Meet Urvi Shah, Inner Serenity Life Coaching and Mindfullness
When we think of preparing for parenthood, our minds often go to the image of a pregnant person with the prenatal vitamins and the birth classes. We have entire industries around supporting expectant parents through the physical and emotional journey of pregnancy. But what about the parents who are waiting in a different way?
If you are walking the path of adoption, surrogacy, foster care, or donor conception, your journey to parenthood is just as real, just as sacred, and just as deserving of intentional preparation, including the inner kind. The waiting, the uncertainty, and the longing call for the same care and attention we pour into any other road to becoming a parent. And that work doesn't stop the moment your child comes home. If anything, it deepens.
The inner preparation for parenthood is not a phase you complete. It's a practice you grow into, through the waiting, through the homecoming, through the hard and beautiful years of raising a child. The nervous system that carried you through an adoption process is the same one your child will look to for safety and co-regulation. The mindfulness tools that helped you stay grounded during uncertainty are the same ones that will help you show up with presence and intention as a parent.
That's exactly why we wanted to sit down with Urvi Shah, a spiritual coach, healer, and author whose work lives at the intersection of mindfulness and motherhood. Through her practice, Inner Serenity, Urvi has created a safe space for women and mothers of all backgrounds to reframe their thoughts, regulate their nervous systems, and step into conscious motherhood using tools like energy work and mindfulness. But beyond her credentials, Urvi brings something even more powerful to this conversation: she knows what it means to wait. She walked her own long journey to becoming a mom, and she carries that experience into every woman she supports.
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Please introduce yourself: My name is Urvi, I am a spiritual coach and healer and author working with women on their motherhood journey. I support women to reframe their thoughts, patterns, emotional state and regulate their nervous system using spiritual modalities like energy work and mindfulness. I would say though, my most precious title in life is a mother. I went through my own long journey to become a mom and know what it's like to wait to finally hold a baby in your arms. Inner Serenity is a practice that I started in 2020 after receiving certification as a coach. It has grown into a safe space for supporting women and mothers of all all different backgrounds. I focus on conscious parenting or conscious motherhood like how to build a practice of being conscious of your energy and how it impacts your kids.
How did you get started in your personal mindfulness journey? I actually was taught as a child from my parents. As I grew up, I thought it wasn't what all the cool kids were doing and gave it up. It wasn't unitl my 20s when I had severe anxiety and panic attacks that I went back to it. I started out with 5 min meditations on Headspace and it just grew from there. I always felt close to God/Source growing up, and always knew I had certain gifts. I just never knew what to do with them so I ignored them and tried to live life like everyone else. But, that didn't last too long. Once I started back, it was more of knowing myself and building a close relationship to my intuition and God.
How can mindfulness help parents who are going through adoption, surrogacy, fostering, or donor conception? Mindfulness helps support our nervous system in feeling safe in times of stress or challenging moments. It also allows us to stay balanced in life and find the calm in the chaos. It allows us to see the full picture without making decisions that can be based on fear or emotions. I also feel it helps you build a strong relationship with your self, allowing yourself to know that you are loved and protected always.
What are some misconceptions about mindfulness? One of the biggest misconceptions of mindfulness is that you have to be religious or spiritual to practice it. You don't have to be part of any religion or even believe in God to practice mindfulness. The second one is that you have to do it in a certain way or for a certain duration. You can really start off with 60 secs and any modality within that works for you is perfect. Lastly, think people feel that there is a certain outcome after the exercises and feel sad when they don't reach that. Mindfulness will unlock things in all of us but it happens at it's own time.
What do parents need in order to start practicing mindfulness? They have everything --THEMSELVES! Download an app like Insight Timer or find Youtube videos on sound frequencies or guided meditations to help. Once you create a space that feels safe to practice, you really can start with just 2-3 mins of meditation or breathwork or journaling. Building the habit of sitting with your thoughts instead of running from them.
What are some simple mindfulness techniques parents can start with?
I love the box breath - it's a simple 4 count - 4 breaths to inhale, 4 counts pause, 4 breaths to exhale, 4 counts pause. Repeat. This will help with bringing calm in stressful moments.
How can people learn more about you and what you do?
You can book an intro call. I offer 1-1 coaching, group coaching programs and also other spiritual healing services. I generally work with parents that are looking to do things differently after being so stressed out about things. They are looking for more ease in life.
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Thank you Urvi for sharing these basics about mindfullness! Urvi will be back on the blog sharing more about mindfulness in preparing for an adoption or surrogacy journey. You can connect with Urvi on Instagram, or on her website and podcast.