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24.01.2022 how we value ourselves and childhood

23.01.2022 Samhain blessings everyone

22.01.2022 #homebirthawarenessweek2020This pic is from my first homebirth back in 2002. It was perfect. I've been riding the wave of that birth, throughout my whole experience of Mothering. I am eternally grateful for

20.01.2022 5% of my income goes towards supporting the Cova Project www.thecovaproject.com. The Cova Project provides menstrual cups to African women, bridging the 50 day attendance gap between girls and boys due to menstruation. I look forward to the day thatheavily taxed menstruation products are not considered a luxury product worldwide.

18.01.2022 "It was not witches who burned. It was women. Women who were seen as ... Too beautiful Too outspoken Had too much water in the well (yes, seriously) Who had a birthmark Women who were too skilled with herbal medicine Too loud Too quite Too much red in her hair Women who had a strong nature connection Women who danced Women who sung or anything else, really. ANY WOMAN WAS AT RISK BURNING IN THE SIXTEEN HUNDREDS Sisters testified and turned on each other when their babies were held under ice. Children were tortured to confess their experiences with witches by being fake executed in ovens. Women were held under water and if they float, they were guilty and executed. If they sunk and drowned they were innocent. Women were thrown off cliffs. Women were put in deep holes in the ground. The start of this madness was years of famine, war between religions and lots of fear. The churches said that witches, demons and the devil did exist and women were nothing but trouble. As we see even today, there is often a scape goat created, and the chaos escalated in Sweden when the Bible became law and everything that did not line up with what the church said became lethal. The Bible fanaticism killed thousands of women. Everything connected to a women became feared, especially her sexuality. It became labelled as dark and dangerous and was the core of the witch trials through out the world. Why do I write this? Because I think the usage of words are important, especially when we are doing the work to pull these murky, repressed and forgotten about stories to the surface. Because knowing our history is important when we are building the new world. When we are doing the healing work of our lineages and as women. To give the women who were slaughtered a voice, to give them redress and a chance of peace. It was not witches who burned. It was women." Author: Fia Forsström

17.01.2022 "Engage with the next generation in Nature she is our greatest teacher.... honestly we've been sold a lie that technology has the answers..." Uncle Max Dulumunmun Harrison (Yuin Elder)

17.01.2022 Kim's guest on the podcast is Elena Tonetti-Vladimirova - speaker, filmmaker, author and pioneer in the natural birth movement. She lived in birth camps in the 1970s, witnessing scores of women having blissful birth experiences in the wild. With dolphin midwives. She is also the creator of the incredible documentary film which I highly recommend, called Birth As We Know It.... In this episode, we discuss: Why birth is meant to be the biggest high of a woman’s life The story of how she came to be living on the Black Sea and interacting with dolphins during births Why clearing birth trauma is some of the most important work we can do in the world today How to avoid complications by committing to block clearing in pregnancy and before conception The essential role of the fatherwho is traditionally sidelined in a typical hospital birth settingand what to do to ensure that couples become closer than ever through their birth experience, rather than this be the time when they grow apartwhich is what happens to most couples https://kimanami.com/wild-birth-conscious-orgasmic/

12.01.2022 I’ve been waiting for this for years! I longed for an offering like this when I was raising my older daughters. Fortunately the body-autonomy, self-awareness and centered-being their father and I allowed them, served them well through their teen years and finding their sexual path. But it would have been wonderful to have had this type of forum and education available for them as well. If you’ve watched Cuties, Social Dilemma or Sex Education, you will understand Martina’s workshop is even more needed at this time for our children. I cannot highly enough recommend Martina for her integrity, knowledge and professionalism

09.01.2022 In western medicine, the placenta is considered a disposable organ. But it’s so much more: it’s essential for delivering nutrients to the baby and removing wast...e throughout pregnancy. It’s functions are truly remarkable - and still being discovered! Historically, and still in many places throughout the world, the relationship to the placenta is quite different than here in the U.S.. In Nepal, it’s considered baby’s friend, in Malaysia an older sibling, in Nigeria a twin, and in Hawaii a part of the baby. The Latin word placenta means a cake. Amongst the Hmong of Laos, it means jacket and is considered the baby’s first and best garment. When a Hmong person dies, she is buried where her placenta is so that she can put on the jacket and continue to the afterlife where she will be reunited with her ancestors and her placenta reborn to the soul of a new baby. Many of us today are reclaiming traditions that honor the placenta’s role in nourishing baby through old and new traditions and ceremonies after birth. Some bury the placenta with a ceremony, and perhaps plant a flower or fruit tree over the site, some encapsulate or eat part of the placenta, a small number of women practice Lotus Birth (taught to me by JP Baker), and some make a placenta ‘print’ to see the tree of life pattern on the baby’s side. With my first 2 babies I planted my placentas in our garden, put a God’s eye over the spot as I’d learned from a Huichol healer, and made a ‘bracelet’ out of the cord for my babies’ medicine bundles. With my second 2 babies, I dried and powdered my placenta for encapsulation (little known fact: my postpartum book, Natural Health After Birth contains the first published instructions on placenta encapsulation and about the first 40 days), and did a blessing ceremony with the powder I’d not used, releasing it into a creek in our backyard. Of course, there’s no expectation that you do anything with your placenta after birth - there’s plenty to keep you busy during that time. But I’m curious - did you look at your placenta? Do anything special with it? Is it still hanging out in the back of your fridge waiting? @blissful.herbs

08.01.2022 To all the incredible midwives. Thank you!

07.01.2022 The BEST bit of advice I ever received before giving birth was an almost throw away comment about 'The Ring of Fire'. It didn't make much sense at the time, as ...I was expecting my first baby. The comment was something along the lines of: If you feel the Ring of Fire, don't push. Just breathe through it. When my time came, I was blissed out in the bath, my body was pushing. Then I thought to myself "it is burning". BURNING! FIRE! RING OF FIRE! BREEEEEEEATHEEEEE. I actively prevented the pushing, and just breathed. The burning passed. And on we went, a baby born on the next contraction. AWESOME. No tearing. The burning, or stinging, felt at this point is the body's way of saying 'slow down, I am not quite stretched enough'. By panting or breathing through the burning contraction, you give your body more stretching time. Your body adjusts to make room, and you can move on. Working with your body, not against it. So to avoid tearing here is a bit of sage advice: If you 'breathe your baby down', this can help. As can waterbirth. Warm compresses on your perineum, if you are comfortable with that. Stay off your back! (upright positions help open your pelvis) If you feel the 'ring of fire', a burning like sensation, don't push. Pant, breathe, slow down. When it passes, with the next contraction, push. Only bear down on contractions that don't 'burn'. Of course, sometimes, our bodies just do it, and we can't control it so much. I have seen some awesome warrior birthers, who do tend to tear, because they push through. I have seen others do the breathing down, and not tear...even with a near 5kg baby! Interestingly, it doesn't seem to take longer. A bit like weaving through traffic. If you rush, you really only use more fuel and wear (and tear) on your car, if you relax and take your time you save fuel and energy, arrive more relaxed. Often both cars arrive at the destination very close together. This post appears at https://www.bellabirth.org/b/birthing-with-the-ring-of-fire