As always,
I invite you to find a comfortable position.
You can be lying down,
Sitting,
Reclined,
Or you could even be standing for this particular meditation.
And I invite you to join me in the following JSJ self-care holds that help release emotional and physical dis-ease,
Not disease but rather dis-ease or discomfort.
We will be focusing on our breath the entire time with the main focus on our exhalation.
This helps us practice with our deep breathing which helps us regulate stress during pregnancy and it also helps us to prepare for labor and birth.
So let's all just take one big breath out.
Now we'll get into our first position.
We'll take our left hand and we'll hold our right pinky.
Depending on how you are positioned will depend on how you are holding your pinky.
There is no correct way to hold your fingers.
It's just whatever feels comfortable for you.
You don't need to squeeze it tightly.
We just embrace it like we're giving our fingers a nice hug.
And let's focus this whole time on our exhale.
Let's take three exhalations,
Not trying too hard to make it be anything but just bringing your awareness to that exhale for the next three breaths.
One.
Two.
Three.
And now just focus on my words the best you can.
Well at the same time remembering to bring your awareness to your own breath and to your own exhalation as we go through our emotional freedom technique today.
Disentangle from trying too hard to breathe correctly and reintegrate now.
Realign with breathing out fully the way my body needs to right now.
Disentangle from trying too hard to breathe in a specific way.
Reintegrate now.
Realign with breathing out and exhaling in a way that feels good to me right now.
I disentangle from the discomfort that I feel within my body and I reintegrate now.
I realign with focusing on my exhale.
Reintegrate now.
Realign with trusting the source of life and that it will provide my inhale without effort and I realign with focusing on my exhale and simply releasing,
Releasing my breath.
And now we will move to hold our ring finger on the same hand.
I encourage you to listen to your body and get comfortable if you're not comfortable currently.
So find pillows or blankets.
Just get as comfortable as you possibly can and rest in this moment.
Disentangle from any sadness that I might feel and I reintegrate now.
I realign with joy,
Feelings of peace.
Reintegrate now and exhale fully and completely.
Breathe in,
Fill your belly and your diaphragm and exhale and let go of the breath within your belly and your diaphragm.
And now we move and hold our middle finger on the same hand and we take a breath in and out to settle in this finger hole.
And I breathe out fully no matter what that's looking like for me.
I do not judge my exhale but rather help it along its natural rhythm for where I'm at right in this moment.
Disentangle from the frustration that I may feel and I reintegrate now.
I realign with wholeness,
Peace and acceptance.
Reintegrate now.
Breathe out fully and completely.
And now we hold our index finger on the same hand and now I ask that you turn inward and notice how you feel in this moment and take another deep breath.
I receive the breath without effort.
I just let it come in naturally.
And now let's focus on slowing down our exhalation no matter how deep or shallow or loud or quiet it might be.
We just are going to focus on breathing out one time a bit slower than we were before.
I hold my first finger and acknowledge that I am healing both physically and emotionally in a complex way that I may not understand but I practice and accept the changes happening within me.
We're holding and we are breathing.
We're letting go of any physical tension every time we breathe out.
I invite you now to move to the thumb on the same hand as we close up this short meditation and take a breath in and exhale fully and completely.
I disentangle from attaching to my thoughts.
I reintegrate now.
I realign with just observing my thoughts in this moment.
Reintegrate now.
I realign with knowing that I am practicing letting go of my thoughts and my breath.
I let go of the thoughts that are not serving me in positive ways.
I believe the more I practice,
The more I will become experienced at letting my breath,
My thoughts,
Even my emotions and physical experiences release from me.
I practice releasing physically,
Emotionally,
And spiritually every time I breathe out.
As I practice these meditations,
I'm allowing my body to relax so that it can do the job that it's made to do.
My body is built to create life and then release it.
My body has the intuitive power to heal any physical issues I may be experiencing during this pregnancy.
Reintegrate with this knowing now.
Realign with knowing that my body was made for this.
My body was made to experience pregnancy,
Labor,
And delivery no matter what circumstances might be going on around me.
And I breathe in.
And I exhale fully and completely.
Breathe out.
And now just simply rest in your position and notice what you notice.
With no expectations,
No effort,
What are you noticing in this moment?
Okay that is the end of this meditation today.
I encourage you to wiggle your hands and feet or just move and stretch any part of your body that feels good for you to do right now.
I invite you to bring this awareness that you have,
The awareness of the breath,
Take it into the rest of the day or night.
I thank you for listening.
Stay balanced,
Happy,
And well and know that you are made for this.
You are made to create this beautiful life inside.
Wishing blessings to you and your baby.
