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%$firstname$%, Wow what a 2 weeks it has been! I don’t know about you, but for me the last 2 weeks has felt like 3 months of living! I know that many of you have felt like your lives are like a roller coaster with extremes of euphoria and challenges bereft of the middle ground. I have not been immune. On April 28th, I arrived home from the APPPAH conference, fully rehydrated and energized from 4 days at the ocean and cross pollinating with a likeminded tribe. One week later to the day, here I was once again revisiting grief after our majestic dog Coltrane took his last breath, with his big head in our laps. We experienced this amazing ”natural” home doggy death fully supported in the middle of the night by our dear neighbors, Shara and Barry; and later joined by our vet Turie Norman.
Coltrane was 13 years, 10 months, and 13 days old—we knew he wasn’t going to be with us much longer, however, we were shocked by how quickly he made his move at the end. His death “labor” was a quick 5 hours. His death gifted us with several healing gifts. The most striking one being when I asked for help it arrived – immediately and unconditionally. My task at hand was to remain open to receiving all of the love that followed. Today, a week later, as I emerge to create this ezine, I am serenaded by the etheric sound of hummingbirds swirling all around me. So I share with you both the essence of the excitement and euphoria from my conference and the gifts from grief. What I am learning is that the answer and the need we all share during these wild and crazy times is to really stand in and to cultivate our middle way. So as we get pulled in both extremes, we resource back to the center, and nourish this sanctuary. In order to maintain this center place, we need to consciously make the choice to show up, engage and feel the connection. When we default to disconnection that is when it all seems to flow in a downward spiral of hopelessness and despair. When we choose to engage and connect, our energy can solidify and start to spiral outwards interconnecting with life.
Up and Down and All Around BITS and Pieces from APPPAH Conference I was so excited after leaving this conference that I wanted to share with you some of the highlights from this amazing conference and organization. More to follow in the next ezine issue To order any talk click here. To join APPPAH click here. Epigenetics was the key word and concept of the conference Bruce Lipton discusses epigenetics in his book The Biology of Belief. This conference offered an ongoing lens to how epigentics impacts our fertility, prenatal course, birth and future health of the families we create and nurture. 1. Keynote Talk #II Mardsen Wagner MD former head of WHO (World Health Organziation) Kicked off Saturday’s presentations by sounding the alarm about the rise in maternal deaths resulting from our rising He also beat the drum of questioning why are surgeons (that is what an OB/GYN) is responsible for normal births in this country, instead of midwives who are trained in normal births. He emphasized that use of midwives in other industrialized nations improves outcomes, lowered cost, and increased client satisfaction. He also discussed were the sociopolitical and economic reasons for why our Csection rate is higher than 15%. To explore Csection rates in your area visit www.thebirthsurvey.com 2. I was totally energized from spending some time with these amazing young women Jeanette and Aurelie who are collecting data for the motherhood project. I wanted to share with you what they are up to. TheMotherhoodProject is our on-going, online research study on the effect of pregnancy and motherhood on the lives of women. Are you pregnant (2nd or 3rd trimester) and over 18 years of age? If so, please consider completing our online or paper survey. We welcome multiple perspectives from women of diverse backgrounds! With your help, we would like to learn more about the process of becoming a mother and how it may inform a woman’s identity, relationships, spirituality, mental health, and general well-being. As a “Thank You” for participating you will be eligible to win a $200 gift certificate lottery for a national baby store gift certificate. http://web.me.com/amathan/Head&Belly/TheMotherhoodProject.html 3. Talk # 1AB Dorothy Mandel’s talk on The Heart as Healer, The Neurobiology of Nurture Did you know that the heart produces 3 hormones, including oxcytocin? Also, that in addition to feeling pleasure when oxyctocin is released that its release creates more pleasure receptors? So that when we experience pleasure, we create more pleasure receptors and thereby can experience more pleasure! Physiologically, Pleasure creates more pleasure. She also showed us stunning photos of stars that looked like hearts. A significant portion of her presentation focused on how what we resonate from our hearts creates a physical field which can affect other fields. Check out and join this site she referenced that demonstrates this science and some action being taken. The Global Coherence Initiative is a science-based initiative uniting millions of people in heart-focused care and intention, to shift global consciousness from instability and discord to balance, cooperation and enduring peace. This project has been launched by the Institute of HeartMath®, a nonprofit 501(c)(3), a recognized global leader in researching emotional physiology, heart-brain interactions and the physiology of optimal health and performance. 4. Keynote VIII On Monday Robbie Davis Floyd outlined The International MotherBaby Childbirth: 10 Steps to Optimal Maternity Services The purpose of the IMBCI 10 Steps is to improve care throughout the childbearing continuum in order to save lives, prevent illness and harm from the overuse of obstetric technologies, and promote health for mothers and babies around the world.
I am excited to share with you several audio classes Cultivating and Creating Abundance Part 1 and Part 2
Cost: $30 each or $55 for bundle with Parts 1 and 2. Click below to purchase downloadable MP3 file. Part 1, Part 2, and Bundle (Parts 1 & 2) ________________________________________________ Before you start trying: Preparing your mind, body & spirit for an optimal conception pregnancy Introduction, Part 1, and Part 2
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Cost: $35 each or $60 for bundle with Introduction, Part 1 and Part 2. Click below to purchase downloadable MP3 files. Part 1 – Preparing your Body Part 2 – Preparing Mind and Spirit including connecting with the spirit of your unborn child ________________________________________________ Spring Re-Tuning Reading. Click here or call or call 303-258-3904.
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by Flo Aeveia Magdelena Check out the contributing chapter written by Teresa! Living Our Potential as Beings of Light The family system is our first and most intimate experience of the world. It is where we learn about love, sharing, generosity, co-creation, and honoring—or about hate, reaction, fear, anger, and separation. The family may be a spiritual haven and a loving place of growth or a place of absent presence, where we physically live together but do not connect. We either make this connection and create a foundation in our childhood or spend our lives looking for it. When parents establish a conscious heart/soul connection with their children and with each other, deeper levels of trust and safety are experienced. As we deepen our bonds, we are more sensitive to the subtle, nonverbal communication which we exchange at all times with all living organisms. Relationships are not bound by normal restrictions because the information sent via channels of sensory response are unaffected by language, beliefs, or convention. You are connected beyond earthly rules, and can therefore create a unique relationship that works for your family. To order select below: USA Orders – $20 includes shipping and handling International Orders – $25 includes shipping and handling ________________________________________________ Join Teresa for the following classes at Belly Bliss: Before You Start Trying Communicating with Your Unborn Child
To listen to a free intro to Teresa’s class Communicating with your Unborn Child, click here. American Association of Birth Centers The federal administrative judge ruled against birth centers in the Texas Medicaid case. The federal government (CMS) is not required to pay the state their federal match for birth center facility fees. So far CMS has disallowed payments to Alaska, South Carolina, Texas and Washington state for birth center facility charges. The Texas appeal would have directed CMS to continue paying the 42 Texas birth centers their facility fees – as it had for over 20 years. The nationwide implications of this ruling for birth centers could be catastrophic. This decision applies to all states. Without payment of the birth center facility fees, birth centers in all states will be pushed to the brink of closure. We have already seen centers close in the state of Washington. We have been proactive in finding a permanent solution for centers nationwide, and are actively lobbying for legislation that would mandate the birth center facility fee payment to the states in Medicaid. Representative Susan Davis (D) from California and Representative Gus Bilirakis (R) from Florida are set to introduce the bill in the U.S. House of Representatives. HOW YOU CAN HELP: 1) Spread the word and gather signatures for the Consumer Letter Many of you are already spreading the word via email and putting the letter in your waiting rooms – that’s great! Download the letter to put in your waiting room or anyone else people gather. Sign on the letter on the web. Put a link to the letter on your website – Here’s the html code: 2) Call your U.S. Representatives and Senators The House Bill has both a Democrat and Republican lead sponsor. Now, we need the same in the Senate. Ask for their support of this legislation. Download to “Pregnant Women’s Access to Care Threatened” for some talking points. Our future depends on it! 3) Continue to collect signatures for the Physician Letter from our friends in the medical community. Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to get our birth center legislation introduced and passed! Sincerely, Jill Alliman, CNM, MSN ________________________________________________ Community Announcements: 1. Infant Massage Classes @ Becoming Mothers When: Sunday, May 3rd & Sunday, May 17th from 6pm-7:30pm Register Now: Contact Lauren Spivey @ doulamoondance@rocketmail.com, or call (434) 284-1664. Lauren is a Certified Infant Massage Educator, a Certified Massage Therapist with 1000+ hours of training, and a DONA trained Postpartum Doula. Lauren Alexis Spivey, BA, CMT, CIME, PD 2. Boulder College of Massage therapy clinic time!! helengcmt@aol.com This current class is winding up their training and we are heading into our student clinic part of the program. We have 3 days set up and wanted you all to be the first to grab some of these precious appointments. All of the days below will have appt. times @ 1pm, 3pm and 5pm. The charge will be a $35.00 minimum donation. Mon. May 11th This event has a few goals attached to it. First to give the students an invaluable experience (as you all remember) to practice a 1 hr. session on someone they’ve never met before, an opportunity for us to raise some money for our scholarship program (and the students graduation party), as well as for you to be able to get an opportunity to fill your own reservoir in receiving a lovely massage. Call 303-525-5213 to schedule your preferred times.
Teresa Robertson RN,MSN,Certified Nurse Midwife, has been involved in the realms of women’s health, birth, and alternative healing for the past 29 years. During the past 12 years, she has shared these integrative tools of healing and knowing with numerous groups of clients and professionals. Visit Teresa at LivingIntuitive.com Follow Teresa on Twitter: http://twitter.com/livingintuitive.
You may absolutely share this newsletter with people you think may enjoy it. When doing so, please forward it in its entirety, including our contact and copyright information. Thanks and enjoy! Intuitive Reminders is written by Teresa Robertson. If you have any questions or comments, please send them to:Teresa@BirthIntuitive.com. © 2009 Living Intuitive. All Rights Reserved. Email: Teresa@BirthIntuitive.com |
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Once again, I learned that grief is a muscle that calls for a work out whenever you least expect it. However you feel, you need to honor the repetitions it calls forth. There is no shortcutting grief.
