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00:00:00 Hi and welcome to today's practice where we'll focus on the luteo phase, the time after ovulation when your body is preparing for a potential pregnancy. This is the time, this is the fall of your cycle when progesterone is rising, creating a nurturing environment for the implantation of a fertilized egg. During this phase your body is focused on creating stability and support both
00:00:23 physically and hormonally. Our practice today will be gentle and grounding, encouraging blood flow to the pelvic area and promoting a lot of relaxation. We'll avoid any flow to the pelvic area and promoting a lot of relaxation. We'll avoid any intense abdominal work to protect the lower belly and focus on poses that create space in the pel vis and help the body prepare for a possible pregnancy. This practice is designed to help you tune in
00:00:47 , slow down and listen to your body. We'll work on gently stimulating the reproductive organs and calming the nervous system which is key to supporting fertility during this time. We will need a system which is key to supporting fertility during this time. We will need a wall for this practice so if you are not near a wall you can also use either a chair or a your sofa.
00:01:06 Make this time for the practice as comfortable as possible for you and let's move through this beautiful reflective phase of the menstrual cycle. Now we're going to start in a seated position, a comfortable seated position. If you are near a wall you can also just lean onto the wall if that feels good for you and then we're going to close our eyes or either find a that feels good for you and then we're going to close our eyes or either find a
00:01:30 point on the floor that you can hold a steady gaze. First we're going to start connecting to our pelvic bowl. Just taking a moment to connect to the area, how it feels today, this moment. Feeling the heaviness of the hips sinking down into the earth. And gently noticing the breath coming in and out of the nose. And gently noticing the breath coming in and out of the nose.
00:02:08 And then moving on to the inner landscape of your body. This is the time where a lot of anxiety might come up for you, a lot of expectations. So just taking a moment to reflect on what's going reflect on what's going on and just allowing all of that tenseness, all of that tension, all of that anxiety to be present with us today in this practice so that we can observe all these sensations, all
00:02:47 these emotions and move through them, allowing them to be present. Maybe for you there's a lot of joy and expectation and faith so allowing all of that to be present with us today. And then bringing the right hand to the lower belly, the left hand to your heart. We're going to reconnect to the pouring of the love from your heart all the way down into your womb.
00:03:23 Your womb is busy making a beautiful space, a beautiful home for the egg to be Your womb is busy making a beautiful space, a beautiful home for the egg to be implanted. So allowing your body to do its work, beautifully supporting this work by practicing together with the rhythm of your body. With each exhale you're bringing all that love down there, building this With each exhale you're bringing all that love down there, building this beautiful home for your
00:04:07 baby, nourishing the womb with all that it needs, taking the breath to deep into your belly and then opening the mouth, letting us sigh out, releasing any tension out of your body. Two more inhaling, open the mouth, exhale. Last one, inhale, open the mouth, exhale. Last one, inhale, open the mouth, let it out. And then gently bringing both hands to the heart in a prayer position, exhaling
00:04:53 , bowing down, blink open your eyes and release the hands to the sides.
