by admin | Sep 11, 2020 | Birth trauma healing, Birthing From Within, Childbirth preparation, doula, Holistic birth preparation
Birth Trauma Awareness Week Reflections It’s Birth Trauma Awareness Week and there are so many things I could say about birth trauma it’s hard to know where to start. Do you start at the systemic level, where we have a culture of ‘care providers’ with so much...
by Anne Castles | Jan 8, 2019 | Ancestral Reverance, Birthing From Within, DIY Potions, doula, fertility, Placenta love, Soulful living, Womancraft, Womb Healing
Much attention has been given lately to placenta encapsulation and consuming placentas through smoothies. These practices have been said to help with the postnatal transition. When I was planning for my son’s birth I didn’t feel interested in encapsulation. I knew I...
by admin | Oct 15, 2015 | Childbirth preparation, doula, Mexican Traditional Medicine, Womb Healing
I’ve heard a lot of women during their pregnancy say that they’re not sure if getting a massage is safe or worth the effort. Well it’s no secret that I am big fan of regular massage treatments, especially when you know enough about your body and how you hold tension....
by admin | Nov 15, 2014 | Birthing From Within, Childbirth preparation, doula, Pain Coping for Birth
In my work with pregnant women one of the most common things I hear is that women are afraid. Afraid of pain. Afraid of not knowing what will happen. Afraid of birth. There is lot to talk about with this and why this might be the case socially and culturally, but...
by Anne Castles | Nov 21, 2013 | Birthing From Within, Childbirth preparation, doula, Pain Coping for Birth
“The Labyrinth is an ancient, universal symbol representing our journey through life ordeals and initiations… The journey into the labyrinth’s center is symbolic of death (psychic and physical), and the journey out of the labyrinth represents birth or rebirth.”...
by Anne Castles | Oct 21, 2013 | Birthing From Within, Childbirth preparation, doula, Pain Coping for Birth
What does it mean to prepare for birth in a holistic way? “Ho·lis·tic adj. relating to or concerned with wholes or with complete systems… to treat both the mind and the body.” In a culture that mostly confines childbirth to the medical realm, many women...
