The Emotional Journey of Birth
Inspired by the midwife Whapio Diane Bartlett
Birth is a journey.
In order to navigate this experience we need those near us who we trust.
The Veil is the real beginning of this journey. It signifies the departure as a woman begins to cross over. She needs to travel through this veil in order to reach the Mountain. She will go deeper into herself and become less chatty as her brainwaves alter from beta to alpha. An altered state, a meditative state. The primal brain. This is out of control. Out of daily reality. It can be scary, this letting go.
We practice this all the time - going out of our comfort zone.
Every time you are out of your comfort zone, what tools do you use? How do you take yourself out of your neocortex? Ground yourself? Who do you trust to partner you on this journey? To accompany you and is comfortable with altered states? A person who has your back?