Meditation and Pregnancy
Meditation is a tool for rediscovering the body’s own inner intelligence. Practiced for thousands of years, it’s not about forcing the mind to be quiet, it’s finding the silence that’s already there and making it a part of your life.
Practicing meditation on a daily basis in pregnancy can help you to:
- Reduce anxiety and fears
- Manage stress
- Build emotional bonds with baby
- Lower blood pressure, reducing risk of pre-eclampsia
- Increase endorphins during delivery (less pain)
- Enjoy more greatly the journey of pregnancy, delivery and motherhood
- Calm the mind for a better delivery
- Improve relationships
- Enhance sleep patterns
I believe pregnancy is a perfect time to begin a meditation practise. The journey of pregnancy is one where a woman can more easily connect to source.
Find out about Meditation for Pregnancy a wonderful program I am teaching at Zen Beginnings starting May 9, 2013.
Wellness weekend just for you!
We so often choose to put other people’s needs before our own. The reality is that without taking good care of ourselves we empty our tank and have very little to give.
It’s always time to choose differently.
Join Serenity Restoration: A Weekend Meditation Retreat!
se·ren·i·ty – the absence of mental stress or anxiety
Almost all of us needs to disconnect from our busy lives from time to time and rediscover ourselves as serene human beings.
Have you gotten caught up in mental chaos recently? Have you lost touch with yourself? Has life been challenging and you are not sure what to do? Are you simply looking for some time to recharge and reconnect?
If so, it’s probably time to reconnect with yourself, recharge and restore your energy. It’s R&R time! Please join me at Serenity Restoration: A Weekend Meditation Retreat.
The Serenity Restoration Retreat is the ideal journey into self-discovery and meditation promising you time to restore, recharge and hear your powerful inner voice. Held at Sugar Ridge Retreat Centre in the middle of 3,000 acres of pristine wilderness it is the ideal setting to calm the mind and embrace stillness.
Whether you already practice meditation or not, you will leave inspired. Beginner meditators will have the opportunity to learn Deepak Chopra’s Primordial Sound Meditation, an ancient, simple and proven meditation technique that has positively impacted the lives of people all around the world.
I have created this weekend retreat with the intention of creating an environment where people could reconnect with themselves and ultimately share with others an incredible experience. Meditation is at the core of the weekend program.
Serenity Restoration: A Weekend Meditation Retreat
at the beautiful Sugar Ridge Retreat Centre (2h. North of Toronto)
a Journey into Meditation, Gentle Yoga & Self-Discovery
with Isabelle Moreau & friends
Nov.25 - 27, 2011
Register at: http://serenityrestorationmeditationretreat.eventbrite.com/
The Serenity Restoration Retreat includes:
- Calming the Mind and Listening to Your Powerful Inner Voice
- Flowing with Nature’s Rhythms
- Reflection in Nature
- Self-Inquiry
- Deep Group Meditations
- Daily Yoga
- Lectures and Inspired Discussions
Retreat Fees:
Details at: http://serenityrestorationmeditationretreat.eventbrite.com/
Regular registration: $397. If you have not received the Chopra Centre Primordial Sound Meditation Instruction, please add $150 to the retreat fee (Primordial Sound Meditation is regularly priced at $375).
Regular registration for Certified Chopra Teachers: $297
Your Registration Includes:
- Shared accommodation (4)
- Six meals
- Snacks and beverages
- Lectures and discussions on spiritual and wellbeing topics
- Group meditations
- Daily yoga session
- Saturday evening activity
- Nature walk
- Full Moon Meditation
Note: Private accommodation is available with a one-time surcharge of $50 and semi-private is available with one-time surcharge of $30.
New Primordial Sound Meditators Registration also Includes:
- Four sessions instruction on Primordial Sound Meditation
- Personal mantra
- Chopra Centre Primordial Sound Meditation Workbook
- Meditation CD by Deepak Chopra
- Support as you begin your meditation practice
Space is limited. Register Now!
Gift for our babies and our inner child
Dear one
Cherished one
Loved one
You have made the world beautiful again
The sun rises for you
Th earth welcomes you
We raise our hands to you
You have made the world beautiful again
We thought we knew what love was
Until the day we held you
We thought we knew what life was
Until the day we kissed you
You are sacred
You are precious
You are our future
You are our sacred responsibility
We wil grow together
We will learn together
We will laugh together
We will feast together
So curl up now
Curl up and sleep
All you have to do is grow
You’ve already made our lives complete
You are a child of the universe
A caretaker fo future generations
Walk gently
Walk true
Share your gifts with the world
Share your dreams with the world
Share your light with the world
Share your love with the world
Your life is a song
We shall sing together
Your life is a story
We shall tell together
We live We laugh
We love now
In yoru honour
And for someone so small
You are about to change our lives
For someone so small
You are about to change our world
For someone so small
You are about to change the universe
Forever
From: Welcome song for baby, Richard Van Camp
How do you find serenity?
se·ren·i·ty – the absence of mental stress or anxiety
Almost all of us needs to disconnect from our busy lives from time to time and rediscover ourselves as serene human beings.
Have you gotten caught up in mental chaos recently? Have you lost touch with yourself? Has life been challenging and you are not sure what to do? Are you simply looking for some time to recharge and reconnect?
If so, it’s probably time to reconnect with yourself, recharge and restore your energy. It’s R&R time! Please join me at Serenity Restoration: A Weekend Meditation Retreat.
The Serenity Restoration Retreat is the ideal journey into self-discovery and meditation promising you time to restore, recharge and hear your powerful inner voice. Held at Sugar Ridge Retreat Centre in the middle of 3,000 acres of pristine wilderness it is the ideal setting to calm the mind and embrace stillness.
Whether you already practice meditation or not, you will leave inspired. Beginner meditators will have the opportunity to learn Deepak Chopra’s Primordial Sound Meditation, an ancient, simple and proven meditation technique that has positively impacted the lives of people all around the world.
I have created this weekend retreat with the intention of creating an environment where people could reconnect with themselves and ultimately share with others an incredible experience. Meditation is at the core of the weekend program.
Serenity Restoration: A Weekend Meditation Retreat
at the beautiful Sugar Ridge Retreat Centre (2h. North of Toronto)
a Journey into Meditation, Gentle Yoga & Self-Discovery
with Isabelle Moreau & friends
Nov.25 - 27, 2011
Register at: http://serenityrestorationmeditationretreat.eventbrite.com/
The Serenity Restoration Retreat includes:
- Calming the Mind and Listening to Your Powerful Inner Voice
- Flowing with Nature’s Rhythms
- Reflection in Nature
- Self-Inquiry
- Deep Group Meditations
- Daily Yoga
- Lectures and Inspired Discussions
Retreat Fees:
Details at: http://serenityrestorationmeditationretreat.eventbrite.com/
Regular registration: $397. If you have not received the Chopra Centre Primordial Sound Meditation Instruction, please add $150 to the retreat fee (Primordial Sound Meditation is regularly priced at $375).
Regular registration for Certified Chopra Teachers: $297
*** Special Pricing of $357 and $257 for Chopra Certified Teachers available until August 31! ***
Your Registration Includes:
- Shared accommodation (4)
- Six meals
- Snacks and beverages
- Lectures and discussions on spiritual and wellbeing topics
- Group meditations
- Daily yoga session
- Saturday evening activity
- Nature walk
- Full Moon Meditation
Note: Private accommodation is available with a one-time surcharge of $50 and semi-private is available with one-time surcharge of $30.
New Primordial Sound Meditators Registration also Includes:
- Four sessions instruction on Primordial Sound Meditation
- Personal mantra
- Chopra Centre Primordial Sound Meditation Workbook
- Meditation CD by Deepak Chopra
- Support as you begin your meditation practice
Miracles in first trimester pregnancy
My great purpose in life at the moment is loving the growing human being in my belly. 16 weeks into my second pregnancy, I am feeling so excited for this opportunity to be part of the creation of life. I am truly grateful to be a woman.
The main reason for this blog post is really to share with you some of the miracles that have been happening to me during this pregnancy.
If you are pregnant and in your first trimester you may know about some of the following common symptoms: fatigue, nausea, morning sickness and mood swings. These symptoms can be pretty intense for women and they can be overwhelming.
In this pregnancy, I have experienced these symptoms but they always disappeared during meditation. On top of that, they were significantly reduce in the hours following my meditations. Overall my symptoms were milder.
This may seem like coincidences to some of you but from my perspective and my experience I am absolutely convinced that this is no coincidence. It’s a miracle! Meditation has positively impacted my pregnancy.
Since many of my first trimester symptoms were medium to mild to sometimes non-existent, I have been able to put my full loving attention on the beautiful baby inside of me. And, I have been experiencing compassion for myself along the way. I can’t begin to tell you how great this feels. This is certainly very different from my first pregnancy where I felt completely overwhelmed by nausea and fatigue (in the first trimester).
As a woman, a mom and a meditation coach I strongly encourage you to meditate during pregnancy. You will gain so many benefits from a regular meditation practise.
Also, look for my next blog on the main benefits of meditation during pregnancy.
With love,
Isabelle
Creative vs. Reactive
I have been planning an amazing meditation and yoga retreat in the last couple of weeks and I am flying with great inspiration. Simply put, I am being creative and not reactive.
In a recent coaching call with my wonderful CTI coach Beth Shapiro I was sharing about this retreat. I couldn’t contain myself. The words were abundant, my smile obvious, my passion intense and everything was flowing so naturally.
What Beth told me was: “It seems to me that you are being creative, not reactive”. She was totally right.
When I am in the flow and I am being creative, the source of my ideas is deep, strong and undeniable. It’s a time of great excitement where my energy is high. Time flies! Have you ever experienced this?
I am sure you have…
It’s so different than reacting to circumstances for example. It’s as though when we are reacting there are automatically limits to possibilities. The energy is more constricted. True passion and inspiration is nearly impossible when you are reacting. However, they are at the core of the experience of creativity.
For more information on how to awaken your creativity check out: The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity by Julia Cameron. It’s an in-depth and practical book that I am sure you will love.
Also, I am without hesitation connecting my renewed inspiration and creativity to my meditation practise. This past month I have given my meditation practise more attention. I spent a week with Deepak Chopra and 300 other meditators at a Chopra Centre Program called Seduction of Spirit in Whistler. Connecting to the source naturally brings forth in daily activities qualities such as inspiration and creativity.
Truly Inspired,
Isabelle
Saying YES to yourself
I was reminded today how important to say YES to myself.
What do I mean by that?
So many times in my life I have done what others consider the right thing to do. I have acted according to other people’s values or beliefs. What I have noticed over time is that the more I base my decisions on other people or what I think is “required” of me the more suffering I create for myself. It’s actually in beautiful moments of clarity that I connect with my deepest desires that I spontaneously feel alive.
How do I connect to myself and what happens when I do?
Before each of my daily meditations I ask myself: What do I really want? Over the course of time, new answers arise (in meditation or outside of meditation) and I align to my soul’s deepest desire more and more. Meditation brings clarity.
Today, I had the privilege to share Primordial Sound Meditation with an amazing man. I noticed how much joy sharing this program brings into my heart. I realized that without several key decisions to align to my soul’s purpose today would have never been so rich. I am so grateful.
Many of the decisions I made required courage. They required of me to leave jobs, let go of the comfortable salary and benefits, resign from great international companies and ultimately choose uncertainty over predictability. I am so glad I did because I feel more myself today than I ever felt before.
Which brings us to the question “who I am?”… but that’s a whole other post.
Have a blessed day!
Truly inspired,
Isabelle
P.S. For more on the courage to be yourself check out: Freedom: The Courage to be Yourself by OSHO
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Truly inspired,
Isabelle
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