The Yes, You Can Get Pregnant Fertility Enhancing Acupressure Guide
The exercise of acupressure is not a replacement for the powerful medicine of acupuncture; rather it is meant to be an additional therapy you and your partner can practice in the comfort of your own home to enhance & optimize fertility. Here are the important steps to your new acupressure ritual:
Your Commitment:
Practice 3-5 of these acupressure points on yourself & your partner for 1-2 minutes every day for the next 30 days (or more). There are ten recommended points, so you can do 5 one day and the other 5 the next day or break them up over 3 days. It is ideal to do all the recommended points, but you don’t have to do all then of them every day. To make sure you get this in, schedule it in your calendar and make it a part of your DAILY morning or evening routine. Say, “YES!” to putting this new ritual on your calendar now!
Your Mantras:
Each acupressure point comes with its own Yes, You Can Get Pregnant mantra. These mantras should be repeated, either to yourself or out loud, while applying acupressure to the recommended points. Extra credit: do the acupressure with your partner & say the mantras out loud, together. This will further sync up your fertile energy as a couple.
Your Benefits:
So you can further support your fertile body on its path to optimal fertility, knclicow that your new acupressure ritual will bring you free flowing energy (aka Qi) throughout your body, healthy blood flow to your reproductive organs, balanced hormones, a calmer nervous system & a greater sense of peace. Remember: taking care of YOU is the most important step in optimal health & fertility. When you prioritize your body & it’s health, your body & health will support you on your path to pregnancy.
OK, let’s get started!
Watch the Yes, You Can Get Pregnant acupressure video below & start using your new favorite at-home fertility enhancing tool! In this video, I will go over the benefits of acupressure and the location, description and benefit of each of the acupuncture points I want you to apply acupressure to on a daily basis. Follow along using the information below… don’t forget to repeat your mantras and get your partner involved!
(but before you watch the video, print out this worksheet so you can take notes during the video)
For ease, below is the worksheet as well:
Acupuncture points (each point is located bilaterally, except the two that are noted. This means that each acupuncture point is on both the left & right side of your body; apply acupressure to both the left and right sided acupuncture points.)
Du 20
Point Name: 100 Meeting
Benefit: Calms your spirit, relaxes your body & lifts your energy. This point is great for lifting your energy when you feel tired but it’s also used to help raise and lift the energy to help hold a pregnancy.
Location: On the top-most point of your head, directly above the midpoint of your forehead hairline. You can easily find this point by placing your thumbs on the uppermost point of your ear lobes and then allowing your middle fingers to meet; at the meeting point of your middle fingers on your head is where this point is. This point is located on your midline, not on both the left & right side of your body.
Directions: Apply a light tapping technique at this point for 30-60 seconds. Tap with the intention of delicately activating & awakening the energy of this acupuncture point. Repeat your mantra while tapping this point.
Mantra: I am clear. I am bright. I am strong.
Du 26
Point name: Water Trough
Benefit: Calms mania, eases your nervous system & opens your mind up to possibilities
Location: On the midline, above your upper lip.
Directions: Apply a light tapping technique at this point for 30-60 seconds. Tap with the intention of delicately activating & awakening the energy of this acupuncture point. Repeat your mantra while tapping this point.
Mantra: Healthy & abundant energy flows throughout my body.
Kidney 27
Point name: Shu Mansion or Storehouse
Benefit: Opens your chest, relieves anxiety, lessens sorrow, awakens your spirit and allows you to move from a place of feeling emotionally depleted to a place of feeling invigorated and vital.
Location: On your chest along the lower border of the clavicle (AKA your collarbone), about 2 inches out from the midline of your chest.
Directions: Apply a light tapping technique at this point for 30-60 seconds. Tap with the intention of delicately activating & awakening the energy of this acupuncture point. Repeat your mantra while tapping this point.
Mantra: I let go of grief & sadness. I allow myself to be be healed.
Ren 17
Point name: Central Altar
Benefit: Opens the chest (physically) & the heart (emotionally), boosts Qi, eases your mind & allows for more restful sleep.
Location: On the midline of your chest, at the midpoint between your two nipples. This point is located on your midline, not on both the left & right side of your body.
Directions: Apply a light tapping technique at this point for 30-60 seconds. Tap with the intention of delicately activating & awakening the energy of this acupuncture point. Repeat your mantra while tapping this point.
Mantra: I am open to receive love, joy & abundant fertility.
Kidney 16
Point name: Vitals Shu
Benefit: Activates & stimulates your entire reproductive system, awakens fertility, regulates your immune system & boosts your essence.
Location: One inch on either side of your belly button
Directions: Apply gentle acupressure in a clockwise motion (as if you are the clock) for 30-60 seconds while repeating your mantra.
Mantra: I am fertile.
Heart 7
Point name: Spirit Gate
Benefit: Calms the spirit, regulates & tonifies your heart (emotionally & spiritually), allows for more restful sleep, awakens memory & regulates mood swings
Location: At your inner wrist joint, on the pinky finger side, in the depression about ½ inch below the junction where your palm meets your wrist.
Directions: Apply gentle acupressure in a clockwise motion (as if you are the clock) for 30-60 seconds while repeating your mantra.
Mantra: I am feeling all of my emotions. I love all of me.
Liver 8
Point name: Spring At The Bend
Benefit: Vitalizes your genitals, invigorates blood flow to your reproductive organs (particularly the uterus), nourishes blood & eases any feelings of insecurity or unworthiness.
Location: With your knee flexed, the point is found in a tiny depression about 1 inch above the inner aspect of crease created by flexing your knee.
Directions: Apply gentle acupressure in a clockwise motion (as if you are the clock) for 30-60 seconds while repeating your mantra.
Mantra: I am giving birth to the healthiest version of myself because I deserve it.
Stomach 36
Point name: Three Leg Mile
Benefit: harmonizes digestion, enhances absorption of nutrition from your foods, tonifies your Qi & blood, regulates your immune system & strengthens your spirit.
Location: 3 inches below your knee (about the width of four fingers), 1 fingerbreadth to lateral side of your shin bone.
Directions: Apply gentle acupressure in a clockwise motion (as if you are the clock) for 30-60 seconds while repeating your mantra.
Mantra: I am nourished. I am whole.
Kidney 6
Point name: Shining Sea
Benefit: Nourishes your essence, brings healthy blood flow to your reproductive organs, balances your hormones and calms your spirit.
Location: On your inner ankle, in the depression just below the inner ankle bone (AKA medial malleolus).
Directions: Apply gentle acupressure in a clockwise motion (as if you are the clock) for 30-60 seconds while repeating your mantra.
Mantra: I have balanced hormones. My egg quality (or sperm quality) is improving.
Spleen 3
Point name: Supreme White
Benefit: Nourishes & supplements your digestive organs, grounds you emotionally & regulates Qi flow throughout your body.
Location: On the inside of your foot, along the side just below the first joint of your big toe.
Directions: Apply gentle acupressure in a clockwise motion (as if you are the clock) for 30-60 seconds while repeating your mantra.
Mantra: I am rooted in self love. I am worthy of all I desire.
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FAQ’s
How long should I do acupressure on the recommended acupuncture points? Do each point for about 1 minute on each side of your body.
Can I do this more than once per day? Sure! You can massage these points throughout your day but you don’t need to. I say doing each point 1-2 times per day is sufficient. You can massage the points as often as you’d like throughout the day. I recommend 1-3x/day.
Do I have to use a specific finger or do it a special way? You can use whatever finger feels the most comfortable. Apply pressure in a clockwise fashion (as if you are the clock) with enough pressure to push a thumbtack into a cork board. For the points that I suggest using the tapping method, you can use several fingers at once. Most importantly, do what is most comfortable for you and your partner.
The point hurts, is that normal? Yes, feeling tenderness at some or all of these points is normal and also a sign that there is some Qi blocked at the point. Doing the acupressure regularly will really help regulate the function of the acupuncture point.
I feel sad/angry/anxious after doing the acupressure, is that normal? Acupuncture points are potent energy reservoirs and that means that doing acupressure on them can cause some emotions to release. This is a good thing as we want those emotions to come up and out. Embrace them and be kind to yourself.
I can still feel the point after I have finished the acupressure. Feeling something at the acupuncture point, like an achey or a pulsation or an itch, after completing your acupressure is normal. In fact, it’s a good sign. It shows that you have activated the point and the benefits are still taking effect.
My partner doesn’t want to take part. That’s a bummer as they can really help your partner (male or female) too. But don’t force it. Rather than getting upset with them, send them love and know that they are on their own path to healing & fertility. Take a moment to visualize them eventually coming around and joining you in this practice.
One side hurts more than the other. This is totally normal. As you continue this practice, the soreness should subside. Also note that some of these points are more tender at different times of your cycle.
How hard do I press these acupuncture points? Is more pressure more effective? No. Apply just enough pressure that you feel it, but don’t press so hard that you cause a bruise. I like to think about how much pressure it would take to press a thumbtack into a cork board and that’s the perfect amount of pressure for acupressure.
I just got a positive pregnancy test (YAY!), can I still practice the acupressure? CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! I knew you would! Yes, all of the points I recommend here are pregnancy safe. However, cut back to only doing these points once per day.
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