“It helps for us to develop our own inner capacity to hold the things that make us nervous and uncomfortable. It helps for us to prepare our internal ground, so that birth may land upon a nervous system that will not default to fighting, fleeing, or freezing in response to the inevitably strong sensations and monumental transformation.”
In this episode Doula Rachael and Dr. Shannon find inspiration from the Pathways to Family Wellness article “Birth Pause” encouraging us to “meet each wave of transformation with grounded flexibility”. There’s empowerment in being able to hold two truths at once even though they may seem to be opposing truths. And birth can definitely be a situation where seemingly opposing truths hold their respective values.
Birth can be both:
And there can be a resiliency when we learn to hold these truths with a flowing balance as birth unfolds.
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Editing: Chris Godfrey of Godfrey Sound
Music: "Freedom” by Roa
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