No one will argue with me when I say that birth is a huge physical event in a woman's life, no matter how her baby was born into the world. It's really clearly understood that there is a physiological toll on the body. A woman grows a child for approximately 10 months, and when the time is ripe, the baby makes its way through the birth canal, causing the mother's pelvis to open and vagina to expand to accomodate that passage earth side. Sometimes it's a simple as that, other times it becomes more complicated resulting in physical trauma. Some births require major abdominal surgery with extensive recovery periods and permanent scarring. And some require the heart-breaking removal of a baby who, for myriad reasons, wasn't meant for this world.
What is less often considered, is the energetic and spiritual transformation a woman experiences during pregnancy and birth. While the body is growing and opening physical, that is mirrored in the body's energetic field. The root and sacral chakras swell and enlarge, creating a deeper sense of embodiment during pregnancy. This can sometimes be uncomfortable as awareness is brought down into the lower half of the body as it changes. There is a huge amount of energy required to grow the baby, and the mother's energy field adapts to support this growth. There is also an opening of the upper chakras, particularly as the due date comes closer. The mental field become foggy as the barrier between the material and the esoteric starts to blur. Some women even report feeling much more deeply connected to the universe during birth as they naturally connect through the crown and third eye. These states can be deeply enjoyable if you are able to balance them with conscious awareness and energy healing practices.
The challenge arises when there is an experience that disconnects a woman from her sense of safety during pregnancy and birth. That can be something like being disrespected in your decision making and body autonomy to what we typically consider to be a traumatic birth. Anything that interferes with a mother's ability to feel safe, can cause an imbalance in the energetic field.
When this is left unaddressed, it can present as feeling disconnected from your body and or baby, difficultly integrating the birth experience, post-natal anxiety, post-natal depression, hormonal imbalances, disconnected from your partner, low to no sex drive, feelings of guilt and shame and a lack of trust and confidence in yourself as mother.
Birth healing is a deeply supportive process that integrates holistic counselling practices with reiki healing in a way that is completely led by your individual needs. The counselling aspect will help you to identify and heal the aspects of your birth that have not been integrated by being presenced with deep loving compassion. The reiki will work to realign your chakras and bring your energy field back into balance, while removing any fear, anger or grief based energy left in your body.
It takes 10 months to grow a human, and so it takes time to heal the body after birth. Birth healing can be nourishing and supportive way to facilitate this process no matter what your experience of birth has been like.
Birth Healing sessions are 90 minutes and available in person and online. Click here to check availability.
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