When women are healthy, well-nourished and well cared for with strong support systems, pregnancy and birth are safe. Physiological birth is an amazing natural and instinctive process that usually occurs without outside coaching or interference. When a well nourished woman is undisturbed in labour, (more…)
Our February 2013 weekend Spiritualbirth workshop was sublime as we each embarked on spiritual journeys of self discovery and mutual recognition under the summer sky. A journey that began with intense theory culminated in a symbol of love and unity (more…)
Marianne is hosting a Spiritual Birth Workshop in Scarborough, Cape Town on the weekend of the 16th and 17th February 2013. With a panoramic view of nature and the ocean, this idyllic location is a perfect place in which to explore the spiritual effects of natural birth! (more…)
Another successful vaginal birth after 2 caesarians was achieved by Keri-Lynn and I can’t help sharing these lovely pictures of her just after the birth of her son: a whopping 4145gms! (more…)
The idea of our own Midwifery and Birth Conference with a South African flavour was born in the care during many journeys and discussions while travelling to homebirths with Ruth, my apprentice. Meanwhile, on travels in India, my good friend, Dr Gauri Lowe, was inspired by a similar concept and the idea took off. We have a wealth (more…)
The idea that an unborn baby in the womb experiences feelings, absorbing and processing stimuli from the environment, is relatively new. Until the early 1950′s it was thought that babies did not experience pain and that unborn babies were unable to feel or receive sensory information. The placenta was thought to be a barrier between the mother and baby until (more…)
A true midwife operates from a place of deep respect and reverence for life. She understands suffering and is therefore capable of magnanimous compassion. Such a midwife is able to stand in her strength yet be as flexible as a willow branch in the wind, in order to withold her projections and refrain from disturbing the process of labour and birth. A good midwife tends her spiritual garden and nurtures it, making sure she herself is nourished from the Divine Source. (more…)
