Colour Therapy has been used since time began
"In the beginning was Darkness then there was light"
 
As long as our bodies cells are filled with Light/Lifeforce we feel vital and alive.
Disease, tension, external pollution interferes with this lifeforce.
 
Our bodies are made up of elements mirroring Nature
Earth             Red (volcanic lava)
Water            Orange(muddy soil)   Blue(sea, river, lakes)
Fire               Yellow (Sun)
Air                 Green (trees, grass)   B...
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Oxytocin is a shy hormone….

Oxytocin needs to feel comfortable before being released. Since it is the love hormone this makes sense. When we are feeling in love we feel safe. Love is not something that is easy to feel when we are in danger.  

Oxytocin is a fussy hormone. Everything needs to be just right for this hormone to want to make an entrance. The more comfortable the environment and the more relaxed the labouring woman, the more her oxytocin will be able to flow.

A sense of s...
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The video below shows a doula, Ginny Phang, from Singapore explaining the role of a doula and how she can support natural birth. She also explains very well about the need to prepare for a natural birth, beyond just wanting to have one.

 
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Cape Town writer Malika Ndlovu has returned from London where her own experience of stillbirth was shared with the public at the launch of a landmark edition of the international health publication, The Lancet.

Entitled the Lancet Stillbirth Series, it contains the first collection of global estimates on stillbirths, and Ndlovu’s voice has added to a groundswell of advocacy among international organisations to bring the topic out of the shadows.

The publication reports that at least 2.65 mill...

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1) Choose the right care providers for the birth you want

If you want to give birth vaginally and without medication, ask your doula to recommend care providers who will support you in this. If you choose a care provider who has an 80% c-section rate and who works at a hospital where the rate of intervention is also high, then it may be more difficult to find the support for an unmedicated vaginal birth.

2) Don’t be afraid to change your Gynecologist

You might have a wonderful Ob/Gyn when it c...

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