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We join Davini Malcolm,
already mother of two, in the last days of her pregnancy,
when she openly shares her fears and insights. Davini and
partner Peter display their loving and playful relationship
as they await the birth of their babies. This event is a family
affair and their boys, Zak and Satchi are also awaiting the
birth of their siblings.
Peter, a veteran of homebirth and
about to wear the mantle of a father of five children, is
ever present. He is the first to know that the second twin
is breech and his long training and experience in being in
unexpected situations is called on as he quietly informs the
midwife of his discovery.
While the first twin floats in the
warm water gazing intently and deeply at his father Davini
is totally present to her second twin as it slowly orientates
it self into its new reality. Her reassuring voice calmly
guides the little one into its body, which is supported by
the oxygen rich blood from the placenta. The moment when the
baby's gender is revealed is one of this film's many memorable
gems.
We see young Zak, as he relinquishes his position as
baby in the family and moves to the role of big brother. The
moment when he meets his twin siblings and the smile from
the minutes old baby that he is greeted with must be seen
to be believed.
This is real life. This is true grace and
this is a film that every man, woman and child deserves to
see over and over again so that our dignity as human beings
may be reclaimed. We see a woman holding one baby as she gives
birth to another. Awesome!
Just as it is rare to spend so
much time with a mother before she gives birth this film also
treats us to the time afterwards. There is the breastfeeding,
The letting go of the cord, and the change in sleeping time
and the adjustment of a household to the presence of the babies.
This inside information will be valuable for new parents and
it is particularly well imparted by a mother who has been
there before and is able to share it empowered with the wisdom
of her own experience. What she says rings true and her babies
are testament to what she says.
This film features a small
community that has taken care of its members in a remarkable
way. It also demonstrates the extensive needs of a family
at this time.
Although water birth has been well established
in many places for over 20 years many people still view the
idea of babies being born into water as a risky business.
Here we see the simplicity of giving birth in water and the
obvious benefit for mothers and babies.
Lotus Birth, the unusual
practice of not cutting the umbilical cord immediately after
the babies are born, but also leaving it attached to fall
off by itself, will possibly disturb many people. However
when the reasons are understood and the resulting peacefulness
of the babies seen, it becomes the most logical thing to do.
There is no medical reason to cut the cord.
This DVD certainly
is full of extras. Notable are the Audio
commentaries. In "He Says" Peter and Daricha talk about birth from a male
perspective. Their intimacy and friendship allow a rare glimpse
of their experiences of being with a pregnant woman; birth
itself and adjusting to life after birth. "She Says"
features Davini and Rachana reflecting on this extraordinary
time.
The information here is startling and to be able to
experience such informative conversation is a plus. Enjoy
"LOTUS BIRTH The Water Birth of the Malcolm Twins. " Prepare
to be taken on a journey that will leave you deeply touched
and maybe disturbed. This film is about the sort of change
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The events that took place during that time not
only changed my life, but also gave me a number of extraordinary
stories to share with people – stories that could be
told in sacred places, in wild country around fires at night,
when seekers met with an openness to hear the truth of lived
experience, and when a doorway opened to allow moments from
another time to come into the present.
Shamans have always told stories. One of their major ways
of teaching has been to share their own experience in story.
Stories of journeys through time into other dimensions,
travels in consciousness beyond this life, into the realms
of the dying and the dead, stories of learning the process
of remembrance, of coming into being, remembering who we
are, where we came from, why we are here, and where we are
going. In a culture such as ours, where the monochrome of
literal thinking is washed over our mental processes, where
reliable guides are few, the stories that come seem bewildering,
fantastic, unbelievable, and at times psychotic and severely
weird. These reactions tell us more about our culture at
this time in history, than it does about such stories and
the persons who are telling them. Sometimes, in inappropriate
contexts, the stories seem tales of madmen, and their madness.
And sometimes this is true, for few complete their shamanic
preparation without visits to places in themselves that
the unknowing, the unprepared and the cultural arbiters
of truth will label in this way.
In the first year or two after my initiation as a teacher,
I did not know what to do with the stories I carried, until
a good friend, who over time also became a fellow traveller
and at times a worthy opponent, simply said, "Just
keep on telling the stories”. He had spent many years
with indigenous shamans of this land, and had some inkling
of the power of stories that come from the interaction between
the Spirit of this country and the human heart.
So, here are some stories – stories of the making
of a shaman, of a man blessed and challenged by Spirit,
who was foolish enough, courageous enough, and wise enough
to dive into the beyond and to allow himself to be touched
by the deep mystery. Some people want to know if the stories
are true – yes, they are. Others want to know if the
stories are the truth – that is a different question.
Many times after men and women that I have journeyed with
over the years have encountered aspects of the deep mystery,
they will relate their experience and then ask, "Is
it real?” My response still remains a simple question,
"What did you experience?”, for experience and
reflection is all we ever have in regard to these realms.
How others choose to judge our experience is another matter.
The arbiters of intellectual fashion, social taste, acceptable
human behaviour and cultural knowledge, along with the guards
who stand at the borders of acceptable human knowledge,
will wholeheartedly label these stories in harsh ways.
In the shamanic world, some perceptions can be mistaken,
some accounts can be incomplete, and sometimes, because
of energies moving in us of which we are unaware, we are
deluded. Shamanic storytellers describing both their own
and others’ experiences certainly have to come to terms
with this. This issue is centrally important, but it is
a matter for another day and a different book. It is enough
to acknowledge it here.
Contemporary shamanism that does not derive from one of
the great indigenous traditions still exists within the
great flow of Spirit, out of which these traditions come.
Seekers who have been formed in contemporary ways, who through
Spirit’s guidance have found other paths into the Source,
also have stories of how we come from the stars and of how
we exist simultaneously across several different dimensions,
each with its own laws and separate reality that weaves
in and out of the one that most westerners think is the
only one.
Often these stories are of different states of awareness,
of challenge, confrontations with forces that can rip us
apart, dismast out sails, and leave us rudderless on the
ocean of life. There are also stories from eternity, that
realm outside of the third dimensional flow of time, and
stories of the great heart of which we are all a part.
The stories in this book provide understanding for one way
in which a contemporary shaman was formed. They are also
the stories that I sense are appropriate to share with a
wider audience at this time.
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This information is the culmination of that investigation and
contains much new information on the lifelong impact of
the circumcision act. It also shows hope because much of
the damage can be healed using cautious, sensitive techniques.
This work contains a general context for understanding how
some cultures became circumcising societies as well as ten
case studies of the process of healing the damage.
* Why did circumcision emerge in Anglo Saxon, Jewish and
Muslim societies? Consider the answers.
* Discover Charles Kellog's (the founder of Kellog's Cornflakes)
role in promoting circumcision.
* Understand the role and function of cellular memory and
how the act of circumcision continues to live on in the
body's memory.
* Read a unique account of how to release circumcision trauma
from the body.
* Consider the outcomes of producing pain in the body's
main organ of pleasure.
* Follow along in 10 comprehensive accounts of the healing
of circumcision trauma in adult males.
* Learn extended techniques for the healing of circumcision
trauma in adult males.
* Learn to bring peace to the distressed parts of the body.
* Become familiar with the need for creating a gentle and
safe context where this healing can happen.
* Read a surprising account of the social impact of circumcision
on the relation between men and women.
* Find out how circumcision disrupts the mother- baby bond.
* Acquaint yourself with the need to create a safe and gentle
context where this healing can happen.
Jim Morningstar of Transformations USA wrote, "This felt
like a giant step to recovery of my whole self, a missing
piece dealt with very little in most of the recovery work
I have studied and experienced over the last 30 years. Healing
circumcision is healing the deepest planetary attitudes
of separation from the ecstasy of being fully balanced and
alive men and women."
What changes does the process of healing circumcision bring?
Here are some of the comments from men who have explored
this deep level of healing:
"After the session I felt like I had more available space
in my genitals, that I had cleared darker energies out from
around my penis and particularly around the scar of the
old operation. It's not actually a scar as such but is the
scene of the crime all those years ago. I feel the journey
is not over yet and there are more layers of this onion
to peel but the journey is well and truly begun. I feel
lighter around my penis, balls and anus and I've noticed
that during lovemaking I am having more intense orgasms
and that my energy is somehow more available and more fluid
in traveling from this area up and around my body. The itching
and mild red rashes have also largely stopped."
"Since the healing, (3 weeks as I write), I have noticed
myself to be more soft and open-hearted in relating with
my partner. She has also observed the difference in the
way I relate. In the process I felt hurt towards my Mother
as I saw visions of her, for allowing this circumcision,
and I felt anger towards other females and I saw how that
had manifested in my relationships with women. In the process
I was able to forgive my Mother for her involvement in the
circumcision. I feel the process has offered me a great
shift in my body and my life. I am not sure in which way
this has occurred as yet. Writing this right now, I remember
that my partner and I shared a very intimate love making
session about a week ago. It was a very intimate moment
and I feel that I trusted her on another level outside of
my consciousness at that time. I feel more comfortable about
being nude, and about my penis. Since the session I certainly
have a different awareness around my penis. It is hard to
articulate it seems that I have reconnected to its innocence.
Perhaps it has reconnected to its pre-circumcision state
of innocence and it is that which I am experiencing. I can
positively say that the act of cutting my genitals at birth
has profoundly influenced the way I have acted, felt and
related to the world and its people. Healing the trauma
that was locked into my organic body, has and will continue
to change my life dramatically. I masturbate with more gentleness
and respect for my penis and enter the space of lovemaking
with a softer, more open energy. Undoubtedly the greatest
blessing of all was even though my mother died over 16 years
ago, I can actually feel her love and presence inside me
now. I feel only joy and relief that the traumatic memory
of circumcision can be released from the body and healed.
This process was so real and profound. I was dubious at
first but afterwards I felt blessed, it was truly amazing.
Circumcision is trauma, I do not recommend being a victim.
No boy of mine would be subjected to this barbaric act."
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