IMAGE DURING PREGNANCY

~ Expanding with Grace ~

by Kira Cook, MayaPrenatal 25 June 2025

Your body is not betraying you.
It is blooming.

Even when it feels unfamiliar. Even when old clothes no longer fit and the mirror reflects someone new.
You are expanding — not just in size, but in strength, in soul, in spirit.

Pregnancy transforms you. This is not a return to anything — it’s a becoming.
And some days, that becoming feels radiant. Other days, it feels raw.

In MayaPrenatal, I invite you to meet your changing body with celebration instead of scrutiny. To remember: this isn’t just growth — it’s grace in motion.

🌿Yoga to Celebrate Your Body

Let your practice become a joyful reclaiming. Move in a way that feels alive, energizing, and reverent. You are not broken — you are powerful

🌸Try this energizing, heart-opening mini-sequence

Modified Sun Salutations – Flow slowly, bend knees generously, raise your arms like an offering
Warrior II (Virabhadrasana II) – Feet grounded wide, arms strong, heart open
Goddess Pose (Utkata Konasana) – Feel your hips widen, your breath deepen, your presence expand
Pigeon Pose (Eka Pada Rajakapotasana) – Invite release into the hips, let go of what you no longer need
Parivrtta Janu Sirsasana – A gentle twist and stretch to make space for breath and baby

Let these movements not be a way to fix or shape the body — but a way to come home to it.

🌙Affirmation for Embodied Grace

"I meet each change with strength.
I celebrate each curve as a mark of creation.
My body is a sacred unfolding."

💫Reflections on Self-Love

Body image in pregnancy is not about loving every inch, every day.
It’s about choosing respect, even when you don’t feel adoration.
It’s about choosing to stay present, even when the changes feel overwhelming.
It’s about remembering: this body is not in the way — it is the way.

✨Final Thought

Let go of the idea that beauty must be small, controlled, or the same as before.
You are not meant to shrink to be loved.
You are meant to grow, to take up space, to shine from within.

This is your season of expansion.
And you are breathtaking.

with love, Kira