Birthing a DREAM
11/20/2019
Twelve years ago today at 8 am, I started pushing out a 9.6 lb healthy baby boy. The birth didn’t go “as planned” because I didn’t have a plan. I was staying open to guidance and direction in the moment. It was fine. In fact, it felt miraculous because this birth was a VBAC, and I was blessed with the warm intimacy of belly to belly with my son.
Of course, there are a thousand things in retrospect that I could have done differently that may have led to the “perfect’ birth but I’ve come to believe that when mom and babe are healthy, every birth is a perfect miracle. This happens multiple times every day. I LOVE birth stories. I could listen to them all day.
When Jack was 6 months old, I held the first Mindful Mama Yoga class in the back room of my house. Deep down in my soul, I knew I needed other moms around me. It is so comforting to know that we are not alone in the wildly beautiful open terrain of motherhood. Sometimes the landscape seemed so vast and unfamiliar it scared the living daylights out of me. It was this fear that compelled me to seek a circle of other moms knowing that together we can do anything.
Giving birth and raising a child was all I ever wanted yet deep down I had no idea how or if I could do it. My soul was settled in the loving presence of the other moms. I made up something to give so that I too could be nourished by the stories of courage, truth, vulnerability and most of all the deepest love imaginable. The kind of love that rips your heart open and leaves your soul in a puddle on the floor.
Jack’s birth activated the passion within me to create circles of support for moms and to teach what I love – yoga, Ayurveda and mindfulness so that we can all grow from the wisdom of these teachings and the magic of our togetherness. Some days we bring courage and some days we bring fear, but we can all be comforted in the knowledge that we don’t have to walk this path alone.
Since moving from the Bay Area and my established circles of support, I’ve been struggling with the structure of my offerings going forward. Here’s what I know…. I am meant to do this work. My heart is with every Mama out there and every cell in my body wants to lead moms and families on the path of wholeness, health and happiness. I pray for guidance every day. I am grateful for every mom who has blessed me with their stories because deep down, that is what this work is really about. Blessing each other as we bless our families, remembering that we are a village and we are ALL connected and inspiring each other through the good times and the bad.
I love you Mamas. You are my inspiration. Every damn day. I want to know and support YOUR dreams. Let’s create our dream world and raise our families together.
Of course, there are a thousand things in retrospect that I could have done differently that may have led to the “perfect’ birth but I’ve come to believe that when mom and babe are healthy, every birth is a perfect miracle. This happens multiple times every day. I LOVE birth stories. I could listen to them all day.
When Jack was 6 months old, I held the first Mindful Mama Yoga class in the back room of my house. Deep down in my soul, I knew I needed other moms around me. It is so comforting to know that we are not alone in the wildly beautiful open terrain of motherhood. Sometimes the landscape seemed so vast and unfamiliar it scared the living daylights out of me. It was this fear that compelled me to seek a circle of other moms knowing that together we can do anything.
Giving birth and raising a child was all I ever wanted yet deep down I had no idea how or if I could do it. My soul was settled in the loving presence of the other moms. I made up something to give so that I too could be nourished by the stories of courage, truth, vulnerability and most of all the deepest love imaginable. The kind of love that rips your heart open and leaves your soul in a puddle on the floor.
Jack’s birth activated the passion within me to create circles of support for moms and to teach what I love – yoga, Ayurveda and mindfulness so that we can all grow from the wisdom of these teachings and the magic of our togetherness. Some days we bring courage and some days we bring fear, but we can all be comforted in the knowledge that we don’t have to walk this path alone.
Since moving from the Bay Area and my established circles of support, I’ve been struggling with the structure of my offerings going forward. Here’s what I know…. I am meant to do this work. My heart is with every Mama out there and every cell in my body wants to lead moms and families on the path of wholeness, health and happiness. I pray for guidance every day. I am grateful for every mom who has blessed me with their stories because deep down, that is what this work is really about. Blessing each other as we bless our families, remembering that we are a village and we are ALL connected and inspiring each other through the good times and the bad.
I love you Mamas. You are my inspiration. Every damn day. I want to know and support YOUR dreams. Let’s create our dream world and raise our families together.