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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
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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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