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Human Baby, Human Being . . .
Matthew Appleton in conversation with Emma PalmerThe 8th and 9th of June 2019 will see the hosting of a fascinating two-day conference here in Bristol in England. The Human Baby, Human Being: Contributions from the emerging field of pre and perinatal psychology conference is being organised by Conscious Embodiment Training and ehealth Learning. An important aim of this landmark event is to bring together professionals interested in the long-term effects of prenatal and birth experiences.
Neonatal Cardiometabolic Palpation: A New Paradigm in Biodynamic Practice
By Michael J. Shea, PhD
In The Beginning
An infant’s first year is the most metabolically active time in the entire human lifespan. Extensive remodeling of...
Prenatal and Birth Experience: Shadow and Potential
By Cherionna Menzam-Sills, PhD, ISMETA RSMT/E, RCST
Adapted from a chapter in her forthcoming book,
Fluid and Cosmos: Embodying Our Original Embryological Potential
“Silence like a
cancer grows.”...
Transforming the Trauma Tree: Recognizing, Reaching and Healing Earliest Trauma
Kate White, MA,
BCBMT, RCST®, CEIM, SEP, PPNE
There is a saying in osteopathy, “As the twig is bent, so grows the tree.” What we mean...
Listening to Your Body: How to Include the Body in a Therapeutic Conversation
In a world dominated by the intellectual and imaginal mind, the body can be shunted to the background as something that’s dumb, numb, inconvenient...
Contemplating from the Pre and Perinatal Perspective.
Embodied Awareness with Beth Haessig
When we are socializing with other people, our conversation often entails sharing something we know, such as “the government is...
Exploring the Relationship Between Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Family Violence: A Memoir
Submitted by:
Sally Dear-Healey, Ph.D., PPNE, CBE, Doula
“Therapists will have much more impact when they are able to conceptualize or discern more precisely what this...
Listening to Your Body: How to Include the Body in a Therapeutic Conversation
Take a moment right now and see where you stand with your body. Close your eyes and bring your awareness to your inner experience. Do you feel intimate, comfortable and confident in this physical space? Place a hand on your abdomen. Do you feel connected and loving? Or, are you distant, awkward, or judgmental?
It’s Never Too Late: Healing Prebirth and Birth at Any Age – A Reflection...
Early in the writing of the first draft of It’s Never Too Late: Healing Prebirth and Birth At Any Age, I discovered there were steps, especially in the embryo’s story, that even after studying, I had difficulty envisioning. At the time I wondered, could I leave these hard to reach, yet essential steps out of my written examination? Would anyone besides experienced embryologists and biodynamic craniosacral therapy teachers notice? It didn’t take long to come clean with myself, that if I skipped intricate steps in my understanding, I would only further reinforce what was at the root of my amnesia, and that in order to be whole myself, I had to find out what was going on.