Recently, in our Mindfulness-Based Childbirth and Parenting class, a participant asked “Sometimes I feel like I’m losing control like I don’t know where I am or what I am doing. How can I find myself again in those moments?” Here’s a short meditation practice to bring you back home again. Enjoy!
Don’t panic, go make some oxytocin.
THE celebrated hormone of childbirth is oxytocin, her job is to get your uterus to contract. Rhythmically reducing the size of your uterus and ripening it into a powerhouse, muscle machine. This emphatically encourages your baby to make his way out. Time to see the light, little dumpling!
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Mindfulness based childbirth and parenting in the new york times 2017
