Pregnancy changes the body's relationship to movement in ways that are profound, constant, and not always predictable. Your centre of gravity shifts. The ligaments loosen! The hormonal processes can effect every joint in the body, not just the ones you're using. The diaphragm is compressed. The cardiovascular system is working harder than usual just to sustain the baseline. Balance changes. Energy is unreliable. What felt accessible last week may not feel accessible today.

A consistent breathwork practice in pregnancy does something specific: it trains your nervous system to regulate. Not to avoid stress (not possible) but to move through it and return to baseline more efficiently. And your capacity to spike and return, to feel overwhelmed and come back? That is exactly what labor will ask of you. Every contraction is a wave your nervous system needs to meet and move through. What I wish everyone knew: the woman who has been practicing regulation for months arrives at that experience MUCH differently than the one who hasn't.