S2 E8 Renew- Compassionate Breathing for Healing after Abortion
Birth Ease Loss Support
English - August 26, 2022 07:00 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsParenting Kids & Family Health & Fitness Mental Health baby loss bereaved parents bereavement doula death of a baby grief and loss grief support support for baby loss miscarriage miscarriage support perinatal loss Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Anna Humphreys, co-director of Calm Birth, and Michelle explain the last practice in this series of 3 meditations for healing during or after an abortion. This meditation, Renew, is based on the practice of Giving and Receiving, a practice from ancient wisdom. It is tong len, compassionate breathing, applied to the ending of a pregnancy. It’s a practice of breathing healing for self and others. Please note, when practicing compassionate breathing, we are breathing in the awareness of challenges or suffering (our own or others) without taking in the suffering and exhaling an intention for peace, healing, or compassion, etc. towards ourselves or others.
“I believe that there is a subtle, but profound, effect when we do direct our attention and our intention toward healing ourselves and others.” -Anna Humphreys
For those of us at Calm Birth meditation that have been working on this Calm Abortion project, it is our hope that these meditations help to invite healing for whoever chooses to listen, no matter how long ago they experienced an abortion for any reason or circumstance.
Learn more: Instagram and Facebook @calmabortion
Resources: ACOG (The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists) Statement on Abortion Bans, World Health Organization's statement on abortion, Evidence Based Birth: Abortion Research Resource Guide, and Grief After Abortion: healing from unspoken loss