11/05/2026
Mama-to-be Mantra Mondays 🕉️
A weekly mantra and little reminder of just how amazing you are and the miracle that is your pregnant body. ✨
Words are spells and these mantras are for the moments when you need a little extra mama-to-be magic. Repeat when you wake up and put your feet on the floor, in the shower, when you are stirring your morning tea/coffee or before you go to sleep.
Take a deep breath, sigh it out and repeat after me…
“I am filled with the strength of my breath”
A simple but vital reminder that you have a completely free and incredibly powerful tool with you at all times during your pregnancy and especially during birth 🫁
Did you know it takes only about 90 seconds of longer exhalations to switch from the sympathetic (fight or flight) to parasympathetic state? When in the sympathetic state, we are flooded by adrenaline and cortisol, limiting the production of oxytocin and endorphines, which we want lots of to support labour. Many different things can cause this switch, both external and internal triggers.
Breathing techniques are one way to reset as they help to not only regulate the nervous system but also find a home for the mind. And when we find a home for the mind, we can focus on the strength within and the natural rhythm between breath and body which will support your baby’s path to this world 💫
So this week, if you find yourself in a situation where your breath has shortened or become shallow, you feel under pressure or overwhelmed, take a long, slow breath and repeat in your mind or outloud, “I am filled with the strength of my breath” three times. Try for 90 seconds if you can, and notice what feels different 🧠
Next class we are going to work with Golden Thread Breath as a way to become more aware of the power of the easeful breath and consciously practice the type of breath many women knowingly adopt in the first stage of labour 💛