We offer these suggestions based on our own experience and understanding, but what works for one person doesn’t always work for the next. So please always work with your own intuition, keep checking in and doing what feels right for you on your path to better health.
Yoga poses
Breathing & Relaxation
Yogic Three-Part Breath
Brahmari Breath
Golden Thread Breath
Bija Mantra
Potions
Aromatherapy Oils
Lavender
Tea tree oil – on wound
Milk Thistle Tincture
Bach Floral Rescue Remedy
Chakra balancing
C-section complications can be a sign of an imbalanced sacral and root chakras.
Click to find out more about the chakras and how you can work towards balancing them.
Books
‘Yoni Shakti’ - Uma Dinsmore-Tul
‘Dancing with the Moon’ - Emma Després
’Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom’ - Dr Christiane Northrup
Audios
All of our Yoga Nidra audios
Yogic Sleep - A Guided Relaxation
Chakra Balancing Relaxation
Affirmations
“I trust in myself and the earth to support me during birth”
“Birth is amazing”
“I surrender to my birth experience”
“I lovingly welcome my baby into the world”
”I have a wonderful birth”
”I am healing physically, mentally and emotionally”
”My body is strong and so am I”
”Everything is well with my baby and I”
Before a C-Section…
Walking, swimming, yoga and keeping fit during pregnancy
Keeping iron levels as high as possible with an iron rich diet
Positive thinking
After a C-Section
Dark chocolate (organic 70%)!
Arnica – cream for the wound itself (and tummy) and tablets for internal bruising
Strong probiotics (to counter effect of antibiotics)
Tablespoon of flax seed soaked overnight and drunk in morning to support digestive system
Reiki to encourage balance and grounding
Pelvic Floor Exercises
Swimming
Iron rich diet