Riding The Waves: An Active Labor Meditation

“Riding the Waves” is an active labor meditation designed to support you as contractions intensify and deepen. Through gentle visualization and steady guidance, you are invited to surrender to each wave, allowing it to move through you with trust and presence. This practice encourages relaxation within effort, helping you soften where you can and breathe through what is. It offers a grounding anchor, reminding you that every wave has a beginning, a peak, and a natural release.

Transcript

An active labor meditation.

Bring your awareness here,

Right now,

In this body.

You are safe.

You are supported.

You are doing this.

Let your weight drop downward.

Let the earth receive you.

Nothing else matters.

Just this breath.

Just this moment right here.

As the contractions begin,

Inhale slowly through the nose.

Feel the breath rise with the wave.

Stay with it.

You are riding the wave.

As it peaks,

Long,

Slow exhale through the mouth.

Relax the jaw.

Relax the shoulders.

Soften the belly.

Slowly let the pelvis open.

This wave has a beginning,

A middle,

And you do not need to rush it.

Do not need to resist it.

Soften.

As it comes,

Inhale.

Rise with it.

Are strong enough for this wave.

You are safe inside the wave.

You are strong enough for this wave.

You are safe inside the wave.

This sensation has a purpose.

Each wave moves your baby lower.

Each wave opens you more.

This wave is working for me.

This wave is working for me.

Breathe my baby down.

Bend with every breath.

Unclench the jaw.

Allow the tongue to be heavy.

Soften the throat.

Relax the shoulders.

Let the breath move.

Into the belly.

Into the hips.

Into the pelvic floor.

Imagine the body opening downward.

There is nothing to push or force.

Only space to create.

I soften.

Down and open.

My body knows what to do.

I soften.

Knows what to do.

You are doing powerful work.

This is intensity,

Not danger.

This is sensation,

Not suffering.

You are allowed to make noise.

You are allowed to rest between the waves.

Between contractions.

Each rest prepares you for the next wave.

I rest between waves.

I gather strength.

I trust this process.

No matter how strong the wave,

Your breath is stronger.

No matter how intense the moment,

You remain steady and present.

You are opening.

You are softening.

Repeat after me.

I am doing this.

I trust my body.

I can do this.

I trust my body.

Stay with the breath.

Stay with the wave.

You are so close.

Know that you can return to this meditation at any time.

You have got this,

Mama.

You were made for this.

So much love.