The Seven Chakras – An Overview
March 31, 2021
Chakra is often translated as wheel or spinning disk, and is typically seen as a spinning circle of energy. Over the coming weeks, we’ll use the Chakras, seven energy centers, as a filter for examining your infertility experience. By doing so, you’ll gain a better understanding of how bringing these areas in your subtle body into balance can create a positive impact on your inner and outer worlds. But first, what are the chakras?
Why and How to Practice Self-Awareness
March 23, 2021
Self-awareness is a powerful tool, especially when facing life’s curveballs like infertility. The practice of understanding self offers us many benefits, which includes an understanding of:
How to Feel Secure, in Yourself
March 16, 2021
Understanding how you create a strong foundation for yourself on the yoga mat will help you off the mat and in the reproductive endocrinologist’s office. Because when you feel secure in yourself, you’re better able to engage with the world in a way that supports yourself and your infertility journey.
Three Podcasts Talking about Infertility
March 9, 2021
Sometimes it’s helpful to hear other women’s and couple’s stories in order to figure out how you want to proceed with your own journey. Here are three podcasts we recommend for gathering information, feeling like you’re not alone, and gaining an understanding of the different options available to you.
Rumination vs Meditation
March 2, 2021
I hear people often say “I meditate all the time.” When I ask how they do it, or what it's like for them, I often get a similar answer: “I just sit and think about things.” Hmmm… In yoga, we often talk about ‘sitting with it’ but maybe there’s a misunderstanding of what this actually means.
Six Steps to Move the Infertility Needle
February 23, 2021
What does being out of balance feel like to you? Generally, when we feel out of balance it’s usually too much or too little energy. Too much energy typically comes in the form of anxiety, and too little energy (with or without depression) can make it difficult or impossible to take a step forward. If we stay in one of these states long enough we might find ourselves in a place of normalcy, or even worse, feeling both of these feelings at the same time. So what do you do?
One Quick Easy Technique to Reduce Stress – Breathe Deeply
February 16, 2021
Breathing is the one thing we can live without for the shortest period of time. It’s automatic, and it’s rarely something we think about. How’s your breathing? Once we start thinking about our breath we have a tendency to start shaping it and controlling it. Did you do that just now?
Seven Ways to Make Tough Decisions During Infertility
February 3, 2021
We’ve all been there: what do we do? Just to get to this place in your fertility journey you had to make some tough decisions. Pull the goalie, now? Or after my sister’s wedding? Do we want a summer or winter baby? Do we buy the bigger car now or wait until we need enough room for 3 kids? Buy a house? With 4 bedrooms?
How One Woman Overcame the Most Difficult Decision in Her Life
January 26, 2021
Michelle recently sat down (virtually) with Stephanie Sumner from the Quiet Women podcast. During their time together, Michelle shared her understanding of what it means to be a quiet woman, how she chose the childfree path after infertility, and plugged her upcoming book, Love Thyself, First + Always.
A New Beginning Versus a New Cycle.
January 21, 2021
Here in the US, today is inauguration day, and every 4 to 8 years, when this day rolls around, it’s the beginning of a new cycle in our democracy. When we discussed what to write for today, we kept going back and forth on this idea: Is today a ‘new beginning,’ or is it just the start of a ‘new cycle?’ And then we asked each other, what’s the difference? As females, we see this in our monthly cycle, but when you’re trying to conceive, does the end of a cycle signify a new beginning or a new cycle for you? And when you’re going through fertility treatments, does that answer change?