Guided meditation · 11 min
Love Your Pregnant Self
Look at your pregnant body with pride, trust and tenderness, and start the day feeling at home in it.
With
Nalaya ChakanaRated4.71.3K plays
- Level
- Beginner friendly
- Style
- Guided meditation
- Sound
- Voice with soft music
- Best time
- Early morning
About this session
- Builds self-love
- Softens self-talk
- Honors your body
- Calms the mind
This eleven-minute meditation opens with three long breaths, in through the nose and out through the mouth. Then Nalaya Chakana asks you to notice how you speak to yourself, and offers new words in their place: strong, soft, wise, a vessel for life. You rest in trust for your body's own intelligence.
It's made for expectant mothers who want to feel kinder toward a changing body. Use it early in the day to set a warm tone, or whenever doubt, tiredness or comparison creeps in. It leaves room for hard days too, and asks you to dream of the mother you're becoming.
After the session
01
A kinder inner voice
Replace harsh self-talk with warmer, truer words.
02
Trust in your body
Feel confident in its knowing, stage by stage.
03
Peace with change
Welcome the changes you love and dislike.
04
Pride in who you're becoming
Picture a softer, wiser, more loving mother.
Who it’s for
Yes, if…
- Expectant mothers who feel uneasy about their changing bodies
- Anyone who wants a gentle, loving start to the morning
- Women who have been hard on themselves during pregnancy
- Mothers-to-be who want a quiet moment to connect with their baby and themselves
Not now, if…
- Those looking for an energising or high-focus practice
- People who prefer silent meditation (this is guided)
- Anyone who isn't pregnant and wants a general self-love track
Questions people ask
Still unsure? Ask your assistant anything about this session.
Why does the meditation ask about my inner dialogue?
It begins from the idea that your thoughts are powerful, especially the ones you have about yourself. You're invited to notice whether your self-talk has been uplifting and empowering lately. If it hasn't, the meditation helps you change it, and if it has, it helps you build on it.
How should I breathe at the start?
Take three deep breaths, in through the nose and out through the mouth. On the inhale you let your lungs and body fill with pure air, life force and positivity. On the exhale you make it long, slow and directed, letting go of thoughts and worries. Then you take one more round before moving on.
What words does it use to describe me?
You hear that you are beautiful, strong, soft and wise, and divine in your ability to create another life from your own flesh and bones. It calls you a vessel for life to grow, something both ordinary and extraordinary. These are phrases you can carry into your day.
What if I dislike some of the changes in my body?
The meditation says to embrace the changes you love and the ones you don't like as much. It doesn't ask you to pretend. You're asked to be proud of who you are and who you're becoming, and of the choices you already make for your child.
What if I'm having a hard day and can't feel positive?
The meditation speaks to this directly. On days you doubt yourself, feel down or are overwhelmed, it says that is okay too, and that you're allowed to feel whatever you need to feel. Your thoughts are relevant, your feelings valid, your desires legitimate and your dreams important.
What is the dream at the end?
You're invited to dream of a new, wiser and softer version of yourself. She is an expansive mother who can feel more, care more and love more. Most of all, she is a mother who loves her baby and herself.