Floating on a Cloud: Pregnancy Meditation for Surrender
In this episode of The Breath and Birth Co Podcast, hospital-based DONA-International Certified Birth Doula Vanessa leads listeners through a calming guided meditation. Tailored for expectant mothers, this meditation focuses on surrendering to the birthing process and trusting your body's natural wisdom. Vanessa provides step-by-step instructions to help you relax, release tension, and build confidence in your body's ability to birth. Tune in to feel supported, informed, and empowered on your pregnancy and birth journey.
Why Surrender Matters in Birth Preparation
So often in pregnancy, we’re bombarded with things to do, prepare, or control. But birth is not a test of productivity—it’s an invitation to soften. To open. To allow.
This meditation offers a visual journey that reminds you: your body is wise. Your baby is wise. And you are already so much more ready than you realize.
What to Expect in This Guided Practice
You’ll begin by finding stillness, tuning into your breath, and letting go of tension. From there, you’ll visualize yourself floating on a gentle, supportive cloud—a symbol of trust and release. As you’re carried effortlessly through a peaceful sky, affirmations guide you into deeper surrender, reminding you:
• “I trust my body.”
• “I trust my baby.”
• “I surrender to the process.”
It’s a short, soul-soothing pause that can be returned to anytime during pregnancy, early labor, or whenever fear and tension begin to rise.
How to Use This Meditation
🧘♀️ Save it for your daily grounding practice in the third trimester.
🧘♀️ Use it as a visualization tool while creating your birth vision.
🧘♀️ Listen with your birth partner to invite calm into your shared preparation.
🧘♀️ Come back to it during early labor when you’re seeking a sense of trust and safety.
Gentle Reminders from the Meditation
✨ You don’t have to control everything.
✨ Surrender is not weakness—it’s wisdom.
✨ You are supported, held, and deeply capable.
Ready to float?
🎧 Listen to Episode 27 now: “Floating on a Cloud – Surrendering & Letting Go”
Let it be your breath break, your nervous system reset, your anchor in the storm.
And remember—
You are supported. You are strong. You are ready.
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