Reiki
Loving, Healing, Nurturing
a
Mother and Child
Pregnancy • Birthing • Post-Birth
"... the moment when one becomes two, when woman turns to Goddess, and the world moves aside to make room for one more soul..."
~Peggy Vincent
"A woman in harmony with her spirit is like a river flowing. She goes
where she will without pretense and arrives at her destination, prepared
to be herself and only herself."
~ Maya Angelou
Reiki is Universal Love
The opposite of fear is Love.
Where Love is present... fear cannot co-exist.
One of the greatest challenges to any expectant mother, is to overcome her fear, to let her body freely move and birth; as was naturally intended, and to commune peacefully with her child through the birthing process.
Perfect Love casts out fear, and the energy of Reiki IS Perfect Love.
Why is the ability to transcend fear so important to an expectant mother?
Fear is the catalyst to all pain during birthing.
If there is nothing medically "wrong" with You, there is no reason to feel pain...
I realize, that may be a very hard concept to accept.
Let us go deeper into understanding...
Dr. Grantly Dick-Read, author of, Childbirth Without Fear, began sharing his theory of the Fear - Tension - Pain Syndrome as early as 1920.
Fear in the mind, either consciously or subconsciously, causes the body to release a stress hormone called, catecholamine, which triggers the "fight or flight" response. When a mother experiences stress, messages are sent to all of the body's receptors, creating exaggerated and distorted reactions. These hormones, when released, play a critical role in the body's physiological response.
To a mother who is beginning the birthing process, the options of "fight" or "flight" are not actions she can realistically take. Once she realizes these are not possible options, the fear begins to take over the birth. As the mother's body is overcome by catecholomine, and begins to actually fight the natural process, the "pain" of labor begins.
The stress hormone, catecholomine, causes the muscles of the uterus to constrict and tighten, creating tension throughout the body and around the baby. As the body tries to protect itself in this state of "fight or flight," blood is drawn away from the uterus and pumped into the heart, kidneys, and the other organs that can aid in the effort to support this fearful response. It is this lack of blood flow and oxygen to the uterus that is of special concern-- lack of oxygen is a serious and potential danger to the baby, and the very cause of "contractions." The lack of blood flow, caused by the fear, creates the constriction, tightening, and opposition between the uterine muscles. When a mother is calm and relaxed prior to, and during the birthing, these same uterine muscles work beautifully, gently nudging the baby through the birth path.
It is the uterine muscles working in opposition, lacking proper blood and oxygen, flooded with catecholamines, that creates the pain of childbirth.
And the pain fuels the fear, which fuels the release of more stress hormones, which fuels the "fight or flight", which fuels the constriction and tightening, which fuels the pain... and on and on and on..
Until medical intervention is either forced by doctors, or pleaded for by the mother, in order to "get the baby out."
A holistic approach to pregnancy can help make this time what it should be...a miraculous time of natural growth and bonding. Pregnancy is a time to find outside support to provide sensitive care while helping reach within to heal and when your mind is at peace and you feel balanced, you become more empowered and prepared to experience the miracle of birth.
How then do we stop the
Fear-Tension-Pain Syndrome and experience the miracle of birth?
Bringing Love Back to Birthing
The Benefits of
Reiki
for
Mother
and
Child
- Reiki is a natural non-invasive therapy that is used to improve overall well being and to promote healing in the body. Reiki can never do harm.
- Reiki provides emotional as well as physical support to the pregnant woman.
- Safe to use in all phases of the birthing year and beyond.
- Reiki creates a balanced, loving, and harmonious relationship between the mother and the child.
- Reiki has been known to help mothers produce more milk after delivery.
- Reiki, when practiced in the early days of the pregnancy, helps reduce exhaustion and nausea in the pregnant woman.
- Creates deep relaxation and aids the body to release stress and tension.
- It also brings relief to every part of a stretched and aching body of the woman.
- Removes energy blockages, adjusts the energy flow of the endocrine system bringing the body into balance and harmony.
- It also reduces anxiety, sleep problems, colic, and enhances motor activity and active sleep.
- It can also be helpful for mothers who have experienced a traumatic birth in the past, helping to heal and prepare the expectant mother for another birth.
- Reiki used during the labor stage has been shown to control and lessen pain to a greater extent.
- Reiki makes birthing the baby easier.
- Mothers who have had previous c-sections and receive Reiki in subsequent pregnancies can expect lesser need for cesarean surgeries with the birth of the second child.
- Mothers who use Reiki during and after pregnancy can better adjust to their babies and vise versa.
- Immediately following the birth, the baby can experience great stress; as this new life tries to adapt to the unfamiliar brightness, sounds, and feelings outside the womb. When Reiki is used in the birthing room it makes an easier transition for the baby, soothing and comforting the nervous system.
- Reiki also helps the expectant mother to rise above the fears related to pregnancy and delivery. It soothes a woman who feels invaded and impatient to give birth.
- Reiki has the power to make a baby wiggle with pleasure in the womb, and also has a calming effect on both the mother and the child.
- Reiki provides a unique opportunity, for the father-to-be as he can bond with his baby when it is in the mother’s womb.
- It also helps in building a strong and spiritual relationship between the mother and the baby, before this tiny new being enters the world.
- If you are attuned to Reiki as a mother, you can give your baby Reiki whenever you hold and nurse your child after birth.
During pregnancy, tests conducted at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut show that
Reiki used during pregnancy reduced anxiety by 94 %, nausea by 80 %, pain by 78% and improved sleep by 86 %. Studies have also shown that the need for C-sections reduces in moms who have had them earlier, if they practice Reiki.
What is Reiki?
Reiki is a natural, non-invasive therapy that is used to improve overall well-being and to promote healing in the body. Reiki is an ancient Japanese healing method whose primary objective is to balance the energy in the body. Reiki seeks to encourage energy flow so as to foster self-healing. During a Reiki treatment session, a practitioner will use gentle hand movements so as to channel positive loving energy from her hands to that of the individual. Reiki is safe during all stages of pregnancy. It works in harmony with all other modalities of healing, and can help to make western medicine procedures less painful and toxic to the body's systems. Because Reiki is the energy of Love, It is ALWAYS safe for the mother and the baby.
Additional Ways Reiki Can Assist Your Pregnancy, Birthing, and Bonding...
Reiki can help with fertility, conception, pregnancy, birthing, and the postpartum period. It provides universal love and energy for mother, baby, father, and the family unit.
During Birthing
Reiki can be applied continually throughout labor and delivery. It benefits the mother because it helps to ease pain and creates a calm, peaceful birthing environment.
Postpartum Period
In the postpartum environment, Reiki can help facilitate healing of the physical, emotional, and spiritual bodies of both mother and child. Mothers who use Reiki before and after birth can bond with their babies easier, soothe both their own and their child's emotions, and help ease the baby's transition into the new world.
The intense bodily changes associated with pregnancy disrupt the energy balance in a woman's body.
Reiki acts at this very crux and restores physical and emotional balance, strengthens the spirit of a woman, and alleviates common complaints such as backaches, nausea, and morning sickness, while also relieving every stretched and aching part of one’s body. As the pregnancy progresses, it also helps reduce pain during birthing.
A woman encounters many emotional highs and lows in her journey from conception to the birth of her child. Practice of Reiki reduces the stress of adjusting to a new baby and the baby better adjusts to the world outside the womb.
In The Secret Life of the Unborn Child, Dr. Thomas Verny writes, "The unborn child is a feeling, remembering, aware being, and because he is, what happens to him~~ what happens to all of us~~ in the nine months between conception and birth molds and shapes personality, drives and ambitions in very important ways." Through various studies Verny shows that there is a correlation between the mother's emotional state and the physical, mental, and emotional development of the child.
As a woman shares her body with her developing child, she can also share the benefits Reiki brings to the body, mind and spirit. Your unborn child is affected by your physical and emotional state during pregnancy. Reiki helps the flow of energy, provides emotional support and reduces the stress that builds up in the body, often keeping new moms feeling tense and fatigued. Reiki helps to allow pregnant women to feel balanced, healthy and comforted during this period of added physical and emotional stress. This state of overall wellness Reiki brings, helps nurture the baby during and after birth.
Reiki Dads
The practice of Reiki during pregnancy can also be beneficial for the father.
Many partners are now receiving a Reiki Attunement and are beginning to practice Reiki so that they can support the mother-to-be as much as possible during the pregnancy and childbirth.
During pregnancy, and after the child is born, many couples have a large amount of stress on their relationship. Reiki-trained fathers can help treat the mother throughout her pregnancy and during the birth of their child helping him to feel more involved and connected to the process. A father giving Reiki to the mother is also giving Reiki to the child.. and this is a deeply bonding experience. He can also treat his own stress and fatigue, keeping him in optimal health, and help the baby with Reiki in times of stress or illness.
I offer Reiki Attunements to Expectant Mothers AND Fathers... this is the Gift of Love that keeps on giving long after the child is born. Attuning Your selves to this Divine Energy of Love will enable You to calm, soothe, and heal each other as well as Your baby.. the benefits of being attuned are only as limited as Your imagination.
Mother~Child Inner Connection Sessions
As a former HypnoBirthing Practitioner, I have had several years of experience with expectant mothers and their babies in utero. What I have seen over and over again, is a deeply profound connection that is made on the Soul level when the mother moves into the depths of the subconscious mind during hypnosis.
While experiencing the vastness of the subconscious mind, with our awareness, we have a much greater ability to experience Higher states of Consciousness. It is while we are 'tapped in' to this Higher Consciousness that we can experience soul contact, and our deepest and most Authentic Self.
Time and time again, I have witnessed expectant mothers in full communication with the soul of their incoming child while in a deeply relaxed state of hypnosis. I have witnessed on many occasions, the soul of the incoming child communing with its Mother-to-be, and sharing with her the lessons it is coming to learn and the purpose it hopes to fullfill in this lifetime. I have witnessed the profound transformation this communion can have on the expectant "woman", "mother", and Soul, because this incoming Soul has shared why he/she chose this woman out of all those on earth. From this experience on, the expectant mother can move through the pregnancy with a deeper sense of connection to the growing baby within. Most often during the session, mothers are weeping with the Love that pours to them from the unborn little one's Soul/God-Self. It is a gift to me, as a guide for both, to help bring this Inner Connection. It is truly an experience that will forever change your relationship with your baby, and help you foster the growth of the evolving soul as he/she grows into a child.
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