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While technological advancements have enriched our lives in ways, we are more disconnected than ever to the rhythms and power of nature. Nowhere is this more evident than in the way our culture approaches childbirth. Modern obstetric "management' of labor and birth introduces a cascade of technological interventions that takes power away from the birthing woman. What was once a healthy, normal process has been turned into a high-tech event.
Also, thanks to mainstream media and cultural depictions of birth, we are conditioned to fear birth and the "pain" of labor, creating a resistance that makes it difficult to surrender to the instinctive workings of our birthing bodies. Motivated by a fear of pain, women set out to take control over
it by rushing into acceptance of epidurals and other procedures
designed to “lessen the pain of labor” but which actually interfere with
the natural physiological course of birth, make further intervention necessary, often resulting in cesarean birth.
But more and more women are returning to the realization that childbirth is a beautiful and powerful experience and that there are tremendous physical, mental, emotional and spiritual benefits for both mother and baby when the process is allowed to unfold as nature intended. Women are
reborn themselves as they birth their babies, and in most instances,
birth can proceed joyfully, naturally, with support rather than
intervention. Conscious, natural birth is a gift women are given for a deep spiritual awakening. The yogaBIRTH program is designed
to help women rediscover their inherent potential to give birth
in this way - naturally, joyfully, without a over-reliance on unnecessary medical
intervention and with an appreciation for the physical, psycho-emotional and spiritual benefits of a natural approach.
