Welcome Expectant Parents!
Pregnancy is a time of transformation. Your body is nurturing a new life, and your whole world is expanding to accommodate this new soul. Just as your skin stretches as your belly grows so does your love. All of this growth has one purpose: to support the new life.
This support comes primarily from you. You are the one whose skin is stretching, your heart is circulating extra blood, the food you eat nourishes your baby. Your baby uses all of your resources, and this is not limited to the physical realm. We know that babies also experience their mothers emotions. Additionally your baby is also drawing on your energy system. Babies and mothers are one living organism.
This energetic connection is hugely significant. The biological processes of pregnancy, birth, and breastfeeding naturally foster this strong bond between mother and child. For the majority of humanity this connection operates just below the surface of their conscious awareness. They feel a deep love for their babies and a strong desire to nurture and protect them, but there are not aware of the energetic system at the root of their feelings.
Reiki is a healing energy that is abundant and easy to learn how to access. By learning Reiki you can become more aware of how energy affects our daily life and relationships. You can give Reiki to you baby and deepen your bond with them before they are born. Reiki is a tool that you will be able to use all throughout parenting and beyond!
Reiki can:
Heal on the physical, emotional and spiritual levels
Provide deep relaxation
Increase physical vitality
Balance emotions
Heal from traumatic experiences
Encourage spiritual insight
Bring joy to those who give and receive it
Some special benefits of using or learning Reiki in pregnancy:
Ease the discomforts of pregnancy
Connect with your baby in utero
Heal from a traumatic past birth
Dissolve blocks inhibiting or stalling labor
Prepare for birth and parenting
Lessen the discomfort of childbirth
Help your baby transition gently into this world
Help you and your baby recover from birth
Soothe your baby when they are upset
Help you care for and support your baby
The benefits of using Reiki are as unlimited and abundant as the energy itself. By learning how to use Reiki you will be able to tap into this potential. My Reiki for Pregnancy, Birth, and Beyond course teaches the basics of working with Reiki and adds special tools and instruction that apply to this unique time in your life.
Reiki for Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond can be taken by a pregnant individual or a couple. When taken as a couple this four day course will nurture your relationship and provide opportunities for you to learn and grow together. The birth partner will gain special tools to use during labor and birth to help the mother and baby have a more peaceful birth. The Reiki benefits for the whole family are multiplied if both parents can use Reiki!
Our class will be a time for deep nurturing. Not only will you learn how to use Reiki, but you will have the chance to fully experience Reiki. Each person will give and receive two full Reiki sessions. You will have time to reflect, relax and integrate the new energy. Part I will concentrate on the basics of Reiki and using Reiki during pregnancy. Part II will build on the basics and add more tools you can use to prepare for birth and parenting.
You will learn:
Part I – February 4, 2017, 9am-6pm
The basics of energy, including our energy anatomy
Grounding exercises
What is Reiki?
How Reiki can integrate into various belief systems
The history of Reiki
Gassho meditation
Meditations to connect with your baby in the womb
Deep relaxation for pregnancy and birth
Parenting as a Spiritual Practice
How to use Reiki on yourself and others
How to give yourself a full body Reiki treatment
Part II – February 25, 2017, 9am-6pm
The power of intention
Three Reiki symbols
Heal mental and emotional blocks, including those inhibiting labor
Distance healing
Meditations for healing past traumas, including birth traumas
Parenting as a Spiritual Practice Part II
Reiki meditation to prepare for birth
Use Reiki during and after the birth
Give Reiki to your baby
More tools for practising Reiki on yourself, your family and others
Snacks and a light lunch will be provided for both days.
If you are ready to deeply nurture your pregnancy, connect with your baby, and learn new healing tools register now! The full four day course is $500 for one person or $700 per couple. You can register for each part separately for $300 per part ($400 per couple). A nonrefundable $200 deposit ($300 for couples) is required to secure your spot for Part I and II or $100 for each part. Space is limited, register now!!
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