Episode 28: The Birth of a Mother with Jess Osie
“Mothers and women, there seems to be quite a ripe theme of unworthiness. Let´s challenge that.”
-Jess Osie
Episode Summary
When we become a mother, we take on an ancient role that extends far beyond simply feeding and clothing our children. In this episode, we speak with our good friend and colleague Jess Osie, Vedic Meditation teacher and the founder of the Vedic Mamas Circle, a group she created specifically to support meditating mothers in all stages of motherhood.
Between laughter and tears, Isabel and Kristen discuss with Jess all the nuances of being a mom in today’s crazy world–everything from “mom guilt,” to parenting during Covid, to embracing the beautiful mess. Then they take the lens wider and speak about the “big M” Mother, and how am awakening of the Divine Mothering consciousness in all of us is what our world needs to heal. Whether you are a mother, have a mother, or know a mother, you will take something away from this conversation.
Jess will be starting the next round of the Vedic Mamas Circle November 3, 2021. If you are interested in joining this 5-week online journey dedicated to honoring and nurturing the sacred role of being a mother, you can sign up here: https://www.jessosie.com/vedic-mamas-circle
Highlights
2.00 meditator moms – teaching a whole community
2.30 Vedic Mamas circle –
“There is a gap that mothers experience when they become mothers. It is a program for mothers at any stage of the journey because the essence is really to honor and nurture the role of mother and really recognize what that is.” Jess
3.13 “Becoming a mother for me was really about putting that enlightenment -to the test- tested my state of consciousness and all these things that I learned. In the most beautiful but raw way”. Jess
3.40 A space to be held and share realness and reality of the experience of becoming a mother.
8.00 Demands of life on steroids is what being a mom is
9.00 As a society how much are we honoring the role of Mother?
“We´re providing for the next generation. We´re the inspiration for the next generation. We´re educating the next generation. That role of mother. And its huge. It is an absolutely pivotal role in society, if not the most important.” Jess
15.30 Adaptation energy as a mom
16.46 As women we are so hard on ourselves
17.32 Feelings of unworthiness and guilt as a mother
18.40 “What children really require is us to be there in the important moments and for us to have the quality of our soma, our flow of consciousness, being really nourishing and really available. “Jess
19.20 Biological aspect of a mother, her reaction time increases with less stress.
20.49 Conditioning that mothers and women feel unworthy.
“Mothers and women there seems to be quite a ripe theme of unworthiness. Let´s challenge that. “Jess
21.41 What is adaptation energy?
23.08 You deserve the best – it´s a directive.
24.00 Challenges of the divine masculine and divine feminine in this creation cycle
24.09 Realizing our power as women
25.25 “Our children want us to be our full selves and they need us to be our full selves. And to live our full lives because we are not there just to change their diapers. We are there to be an example to them.” Kristen
26.10 Children are soma bandits
26.30 Mothers - The sun of the solar system of the families.
“We are the sun of the solar system of the family as mothers. And the degree to which we radiate will help warm and support all those in our event horizon. Kristen
26.50 Children learn by imitating what we do
29.00 Wanting to show up and evolve.
30.30 Being present
35.00 The most memorable and joyful moments of motherhood
36.00 Letting go of expectations and surrender –
36.40 This is the best moment of my day
“It´s the time when we are the most present and alive and joyful is in the mundane.” Jess
37.40 “Life is really to be lived. And I think that´s another gift that motherhood has given me. It really reminds you of what´s important. Just being able to simply be in the present moment no matter what’s unfolding, no matter how chaos is going to unfold later in the day.” Jess
38.20 Control vs Enjoyment
40.39 The shared experience with other mothers
41.37 You are not alone
42.37 The Instagram mom
44.50 The mundane is the nectar
45.10 Vedic babies
46.33 “These children are here with their own divine missions.” Kristen
50.19 Mothering as a verb (not just if we have kids or not) The Big M Mother
52.22 All inclusivity. “I was just thinking of this big metaphorical mama hugging the entire world. And well, what is that? It is our capability to be compassionate. It´s our capability to be really empathize. How do we truly perceive what it feels like to be another even though we are not in that body? And how do we hold space for that and at the same time it might be a different opinion to us. Or it might be a different set of behaviors to how we might do things. But really collaborating and joining forces and having this all-inclusive mentality like everyone is allowed to be here and everyone is allowed to shine and hey how do we do this together to make the best possible outcome for everyone. To me that´s what the mother energy is. What the divine feminine is. It´s going forward, it´s taking a step forward from where we currently are in the most collaborative and compassionate way.” Jess
54.06 The chain breaking with mother lineage
56.50 The importance of community
57.20 Feminine energy has always been inside
57.35 The infinite chain
57.52 “I remember being in India recently and I was missing my mom and dealing with some things with that. I just went into the Ganga early one morning and suddenly in my head I heard a `it was always me´ and being, I knew what that meant. It was I´m here in Ma Ganga, this mother river and it was anything you felt that was mothering, that was always me. It was so healing just to have that. I credit meditation for being able to access that layer, to get those messages.” Kristen
58.40 “When you can access that bigger mother within you then suddenly everyone is your child.” Kristen
59.50 Durga – Endurance
1.03 Info to join Vedic Mamas Circle