Angela Sacco talks with Heather about how to give birth through the perspective of yoga.

In the interview we talk about:

How sounds during labour support opening of your cervix (and what sounds to make)

Breath, and its role in birthing your baby

How the vagus nerve supports you in staying in a regulated parasympathetic state and staying out of sympathetic fight or flight

The connection between fear and pain

Visualizing (and how it’s ok if it’s not a strategy that you lean on)

How much a sense of community is underestimated in supporting pregnancy and motherhood

The number one question parents ask Angela

Trusting your instincts

What you really need when you have your baby (spoiler: it’s not as much as you think)

Angela’s roles, past and present, as doula, yoga instructor, and owner of Between Mothers in St. Catharines Ontario

And much more

We also get interrupted by a phone ringing and a cat meowing (#reallife)

To learn more about Angela, go to betweenmothers.ca, facebook.com/betweenmothers

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Credits:

🎵 Music: Jordan Wood