Energy Work and Pregnancy-
I will never forget the Reiki session I had when I was about 7 months pregnant with Magnolia. I had been feeling a desire to be more connected with my baby and I needed rebalancing at the time (hormones, anyone?). For some context, I had chosen to have a home birth, and the only time I saw my baby was at the one ultrasound I had elected for, around 5 months in. I had dreamt of Magnolia, and I heard her heartbeat at each meeting with my midwife… but there was this longing to know her, to be present with her, and to soak in all the magic she held inside of me!
I scheduled a session with my Reiki teacher at the time, and it was an unforgettable experience. In that sacred space, I was nourished for a full hour. I was held, and I felt so rooted and in tune with my emerging role as mother. My teacher said she saw my baby over my shoulder, smiling at me as if resting her head over a ledge. And in that instant, I knew her. I remembered her. I was so grateful we would get to journey this life together. She was a perfect match for me.
Reiki has the potential to connect us with our ancestors, our guides, and even those unborn. Reiki welcomes an energetic exchange and opening that is truly magical and so very special.
As a practitioner, I feel so invigorated being able to connect a mother with her unborn child. I feel the energy of these two beings, how they are so totally different, and yet they are living within the same body. I remember the feeling of effervescent champagne as I glided my hands over my friend’s womb space. She was 8.5 months pregnant at the time. I asked her baby if she was ready to emerge, and she told me “soon”. I saw her as an older child in front of me, with short brown hair and a beautiful smile on her face. This was so helpful to share with my friend, her mother, who herself, worried if her baby would EVER emerge into the world (I’m sure many of us mothers felt similarly around that time!). As that little baby has grown, her mother tells me how her baby embodies that champagne effervescence in life so clearly, and how amazing it was to know this before she even became earthside.
In another session, much earlier on in my client’s pregnancy, I felt the prickly, sweet energy of her baby. I gave a blessing for health, happiness, safety, warmth and the knowing that he or she would thrive as they grew. In that session, I also discovered an ancestral wound - the first ancestral wound I’ve discovered as an energy worker. This wound was a “Fear of Motherhood,” which had formed generations ago and did not belong to the beautiful woman before me. Yet, it needed tending to before she could fully embody the mother she was born to be! With knowledge of this wound, that mother could intentionally do the work to heal the past and move forward.
This type of work is not emphasized enough. We NEED these moments of intimate connection with our unborn children and with ourselves as we flow through the tremendous waves of the initiation into motherhood. I believe this knowing brings us greater success as parents, greater connection to our children as they grow, and greater recognition of our own mother’s journey. This is an avenue of my work that I am SO passionate about. If you or a loved one is currently expecting, set up a consultation or book a session with me.
Reiki can be helpful at each stage of the journey during pregnancy and beyond (wait for another post about Reiki and Post-Partum!). Open yourself to the possibility of deeper connection, and you won’t ever forget it.
Warmest Wishes,
Karena