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Natural Birth
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Birth is experiential. You have to experience it to fully know it. An exercise such as Bellydance for birth embraced during pregnancy can act as a purposeful tool to help a woman before she steps in through the gateway of birth. One of the key elements of the birth dance is that it can help bridge the gap between the primal brain (which knows how to give birth) and the modern woman (who may need to be reminded of her instinctual capacity), assisting her to claim back her most basic and inherent
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― Dance of the Womb - The Essential Guide to Belly Dance for Pregnancy and Birth
― Dance of the Womb - The Essential Guide to Belly Dance for Pregnancy and Birth
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The smooth undulating movements of Bellydance for birth aid a woman's ability to deal with her labour in an opening rather than restrictive fashion. The soothing rocking motions of the circular, figure 8 and spiral movements set the scene for a birthing woman to flow with the natural rhythms of her labouring body - to become connected not only to nature and the universe but deeply bonded to her baby within.
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― Dance of the Womb - The Essential Guide to Belly Dance for Pregnancy and Birth
― Dance of the Womb - The Essential Guide to Belly Dance for Pregnancy and Birth




































