BONUS Episode With Relaxation Practice

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My Essential Birth

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4.8 • 742 Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2020

⏱️ 18 minutes

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If you love what we've been talking about to get your body and mind prepped for birth and want to be able to practice for the big day, then this episode is 100% for you! In this episode, we give the how-to's for this specific relaxation and an opportunity for you to practice with relaxing music at the end. Grab your pen and paper, take notes, and then get ready to teach your body to relax better than you ever have before. Remember, practice makes permanent, so practicing the right way will yo...

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0:00.0	Welcome to the My Essential Birth podcast. I'm Courtney and I'm Stephanie and we're professional
0:05.5	doulas, childbirth educators and the creators of My Essential Birth, the holistic, empowering,
0:11.3	online childbirth education course helping mothers everywhere confidently achieve their best birth.
0:17.1	So join us each week as we share tips and advice for all things pregnancy birth and beyond.
0:22.3	Be sure to subscribe to the podcast so that you can be the first to get new content.
0:27.2	And head over to www.mysentialbirth.com for more information about our birth course and to join a community of mamas just like you.
0:40.9	This bonus episode is going to go right along with our podcast episode from this week about appealing to your senses. We wanted to give
0:45.7	our subscribers just a little jump forward into some relaxation. So we're just going to give you a
0:51.6	little bit about kind of what relaxation is, how that looks, how often you should do it.
0:57.1	And then we're going to give you some advice so that you can make this a regular practice for yourself.
1:01.7	So what is relaxation?
1:02.9	Let's talk about the physical aspect.
1:04.9	Physical relaxation is about being aware of any tension or tightness in your body and allowing yourself to let go of that tension.
1:13.9	And mental relaxation is about being aware of any intrusive or negative thoughts in your mind
1:19.1	and allowing yourself to release those things, which all of these things take practice.
1:23.8	Relaxation is a learned skill.
1:25.9	You will become really good at relaxation if you are consistent with your practice. Relaxation is a learned skill. You will become really good at relaxation if you are
1:29.2	consistent with your practice. So here's some basic tips for you. Tips for success, really.
1:35.7	Number one, you want to let go of any tension. So anytime that you pause to relax, that's going to be
1:40.9	your thought process. You're going to think I'm going to let go of any tension in my body.
1:45.2	Remember to be aware of any thoughts or feelings, just like we talked about. You're going to rely on your
1:50.0	birth partner, but if they're not there when you're practicing, that's okay. And then you're going to
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