070 – Claudia Raiken – The Power of Visualization and Intuition in the Birth Journey

Dreambirth imagery…

Claudia Raiken, Experienced Doula and Dreambirth Educator and Co-Founder of The Birth Studio, joins Julie Chan in the MouthMedia Network studios powered by Sennheiser. This is one of several episodes on the topic of pregnancy.In this episode:
Julie shares about when she was pregnant – looking for positive stories of pregnancy and birth, because a lot of stories can worry you
Raiken on someone who is a Doula who has seen many births—what journey someone they have been through—-women come crying to her, sweep it away, there’s so much out there that makes birth scary, unknown, we’re not in intimate contact with it anymore
Was a body worker, began to see a psychic, who told her she has something important to offer to pregnant women,
Just was in her head to become a doula, how she learned what a doula was,
As she trained, she learned she was naturally inclined
Getting whole brain to work together, allow other knowing to filter in
How daydreams help manifest, how imagery works
Why thinking about giving birth a certain way helps have a better birth experience
Dreambirth condenses and helps form good images
Paying attention to thoughts and what we focus on, focusing consciousness
Images are one way to focus, are short, fun, poetic
Our mind likes it more
Getting into one’s “dream brain”
The more we sense it in our body through becoming imaginative the more effective the exercise, them more of our own beauty pop outs, connecting with our own star, feel starlight, and try to get the person into their senses
Dreams are bringing you to your higher happiness, based on whatever you see as meaningful
How Raiken had cancer years ago, and it gave her expertise in imagery because she had to use imagery for herself, completely cancer-free now
Everything is more alive than we’ve ever realized
The micro and the macro
Why we can’t cure without giving up guilt, guilt interferes, knowingness absorbs, imagery can clean that up
Don’t just get rid of something—replace it
The wisdom of unborn babies
People will connect with unborn babies at different levels, but almost all moms are moved, some people won’t allow a connection as much as others
When babies communicate

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