Pregnancy and giving birth is an Exhilarating, Empowering and Happy experience.

Yet, so often this beautiful, natural process evolves into a hard, distressing, sometimes complicated procedure. Women's bodies have been well designed to give birth, yet we can sabotage our own pregnancy and labour by holding onto negative beliefs and fears.

We are bombarded with stories and myths about pregnancy and birth. They have been passed down and around, from generation to generation, from girlfriend to girlfriends, husbands to husbands. They can be alive and as fearful as ever, resonating deep within our mind and bodies.

It is because of these stories and myths that we do have fears and negative thoughts lurking in our subconscious. We also have life to deal with - our relationships, our finances and work commitments. Quite often we shove any concerns about our life down and away when we don't want to deal with them. But remember they tense, tighten and constrict your body. The best environment for a fetus to nourish and grow is a relaxed, stress free body, where blood and oxygen flows freely into important organs and muscles.
So how can we deal with this fear factor?

Meditation is an important self-help technique in aiding you to gently sit with your self, allowing you to relax into a state of peace and calm where you can eventually acknowledge and release fears and negative thoughts in a healthy positive way.

Meditation takes your attention away from the outside world, and brings your focus into yourself, just by closing your eyes and following your breath in, and out takes your mind off the things you should be doing, the things you've got to do, the things you should have said and done. Yes, you are finally slowing down and resting your busy mind just by focusing on your breath.

Imagery, visualisation is a very effective form of releasing your fears and concerns from a deep cellular level.This will bring a sense of relief, and deeper relaxation.

Scientific studies show that effective meditation restores the physical body to a calm and relaxed state. Our brain waves slow down during meditation and the predominance of Alpha and Theta waves indicate a state of deep relaxation. When practicing meditation, your heart rate and breathing slow down, your blood pressure normalies and you use oxygen more efficiently. You produce less stress chemicals such as cortisol, adrenalin and noradrenaline. Your body releases more positive hormones that are natural 'pain killers' therefore the practice of meditation is of great benefit to you whilst in the birthing process.

Your body also produces powerful chemicals known as happy hormones which may assist you as a preventative to post natal depression.

Child birth meditations such A Beautifully guided meditation for pregnant women are designed to help a pregnant woman relax with her breath, release her fears and experience a state of deeper relaxation. These meditations guide you into your body to connect with your baby. In doing so, you gather more faith and trust in yourself and your own abilities.

Using these meditions helps you whilst in the birthing process as can easily and simply slip into the meditation to use her breath for focus and relaxation. You can breathe into your body as it contracts, not fearing the pressure/pain but using it. You can travel into your body to encourage and reassure yourself and your baby of your inner-strengths.

Yes, pregnancy and giving birth can be an exhilarating, empowering and happy experience. Know your baby's emotions are dependent on yours; being calm, happy and positive makes for a calm, happy and positive baby trusting in their own abilities. - A Beautifully Guided Meditation for Pregnant Women.