00:00:00 Hello and welcome to this bonus class. This class is designed for the time in your menstrual cycle when you feel very anxious. Maybe you are in the two-week weight and you cannot feel your body anymore. You're just feeling up in your head all the time and you're busy with all kinds of thoughts and feeling anxious. So I am calling this class a late Ludo phase class or the two-week weight or So I am calling this class a late Ludo phase class or the two-week weight or for any time when you're feeling very anxious with the all the process, all the
00:00:36 journey into motherhood. So I really hope you enjoy and it serves you. So let's start in a seated position and you can choose your cross-legged position as you like and from here I'd like you to close your eyes just taking a moment to bring bring yourself to the here and now. Take a moment to feel your sits bones grounded and touching the floor beneath you. Notice any tension in your shoulders, maybe soften the belly, the lower back,
00:01:23 the jaw, and then bring your attention to your breath. jaw, and then bring your attention to your breath. And without trying to change anything just notice how the breath is moving in and out of your body at the moment. And now take a moment to notice the mental state. How are you feeling today really?
00:02:06 And whatever arises just take a moment to welcome it. Allow it to be here with us through this practice. Allow ourselves to move all the sensations, all the feelings, all the thoughts, maybe a way or bring space between them. feelings, all the thoughts, maybe a way or bring space between them. Gently blink open your eyes. We're going to start by doing some catcals in a seated position. So move very slow exhaling the air, come round your spine, inhale,
00:02:51 come forwards, exhale round. Continue with your own breath, your own rhythm. Just noticing how the body is Continue with your own breath, your own rhythm. Just noticing how the body is with each inhale and each exhale. I'm going to turn to the side so you can see me. You don't have to.
00:03:15 So you inhale, you reach forward, exhale round your spine, bring your chin to chest. Inhale, exhale. And you can move very slow here slower than I am moving. chest. Inhale, exhale. And you can move very slow here slower than I am moving. So make sure you maybe feel all the tension, all those little knots on your back that come from, you know, being in a very stressful position like going through any fertility challenge. So just taking a moment to move your body to warm those knots so that they can So just taking a moment to move your body to warm those knots so that they can
00:04:06 release melt. Come to a still pose and we're going to come into child's pose. So bring your legs around and back. Tows are touching and you can open your legs wide as wide as your belly so that you can really nicely fit your belly wide as wide as your belly so that you can really nicely fit your belly inside as you come down in front of you. And from here I'm going to suggest that for today you can bring one hand over the other and make a little pillow for
00:04:48 your forehead to drop. As you come into the pose just notice how the lower back feels expensive. With