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A
gentle, loving Way to Birth your Child and your Self
Singing
is a powerful, transformative way of birthing. Although certain
techniques are taught, these only serve as a basis for remembering
your own knowing of surrendering to the process of birth through
the use of sounds, for sounds support the breath and the breath
is the key to letting go.
Benefits
This
meditative voice, breath and movement work
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promotes the physical, emotional and mental well-being of the mother-to-be
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stimulates the overall development of the unborn child and especially
the motor skills
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empowers the pregnant woman to connect with her intuition, her inner
knowing of how to give birth
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allows the mother-to-be to let go and surrender to the process of
birth
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gently, lovingly supports the unborn child in its descent and birth
process
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allows the pregnant woman to be transported into her inner sanctuary
and experience pregnancy and birthing as the mystical transformation
that it is
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allows the partner to connect with the mother-to-be and the birth
process very profoundly through attuning with her breath and supporting
her toning
and
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supports conception by releasing built-up tension in the pelvis,
reproductory organs and mind
Process
Learn
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specific body movements to open up the pelvis, sacrum and entire
back and the abdominal breathing
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simple toning practices to release tension and repressed emotions
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scales in different modes of music that balance your emotional body
and connect you with your inner Being
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visualization practices to purify the physical and subtle bodies
and promote inner peace
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to let go and allow your own sounds and songs to flow out of you
Note:
Although this path was originally developed for expectant mothers,
it has proven to be very profound in "birthing" the Self,
as it is very similar to Nada
Yoga. In fact, Frédérick Leboyer and Shanti
Shivani have been teaching this path in Europe since 1983 to thousands
of people, who were not expecting a child.
History
Frédérick
Leboyer is the "Father of Natural Childbirth" in Europe.
He is best known in the USA for his book "Birth without Violence",
although he wrote several more such as "The Art of Breathing"
or "Baby Massage". He also produced and directed two films,
one called "Naissance" (Birth) about "Birth without
Violence", that was produced in 1969 and the other entitled
"Le Sacre de la Naissance" (The Sacredness of Birth) which
was released in Europe in 1983. This film/video was the product
of Leboyer's insights as a gynaecologist and head of a clinic in
Paris and as a student of Karnatic music of Southern India and a
practitioner of Hatha Yoga and Chinese martial arts. Inspired by
psychoanalysis and his encounter with India and disillusioned by
the technical development in health care, he left the medical community
in 1973. Since then he has been dedicating himself to writing, meditation
and other Eastern disciplines.
Leboyer realized while studying Karnatic singing, that singing is
the quickest way to open up the abdominal breathing. He combined
this insight with movements distilled out of his lifelong experience
as a practitioner of hatha yoga and tai chi that open
up the body very fast, and voilà chanting for pregnancy and
birthing was born!
Shanti
Shivani met Leboyer as his interpreter in 1983 when he was touring
in Germany with his film "Le Sacre de la Naissance". Because
of Shanti's background as a singer of Indian classical music and
her extensive experience with yoga, meditation and various movement
disciplines Leboyer introduced Shanti to his work and sent her out
to teach his work in 1986 after she had assisted himat some of his
workshops as an interpreter, tambura player and vocalist.
At this point Shanti felt ready to teach Leboyer's work, as she
had integrated Leboyer's movements and way of toning into her own
pregnancy and the birth of her daughter Tara. Shanti Shivani was
invited to teach Leboyer's "Atmen und Singen" ("Breathing
and Singing" in German) in seminars and at conferences all
over Europe, where she resided until 1993. Having realized the depth
of this path in her own life and through the experiences of the
people she taught, she feels very strongly about opening up women
and their partners to this gentle way of birthing.
The
profound knowledge of Nada Yoga flows
into Shanti Shivani's toning work for Pregnancy and Birthing.
To Book Shanti Shivani for Workshops, Conferences, Group Classes
and Private Tutorials, please email shivani108@yahoo.com
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