Four words to improve childbirth education pt 1

When it comes to childbirth education, in Hunyuan Birth we emphasize the importance of using the simple and elegant principles of life, with four easy concepts: unification, separation, inward and outward to help guide expectant couples through the birth process. With these four words, which apply to everyday life, anyone can understand the process and natural flow of birth without needing to memorize numbers, stages, and other technical information.

In Hunyuan medicine, unification is the daily and nightly recharging of our energy and life to support our life for our lifetime. Unification is supported by inward motion into our physical body, including inhaling oxygen, eating healthy food, drinking enough water, and sleeping. Generally, the stronger our inward movement and unification, the better we feel, the more energy we have throughout our day, and even improves aspects such as mood, healthy appetite, normal thirst, and so on.

Separation is the activity we undergo during the day as part of our daily living and relies on our energy, or life, to be able to expand outward to initiate movement in our physical body and engagement of our mind and heart with the exterior environment. When unification is strong, we are easily able to engage in separation activity each day. When separation is sufficient, we are able to obtain enough life via food, water, air, social engagement, to renew our life energy each night.

These same principles also apply to pregnancy and childbirth, meaning, the more we are able to prioritize healthy inward motion and strengthening unification, in other words, live more healthfully, the better we may feel during pregnancy and the more strength we will have preserved for the process of birth. The further we can contemplate how  these simple concepts apply in daily life, the easier it becomes to see how they also apply throughout gestation, birth and the postpartum period. If you find you need help learning where to start to begin focusing on inward movement and unification, we are here to help! Read other posts on this blog, attend our free courses through the Hunyuan Academy, or visit www.birdandbeeacupuncture.com to learn more about the services and classes that we offer to help support healthy pregnancies, healthy births, and healthy life.