Spiraling Hips for Labor

Spiraling for Pregnancy & Birth

The seasons, the galaxies, the molecules in our cells, wind, women’s sexual cycles, and the baby being born through the pelvis all move in spirals. Our minds process information in a non-linear way, we cycle through our thoughts through our daily rhythms and nightly dream cycles. Learn to recognize the cycles in your life, by honoring the cycles of the sun and moon, your menstrual cycles, and the birth year cycle.

There are two directions to the spiral: expansion and contraction.

During birth, do you want to experience contractions or expansions?

Practice spiraling your hips regularly during pregnancy to prepare for birth. Assist your baby to be born through your pelvis by making spiraling movements with your pelvis during labor, similar to hula-hooping or bellydancing. Bellydancing and other sacred fertility dances were used for hundreds of years to prepare women for childbirth.

Vanda Scaravelli, yogini and author, writes in Awakening the Spine that “we have to avoid angular movements and adopt circular, spiral ones”. She refers to this movement as “spiral-circumpheric” and describes the gentle spiraling gestures of the body as a way to deepen yoga practice through healthful movement.

Creating spiraling movements with the spine and pelvis aligns the vertebrae and nurtures coordination of the body and mind. Spiraling results in the embodied remembering of the natural movements of children free of neuromuscular restrictions.

Midwife-led Birth is Safest

Yet another research study confirms what midwives and mamas have known forever: midwives offer optimal care for pregnant and birthing women.

The Cochrane Review has published a new study on Midwife-led versus other models of care for childbearing women. The study showed numerous benefits, more positive outcomes, and less interventions and complications with midwifery care.

The authors concluded that: "All women should be offered midwife-led models of care and women should be encouraged to ask for this option."

Thanks to Heather from Australia at Birthing Spirit for the link!

Online Birth Classes Special!

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"Consuming Kids" Movie

Wow, I'm really interested in seeing the movie "Consuming Kids: The Commercialization of Childhood" which sheds light upon the disturbing, pervasive, and unregulated industry of marketing to children in the United States. Thanks to Ginger for the head's up!

Also take a look at the Consuming Kids Special Feature Video "What Parents Can Do":

Conscious Birthing Interview

Listen to a wonderful talk on Conscious Birthing with Elena Tonetti-Vladimirova, the director of the phenomenal birth DVD "Birth As We Know It" on Raw Vegan Radio. 

Click here to listen: Raw Facts On Conscious Birthing

I love the birth film "Birth As We Know It" and I highly recommend it to all to watch, whether you are planning to have children in the future, are pregnant now, or care about humanity. Here's some more discussion about waterbirth, conscious birthing, limbic imprinting, circumcision, healing birth trauma, and more in this great talk.