Lelboyer Toning for Pregnancy and Birth

[Guest guest]

Dear Friends;

 

Shanti Shivani is a friend who will be visiting New Mexico, Washington

and C alifornia this April and May with her amazing work. I don't see

workshops currently scheduled for this work, but am delighted to

report it! http://www.shantishivani.com/LeboyerToning.html Excerpt below.

 

Warmly,

Ysha

 

History

 

Frédérick Leboyer is the " Father of Natural Childbirth " in Europe. He

is best known in the USA for his book " Birth without Violence " ,

although he wrote several more such as " The Art of Breathing " or " Baby

Massage " . He also produced and directed two films, one called

" Naissance " (Birth) about " Birth without Violence " , that was produced

in 1969 and the other entitled " Le Sacre de la Naissance " (The

Sacredness of Birth) which was released in Europe in 1983. This

film/video was the product of Leboyer's insights as a gynaecologist

and head of a clinic in Paris and as a student of Karnatic music of

Southern India and a practitioner of Hatha Yoga and Chinese martial

arts. Inspired by psychoanalysis and his encounter with India and

disillusioned by the technical development in health care, he left the

medical community in 1973. Since then he has been dedicating himself

to writing, meditation and other Eastern disciplines.

 

Leboyer realized while studying Karnatic singing, that singing is the

quickest way to open up the abdominal breathing. He combined this

insight with movements distilled out of his lifelong experience as a

practitioner of hatha yoga and tai chi that open up the body very

fast, and voilà chanting for pregnancy and birthing was born!

 

Shanti Shivani met Leboyer as his interpreter in 1983 when he was

touring in Germany with his film " Le Sacre de la Naissance " . Because

of Shanti's background as a singer of Indian classical music and her

extensive experience with yoga, meditation and various movement

disciplines Leboyer introduced Shanti to his work and sent her out to

teach his work in 1986 after she had assisted himat some of his

workshops as an interpreter, tambura player and vocalist. At this

point Shanti felt ready to teach Leboyer's work, as she had integrated

Leboyer's movements and way of toning into her own pregnancy and the

birth of her daughter Tara. Shanti Shivani was invited to teach

Leboyer's " Atmen und Singen " ( " Breathing and Singing " in German) in

seminars and at conferences all over Europe, where she resided until

1993. Having realized the depth of this path in her own life and

through the experiences of the people she taught, she feels very

strongly about opening up women and their partners to this gentle way

of birthing.

 

The profound knowledge of Nada Yoga flows into Shanti Shivani's toning

work for Pregnancy and Birthing.