Michelle - I wish I could be there too - if it was doable I would come in a heartbeat. Maybe it is?

Has anyone read the book "the journey" Brandon Bays???

She talks about (very simplistically) going into the pain, fear, sorrow - but for the purposes of this the fear. This is not a book on birth but on being truly present to our emotions. I think that is really relatable to birthing.

Resist the opportunity to run from it when our mind takes us there - sometimes we go: "I am really really scared"... We walk to the edge of the water - we dip in our toes (metaphorically) and we say "nah I am not going there". What would it feel like if we dipped in our toes - then waded in and then immersed ourselves completely - I call that surrender. Just allow it to be as it is - it might be scary and nasty and ugly - but as human beings it can be tempting to always live as if by only dipping in our toes.

As a woman we have the opportunity to jump into that water. It happens around 9cms - doctors call it transition - I call it the "calling". As a woman those wise Women in the corner of the room call you - they call your body - they call your baby. As a Woman in our heads we have to make the decision to jump into the water - no toe dipping is gonna get this baby born sister! You have to jump - when your perineum burns and you want to mouth "NO"! You are challenged to push - even though it is going to hurt like nothing you have ever experienced. You can choose to mouth YES! When you say Yes! in your heart, in your head and you push into that pain (or jump into that water) the result is absolute pure joy and ecstacy. I promise you that!

So it is with life - thru the most unthinkable pains and sorrows there is always always something golden.

Birth teaches us much of what life is like (I believe) and as Women - this is a gift that we really need to receive...

It is raw energy - it is primal and it is millenia old. The room is always full when a woman births. There is always a wise Woman calling you - you just need to listen!