While a certain level of stress is normal, good self-care will keep it manageable. Research shows that chronic stress can cause inflammation and long term damage to your body. If you don’t feel like going, then trick yourself into it by taking it one step at a time….thinking “OK, I’ll just get changed into my exercise gear and then decide” – chances are when you get into your clothes you’ll feel more like it.Ģ. Sign up with a pregnant friend for accountability. Try this…Commit to a regular activity and schedule it in to make sure it happens. Choose a pregnancy-specific class with an experienced teacher to ensure you and your baby are kept safe. Yogain particular is highly effective inendorphin production, which lifts your mood and makes you feel great. Try a pregnancy yoga class, walking or swimming. Pregnancy is generally considered a time for maintenance, rather than progression of your fitness levels. It’s important to stay active and healthy during pregnancy, but exercise needs to be safe and appropriate. So here are some self-care ideas for Mums-to-be….ġ. After all, when you’re pregnant, your baby relies on you for everything and feels everything that you feel, so pregnancy is the ultimate time to put on your own oxygen mask first. But the real preparation should be taking place on a mental, emotional and physical level. In today’s fast-paced society, we are often so busy that we don’t take the time to slow down, enjoy and honour the experience, giving ourselves the self-care that we truly need and deserve.Īdvertisers urge us to prepare for the birth of our babies by purchasing material objects like prams, cots and clothes. It is one of the most significant physical and psychological changes a woman will ever experience. Pregnancy and giving birth is a rite of passage, transforming a women’s identity into a mother, and forever changing the way life is both lived and perceived. Matrescence (Noun) The process of becoming a mother. “Her good fortune was indeed a gift of friendship from the chestnut tree.Self-Love During Pregnancy Words Caroline Bagga I Photo Photo Collective Co. In the end, the prince is enchanted by her story and asks her to marry him.
All the strong fisherman tried to move the ship, but only Aiko had the power. The prince comes to launch the great chestnut tree’s boat into the ocean, but it will not budge. Ironically, Aiko’s father drowned when his boat was hit by a large fishing vessel during a great storm.Īiko is heartbroken when she discovers the chestnut tree’s stump, but she remembers its words that only she would be able to launch the great ship it by hugging it and saying, “I am Aiko, your friend.” One day, the tree tells her he is to be cut down and made into a great ship. My daughter’s favorite story is “The Chestnut Tree”, the tale of a Japanese girl named Aiko who is comforted by a tall chestnut tree on her way home from work everyday. Here is a list of the wonderful tree tales from A Forest of Stories: they stand still, holding the soil in place, controlling floods and providing homes to countless animals. We have both creatively and selfishly put every part of the tree to use, and yet they make no demands on us. We plant them in our gardens and parks, and we heal ourselves with the medicines they give us. We nourish ourselves with the fruit they provide, and we use their wood to make our homes. We have a direct relationship with them-an unfair alliance, in which we accept a multitude of gifts from them and offer nothing in return. As Rina explains in the introduction to A Forest of Stories, A Forest of Stories, by Rina Singh and Helen Cann, is a collection of “magical tree tales from around the world.” These folktales reign from China, Guatemala, Japan, India, Nigeria, Israel, and Morocco.
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