Nurturing the Mother Within

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Empathy nurtures wisdom.
- Suzy Kassem

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You may have read on our blog before that we select our themes for each month well in advance and yet somehow, the themes seem to so neatly align with what actually materializes.  So when we selected our themes for May of 2022, which revolve around prenatal yoga and nurturance, I had no idea I would be celebrating my very first Mother’s Day as a mother to a newborn son this month as well.

As I write this, snow is falling outside fast and spring feels a long way away.  At the moment, I am pregnant - in my third trimester to be precise - but the end of this pregnancy seems far away as well.

I am being guided, and always have been, by the Divine Mother within me.  She shows me how to prepare myself and my surroundings for the profound shift that is about to take place.  

All pregnancies are different and I have been extremely fortunate to (so far) have had a very easy pregnancy.  Much of this is the luck of the draw.  But fortune always favors the prepared and I cannot dismiss the effect yoga has had on my body and mind in preparation for this shift into motherhood.

What I have heard and observed is that parenthood is about creating  best laid plans and simultaneously, the ability to adapt to the unexpected.  This is essentially what yoga embodies and teaches.

Yoga has taught me how to be in tune with my body, how to advocate for what it needs, and how to adapt circumstances to create ease and stability in my bones and muscles.  

Yoga has taught me the correct way to breathe.  Practicing yoga has integrated this way of breathing into my entire being.  It has prepared me to retain the fullness of my breath during moments of fear, anger, and sadness and let go of as much as possible, in preparation for the next breath . . . the next moment . . . the next chapter.

Yoga has taught me that I am not my mind; that I observe my mind only.  It has taught me that all phenomena I experience are a way of transcending the limitations of this flesh-and-bones body, into the experience of the Divine Mother, which is truth, knowledge, and bliss.

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