River Rising Birth

I know. It’s crazy how glamorous I made pregnancy look. 😹
The truth of the matter is, I didn’t really like it. It’s fair to say that I even hated it. I hated what was happening in my body. I was sick the entire time.
I had terrible anxiety and depression that became even more pronounced in postpartum.
I didn’t have the tools to deal with the emotional, mental and spiritual aspects of growing a human. I thought I did. I went to all the doctors. I did all the things they told me to do. I was a good patient, taking the vitamins and medicines. Doing the exercises. Ate what I was told to eat.
Looking back, I was so disassociated from my body, my baby and my experience. Its something that I am noticing in my pregnant clients now, even those who love being pregnant. We do this.

Recent research from USA Connecticut’s Hartford Hospital determined that pregnant women who use Reiki on a regular basis experience a 94 percent reduction in stress and anxiety; a 78 percent reduction in pain; and an 80 percent reduction in morning sickness. Pregnant Reiki recipients also enjoy an 86 percent improvement in quality of sleep.

I am certainly not your average reiki practitioner. I work with your guides, ancestors, angels and other energy and body modalities to bring peace, calm, integration and groundedness. Is that a word?

To all those pregnant right now, put your hands on your belly and baby, take a moment and just be. All we have is this moment of now.