Balance Between Sacred and Medical in Birth
Watch original talk here at the Midwifery and Birth conference. Watch with visuals and background music here. Read the talk below: I am here to talk about a balance –…
Watch original talk here at the Midwifery and Birth conference. Watch with visuals and background music here. Read the talk below: I am here to talk about a balance –…
Here we discuss the reflection of Mother Nature and our bodies. We speak about the signature of Nature or the very specific unique things we see repeatedly spun within the…
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I have been used to weaving the healing in women’s symptoms and dis-eases. Here I was looking at pure physical body mechanics but the teaching was immense.
I used to say one of the worst parts of a night in the trauma ward was the combination of smells. That mix of blood and alcohol and then urine on top of it is fairly unique. But last night was off the charts and added a far deeper dimension to this matter. When a small very unkempt man lifted his tshirt and jersey and out jumped several fleas! I mean unkempt because his toenails were black and long. His hair was patchy and in tight curls on his head. His clothes torn.
Have you felt the calling for something deeper in your womb and gynae healthcare? There is a shift happening…
After my first year of medical school, I dropped out to join an ashrama.
I was 19 years old and had worked extremely hard to get into medical school. I had not got in straight after school despite getting top marks and I had excelled in the first year of Science to finally be accepted into the MBChB Medical degree. I was finally in my dream studies and was ready to learn medicine.
The more I place myself in the niche of women’s health – the more there is a resistance and a huge triggering among male energies or forces. The stronger the forces to discipline, and control; and use material power become.
Because the more I place myself in service for women’s health – the more I stand in a place where I need to be in integrity with so many things in order to hold that service.
There are certain things that flatten all ego and bring us down to real levels. The journey of being born and the journey of dying. And I think sickness can come pretty close too.
The reason I am elaborating on all this and emphasizing the humanness in healthcare is because of the overt profound lack of it in general.