Birth is a creative act of love and there is an art to giving birth. It is an integral and natural part of a woman’s life, whether she decides to conceive a child or not. In our western culture many women experience unnecessary and overwhelming distress and pain as generally, we have been educated to fear rather than to embrace and be transformed by this amazing event.

Birth can be a sensual, gentle and wild enriching ride. Resting in the goddess and primordial energy of woman is empowering. Birth is not a medical event. The medicalisation of birth is causing a “forgetting” regarding the natural flow of conscious and the intensity of its changing states, the ebb and flow. A woman’s womb is the seat of her emotional self. How a woman feels about her body, her baby and her partner effect her capacity to create and surrender to the energy of birth and mothering.

Many women are afraid as they hear so many “bad” and “horrific” birth stories. When one begins to hear the story, trauma has occurred not because of the “pain” but due to a lack of belief in the woman’s ability to give birth. I often hear from women that have experienced trauma in their first birth, “that no one believed in me” and “I didn’t feel supported or heard”. One finds that there was a lack of guidance. The way in which a woman births greatly influences her relationship and ability to bond with her baby.

Reiki is a wonderful gentle energy that assists in the creation of sacred space. It creates harmony, clears fear providing balance, allowing a woman and her partner to retain their dignity and birth with love. During labour it gently accelerates and dissolves emotional blocks and tensions that create muscular tension in the Stress itself, is just a symptom of an underlying emotional discomfort, an inner struggle or blockage. Reiki is a wonderful way of rising above that response and embracing the goddess energy of the earth and heavens and as a woman to resting deeply in the sanctity of ones soul. Birth is very much about being open wholeheartedly to receiving this grace which supports one throughout the changing states of the birth consciousness.

As mother’s we hold the space for our children and allow them to grow under the guidance of our love. Birth is our first initiation into that life-long union with our child. We love them, and let them go continuously. The process of birth is very much about attending to the rhythm and going with the intensity or flow of the contraction and then letting go and surrendering to the no-mind space once the wave of a contraction passes. Where upon, if one listens quietly you will hear your child and feel your child moving through your body in perfect response to what is occurring in your own body. Reiki assists one to clear the fear and anxiety of the unknown so that you can be a peace and at one with your body and your child.

Nurturing and experienced support prepares women with the right tools for both herself and partner to relax and meet the birthing experience with courage and a positive attitude. When a woman is well supported the need to rely on drugs and medical interventions is reduced significantly. Men are supported and encouraged to be involved and are given the right tools to support their partner in a loving and encouraging way.

There is no judgement if a woman wishes to use medical intervention to support herself through her labour. It is the manner in which this occurs that can cause trauma. Women who are well supported and decide that they need and want assistance should always have what they need and want.

Reiki healing can be used with inner child and couple healing. Healing our own wounds or just raising the vibration of our own being consciously, impacts the pregnancy, birth and parenting in a positive and nurturing way. The way in which we parent is changing. Reiki energy is a wonderful way to let go and allow a healing of the wounds of our own familiar bonds so that we can truly welcome our children of the next generation with love, understanding and compassion. In order to rise above violence we must change the way in which we birth and relate to each other at the very beginning of life.

Create the birth you desire and birth and parent with dignity and love.

Rebekah is one of Sydney’s most experienced and highly recommended doulas (birthing companions) who has been working with the tapestry of birth for 15 years. She provides excellent preparation sessions in the comfort of your own home as well as continuous emotional support during labour. Her nurturing, caring energy and a deep understanding of the birthing process based on personal experience and years of supporting women and her own study makes her an attentive and practical guide to labour, in the home, hospital or birth centre. Mother of four children, she birthed naturally for each one. In her birthing experience the contractions were not perceived as pain and labour wasn’t experienced as something traumatic happening to her body.