circumstances to distract you!) takes something.
There are ways to practice kiva – to practice creating that sacred space. Read the rest of this entry »
Can you create your own luck?
I co-facilitated a Tiara Teleconnect conference call the day after St. Patrick’s Day about how to create luck. (You can listen to the recorded call by going to the “Community – Listen in” section of the Tiara Coaching website www.tiaracoaching.com). It’s an interesting concept. Can you create your own luck? Well, we assumed that you could and explored how one might go about claiming the luck of the Irish for themselves!
I’ve realized since I got off the conference call that I’ve had an experience of previously feeling like I was going to be completely unlucky in an area of life — then proceeded to generate luck in that area of life. The area of life is pregnancy.
The Choices We Make
Expect the Best while You’re Expecting is primarily about expectant mothers making choices that work really great for them. During this important and emotional time, I like to see women paying attention to their thoughts, feelings and energy to make choices that are fully aligned with who they are and the type of pregnancy they would ideally like to experience. I think it’s an important time to be intentional. And…wouldn’t it be great if all people were making choices that worked for them in all areas of their lives?! Could this even be possible?? Read the rest of this entry »
Is It Worth It?
Here’s the harsh truth. Before I became a mother, I wondered if it would be worth it. I was going to waddle around pregnant, painfully push them out of my body, and endure years when they will think I’m stupid and embarrassing. Who wants that? Read the rest of this entry »
