Question:
How can I maintain a good meditation practice during and especially after my pregnancy. I took the PSM class a few months ago and have been meditating twice a day for 30 minutes. It’s been going great although lately, especially after finding out about my pregnancy, my mind is pretty scattered and I find it hard to focus on my mantra. How can I maintain my practice and still enjoy it after the baby is born and I will be extremely tired? This is my second baby.
Answer:
Since this is your second child, you know firsthand how physically demanding it is having an infant. Regarding your meditation practice, it is best to relax your rigorous standards of time and schedule. During pregnancy and afterward, you can meditate as much as is comfortable for you. So if you can fit in 4 minutes here and another 11 minutes there, that’s fine. If you start meditating and immediately fall asleep, that’s great too. Just make sure when you wake up to finish with a few minutes of meditation. If you have an opportunity to do a long meditation of an hour, go for it. And don’t feel bad if sometimes it turns out that you go for a day or so without any meditation. Just do what you can to find some moments here and there when the baby is sleeping and don’t worry for now about trying to keep your old meditation schedule.
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