YES EVEN YOU
CAN MEDITATE
SIMPLE AND FUN
Meditation doesn't need to be complicated. You don't need a guru. And you don't need to give up your religion or adopt one. Simply put, it's like going to the gym for your heart & brain each day. Meditation may not guarantee you a baby, but it will help you to feel more calm, centered, and connected to your partner on your way to getting pregnant. It may even be the key to helping you balance your hormones.
" Meditation can help us embrace our worries, our fear, our anger; and that is very healing. We let our own natural capacity of healing do the work." Thich Nhat Hanh
A TOOL FOR THE ENTIRE JOURNEY
Fertility journeys aren't just about a positive test. They are about growing along the way to be a parent. Meditation is a tool that will serve you all the way through from infertile to fertile to pregnancy and postpartum.
Most people are aware of the documented relationship between stress and our health. This has direct implications into infertility. Because of the brain's reaction to stress causing us to slip into "fight or flight" mode, it automatically turns off the part of nervous system that regulates our "breed & feed" response that governs your hormones. Not only does stress cause your hormones to go haywire, the longer infertility persists, the more likely the chance that your fertility challenges become the stressor! Did you know that science has found not conceiving within three months of "trying" can leave a woman in a depressed state that is on par with a cancer diagnosis? What you are feeling is normal biological response, but the longer it goes on the more detrimental it can be to your fertility. I want to show you how to take control of your stress response and naturally enhance your fertility on your schedule.
When it comes to meditation the number one myth is that you must think of nothing, which seems impossible when you have your fertility woes on a loop in your brain! That is not the goal of these meditations. In fact, most of the studies around meditation and infertility that have proven positive physical and mental emotional outcomes, are based on visualization techniques and guided imagery which is exactly what these 30 fertility meditations entail. Science is starting to prove what the wisdom traditions have been saying for thousands of years. The human body wants to conceive, but it needs to feel that it is in a safe place (mild to low stress response) to do it. Recent studies conducted at Harvard Medical School on 184 women going through relaxation training (meditation) for infertility showed 55% had a viable pregnancy within one year, compared to only 20% of the control group achieving a viable pregnancy. That's a huge increase for simply using a technique daily in the comfort of your own home!
YOUR INSTRUCTOR
You don't need a guru to meditate, but having an instructor with over 2 decades of self practice and credentialing to teach meditation is crucial. This way when your questions come up, you have a trusted answer.
HILLARY TALBOTT
Fellow American Board of Oriental Reproductive Medicine
Masters of Wisdom Certified Meditation Instructor
Hillary Talbott Roland is a board certified Acupuncturist and Herbalist specializing in reproductive medicine. She's the host of the podcast, Fertile Minds. Her specialty is helping women balance their body, mind and spirit on their quest to creating life. You can read the longhand version here.
