How to Use Yoga to Prepare Body, Mind, and Spirit for Birth with Bec Conant

📚 Psst – Links to the Free E-Books are ONLY available below in the show notes!

In this episode, we welcome Bec Conant, an expert in the prenatal and birth field. Bec is the founder of ‘Om Births,’ an online program for pregnant people and new parents. With over 20 years of experience teaching prenatal yoga, the discussion covers various aspects of the birthing process, preparation, and recovery. 

Bec shares her journey from a career in dance and movement to becoming a prenatal yoga instructor and birth doula. The conversation delves into the importance of physical and mental preparation for birth, the intersection of yoga with the birthing experience, and how new parents can continue to care for themselves postpartum. 

The episode also touches on Bec’s new book ‘The Om Births Approach,’ her techniques, and the support she offers through online prenatal and postnatal yoga classes. I highly encourage you to explore Bec’s resources, including free eBooks and her main book available on Amazon and her Publisher’s site.

• 05:42 Bec’s Work and Support for Pregnant and Postpartum People
• 07:02 The Importance of Postpartum Support
• 09:41 Holistic Approach to Birth and Postpartum
• 26:01 First Yoga Class Experience
• 28:09 The Worst Yoga Class Ever
• 28:59 Diving Deeper into Prenatal Yoga
• 29:36 Becoming a Doula
• 30:49 First Doula Experience
• 34:02 The Power of Letting Go
• 43:44 Writing the Book
• 49:54 Advice for Pregnant Yogis

👉🏽 COMPELLING EPISODE QUOTES FROM BEC:

“The roadmap to motherhood doesn’t stop. When you birth the baby, that’s just one very, very cool rest stop.”

“Life is inherently uncertain. How we interact with that uncertainty is the foundation of every meditation practice, but it’s also really the story of how your life unfolds.”

“Every contraction you fight is one you have to do over.”

“If you go into a yoga class and you’re not a fan of the teacher, or it doesn’t feel right, don’t assume that it’s yoga that’s the problem. Don’t write off the whole practice entirely. Assume it’s them. Assume the teacher was the issue.”

“The focus of yoga really wants to be just feeling your body move, just feeling what it feels like to be in different shapes, to breathe in a different way, to shift your attention from our everyday, very outward, very judgmental, very categorizing lens to a more inward, compassionate, accepting quality.”

Next Steps – Resources

Connect with Bec

Grab Bec’s Book – The Om Births Approach: How to use your yoga practice to prepare body, mind, and spirit for birth

Links to the Free E-Books are ONLY available here in the show notes:

• Free E-book on Essential Pregnancy Movements to feel more comfortable in pregnancy and be better prepared for birth  
• Free E-book on Essential Postpartum Movements to begin finding your way back to movement safely post birth 

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