Garbh means womb and sanskar means teaching good things or instilling good values. So Garbh Sanskar means educating an unborn child. Garbh Sanskar is the practice of a few simple activities that contribute towards social, physical , spiritual, mental well-being of both mother and child.
How does the pregnant woman connect to her baby using Garbh Sanskar?
Let’s say you watched a webshow today that was full of murders and violence. Did you know that the thoughts it generated in you reached the baby promptly? The opposite works in Garbh Sanskar practice.
Garbh Sanskar tells us that listening to harmonizing music or reading good text reaches positive qualities or “Satwa Guna” to the baby. He is affected by the mother’s good thoughts, her listening to pleasant music and her reading stories of good deeds.
Mothers have immense powers, second only to God, to create certain qualities in us. Yes, women have the power of designing the human mind in the womb itself. The only time a human’s DNA can be changed is in the womb and mothers play the all-important role.
There is scientific evidence which proves that a baby in the womb can respond to external stimuli that impinge on mum. If she is not happy or is struggling with stress, fear or anxiety during pregnancy it creates negative pressure on the baby’s nervous system.
In a nutshell, the connection is like a ‘Mental’ Umbilical Cord. The pregnant woman is impacting her baby with: