Birthdances

One of my heroes: Ina May Gaskin... Some day I will make it to the Farm God willing..

Are we Having Babies All Wrong? A Q&A With Legendary Midwife Ina May Gaskin Today, women still travel far and wide to give birth on the Farm, and Gaskin's methods have the respect of clinicians around the world (there is even an obstetric maneuver named after her.) Now 71, she is credited with reviving what was essentially a dead profession in the U.S., inspiring scores of ...

"dance is essential preparation for childbirth" great article from Birthing from Within..... Was blessed to be in their workshop here in jerusalem this pass week!!

Birthing From Within - Dance as if... Ancient peoples danced to sanctify life, to celebrate rites of passage such as marriage. They danced and drummed in soulful preparation for physical ordeals, such as hunting or war, and, we might imagine, birth. Not so long ago, before families became isolated in television-addicted nuclear units, i