25 Ways to Awaken Your Birth Power by Danette Watson & Stephanie Corkhill Hyles
25 Ways to Awaken Your Birth Power by Danette Watson & Stephanie Corkhill Hyles
25 Ways to Awaken Your Birth Power (Book)
Danette Watson & Stephanie Corkhill Hyles Many women prepare for birth with the goal of feeling more in control. But we are not meant to be in control of birth any more than we are meant to be in control of the beating of our own hearts or the development of our baby in utero.
Your subconscious mind, the orchestra conductor of your body, is in control of birth, just as it controls most of your vital, involuntary functions like heartbeat and breathing. Your subconscious knows how to lead your body through childbirth; your main job is to stay healthy and to learn to facilitate this process.
Stress, tension and fear put the subconscious on alert, causing a physiological response that negatively affects birth. Feeling relaxed, positive and trusting communicates to your subconscious that all is well causing a healthy physiological response that positively affects birth.
Some of the basic tools you need to achieve this relaxed, positive state are deep breathing, visualization and a clear, empowered focus. 25 Ways to Awaken Your Birth Power gives you these tools and many more in a beautifully presented and user-friendly book and CD set.
With these tools, you will give birth in your own unique and wonderful way and emerge from birth feeling empowered.
25 Ways to Awaken Your Birth Power is interactive. It is written as a breathing exercise/meditation/visualisation. You can read through the body of the book following the breathing prompts or you can listen to the CD and be guided through each page.
At the front and back of the book there are separate sections that deepen your understanding of birth, birth power, and how to use this book, such as: Breathing Tips, A Fresh Look at the Birth Process: The Body-Mind Connection, What Actually Happens When You Awaken Your Birth Power, and Characteristics that Awaken Your Birth Power.
The Authors Danette Watson
Danette is a Certified Childbirth Educator, NACE, a doula and an active lobbyist for maternity services reform in Australia. She lives in rural NSW with her husband and three children, all born at home.
"My greatest desire is that you will look inside and see all the strength, love, beauty and wisdom you possess. I hope this book can guide you to that place of trust and empowerment. You can do this!"
Stephanie Corkhill Hyles
Stephanie graduated with a degree in Art Education, COFA, University of NSW and teaches both privately and in schools. Stephanie is also a professional artist who exhibits in solo and group shows each year. She is the mother of two children.
"Having positive people, images and text around you when you are pregnant has a definite impact on the whole birth experience and is invaluable to how you emerge during and after giving birth. To trust in your own mind and let it lead you to a positive birth experience is the most wonderful and empowering notion of all."
Danette and Stephanie offer a range of workshops in Australia (and a limited few in the United States) based on 25 Ways to Awaken Your Birth Power for women, couples, doulas, and childbirth educators.
