I’ve been thinking a lot about labor lately,–
particularly that circle of expansion and contraction that our bodies experience in the first stage.
That rhythm that underlies everything-
our breath,
the rise and fall of the sun,
the wax and wane of the moon,
ORGASM.
Expansion and contraction…
For me, and for many, we are cycling fast and hard right now.
Dear Soulful Spaceholder of Women’s Birthing Mysteries,
You were called to serve women, to support birth. Deep in your womb you know and honor the power and significance of childbirth as a sacred rite of passage. Thank you.
I know you pour forth so much love, attention and energy in supporting women in their journey to motherhood. It’s a deep honor to witness and be a guide to the portal for creation and new life.
But it can, quite honestly, feel DRAINING and DEPLETING to witness the widespread pain and trauma currently prevalent in birth over and over and over again.
In a culture where women are still fighting to reclaim autonomy and safety in our own bodies, where fear dominates our options and guides our decisions, and our religious and cultural inheritance maintain that women should suffer in birth, it is no wonder that women are still so disconnected from the primal power, magic and PLEASURE that birth can be.
We are overdue for a change. And NOW is that time.✨
Women, we MUST embody the change we want to create:
Journeying back to our own bodies, reclaiming the power and pleasure within, to lead from a place of JOY rather than fear.
Only then can we ELEVATE the birth experiences of our clients despite all the obstacles they face and stay VIBRANT and ENERGIZED while doing this sacred work!
I have an invitation just for you…
There is something that deeply troubles me about our legacy….
That moment when a baby is born and a mother emerges is magical, sacred.. POWERFUL.. The highest of highs. Right?
On a personal level, for both parents, it is one of the major milestones of life. For the baby, it is literally LIFE itself.
On a global level, this moment ushers in the next generation of humanity.
It is DIVINE- the moment creation is actualized.
The FUTURE is literally being BORN.
A pivotal EXTRAordinary moment on the planet…
and yet our legacy declares that THIS is the moment that we will PUNISH WOMEN FOR THEIR SINS AGAINST MAN.
WHAAAAAaaaaaaaaat?
It’s my favorite month of the year– MAY, my birthday month– time to CELEBRATE!
I’m celebrating the gift of being alive, the JOY of doing work that I LOVE, that elevates our moms and babies– the FUTURE of our planet!!
Each year for me is better than the last because each year I become more MYSELF.
Working with moms and practitioners in Ecstatic Birth serves an ever deepening connection to my body and my PLEASURE. It elevates my experience of being ALIVE in my BODY.
It opens me to greater amounts of ECSTASY as I birth all my creations.
I want this for YOU!!!
What if there was a way to release all your doubts, know you are on the right path, and enjoy yourself along the way?
There is!!.. and it isn’t a magic pill, or a rabbit hole into an alternate universe.
This holy grail exists in the place you are least likely to look…
In the SENSATIONS of your BODY!!
The dominant conversation in birth is about bypassing sensation.. numbing.. avoiding our feeling space at all costs.
Ecstatic Birth is literally turning that upside down because the places that we are taught to avoid are precisely where our power lies.
Today I’m excited to share a guest blog post by Samara Concepcion, a woman who has been devoted to this somatic exploration.
Samara is a birth doula in the UK, a dancer, and an ECSTATIC BIRTH PRACTITIONER!
Savor and delight in every drop that is available to you here in this powerful blog! Samara is an inspiration!