Sunday, July 03, 2011

let's go fly a kite


Tonight I have a sense of freedom that I didn't have this morning.


Yesterday I taught my last pre-natal class. And while I'm usually the one hugging my students, sending them on their way with blessings for a safe and joyous journey, yesterday I was the one to receive those sweet words of guidance. At the end of class I got a bit emotional, reflecting on the three-and-a-half years of teaching close to 300 pregnant women, the lessons I've learned, the stories I've been honoured to hear. I was the most pregnant woman in the room and I shared with them my thanks...because each and every one of them have taught me something I didn't know when I was pregnant with Che. With my new-found knowledge and awareness I will travel into this birthing experience with acceptance rather than grand expectations...because ultimately, our birth experiences cannot be planned or controlled. We just need to surrender to the journey, wherever it may take us.

Today I taught my last birth workshop. Once again, I was the most pregnant in the room, sharing my knowledge and skills with seven expectant couples. It was a long day. A tiring one. And when I stepped out of the yoga studio and on to the street I looked up into the dark, clear winter sky to see a fine and delicate new moon. In that moment I wondered where, in this moon cycle, my baby will come. And whether I will watch, every night for the next few weeks, the moon blossom to fullness, much like my belly. The moon and I may be full together, ready to burst, in mid-winter.

At 38weeks my belly is bountiful but I feel incredibly light. For the next few weeks I don't need to be anywhere but in the here and the now. Spending time close to home, with my boys. Perhaps we'll venture out under the vivid blue sky that has been spoiling us lately, and maybe, just maybe, we'll go fly kites.

Photos and film captured at 5Lands


20 COMMENTS

  1. Relish and enjoy your freedom. Do you have any idea when you will go back to work or is that, like the birth, an open book?

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  2. what a simply gorgeous post!!!...loveeee the images and your wise words!
    xoxo
    lila

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  3. Oh what a beautiful post Jodi! You are so centred, I just love it. Each woman's birthing experience is totally unique, I couldn't agree with you more... this is what makes them so special.
    Glad you are going to rest up for the remainder of your pregnancy. Enjoy that beautifully bulging belly :o) xo

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  4. beautiful stuff Jodi...I'm glad you got to feel the amazingly supportive and protected feeling of being the most pregnant in the room. Relaxing vibes to you for the days ahead!

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  5. Beautiful post jodi! i've just started teaching pre-natal yoga and it is such a wonderful thing to be a part of someone's pregnancy journey. hope you get to enjoy a little rest before baby comes!

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  6. What a special time for you and your little family. Being in the here and the now seems like the perfect way to spend your days. x

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  7. What a lovely post .... again!!

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  8. You're such a lovely spirit Jodi, your words are beautiful and inspiring. It sounds like you're surrounded by amazing women. I'm looking into prenatal yoga classes right now, i'd like to be around other pregnant ladies and start to get ready for birthing.
    Enjoy being in the here and now :)
    xox

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  9. beautiful photos!! love all the colorful kites <3

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  10. lovely photos and beautiful words. you sound so serene and wise beyond your years. hope these next few weeks go wonderfully for you!

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  11. Enjoy every minute of these final weeks, so many of my friends wish them away.
    I hope you will return to do your birth workshops as i am hoping that this time next year i will be expecting and was looking forward to doing your workshops, i have no desire to go to a hospital run class!
    Take care!

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  12. beautiful words, and such lovely photographs. Hope the remainder of your pregnancy goes smoothly. xx

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  13. YYAY!!!!!!! you wait patiently lady, in the meantime- i'm bursting with excitement.

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  14. enjoy the calm before the storm- and i mean storm in all the enjoyable kinds of ways! thinking of you! xx m.

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  15. This was a poignant and powerfully evocative post for me Jodi.
    Your description of the moon in particular really resonated and I wish you and your beautiful moon baby a light and lovely time together today.

    xx Felicity

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  16. Ah, bliss. You're such an earth mama... enjoy this time with Daniel and Che. Not long until you're four. How spesh. xx

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  17. oh my goodness that is so beautiful! What a wonderful approach into labour for you and lucky bubba.

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