Birth Mandala: The Power of Visioning for Childbirth

By Nancy Burns

The Birth Mandalas book includes mandala art, a guided visualization and thought provoking exercises for an empowering childbirth experience. A birth mandala is sacred art for childbirth. The mandala appears from a dark background, like the baby emerging from the darkness of the womb into the light.
Enjoy creative processes that access the subconscious. The way childbirth is perceived influences labor and birth. Subconscious beliefs, formed from what youve seen, heard or experienced, can either sabotage or affirm your conscious intentions. Learn how to effortlessly re-write limiting beliefs with ones that assist you during childbirth. Your birth mandala embodies your new beliefs and vision for labor and birth with symbols, images, designs and words.
You will find womens mandalas, journals and their after-birth reflections. From Shannons healing of past sexual abuse, Amys strength and courage, to Stacys power of intention, the themes and revelations are as unique as their mandalas.
Creating a birth mandala is an invaluable gift you give yourself for childbirth. It is the gift that keeps on giving, exclaims Stacy, a workshop participant.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: May 10, 2011
• ISBN: 9781481712309

Nancy Burns

Nancy began her career working with pregnant women teaching prenatal yoga and using hypnotherapy to support women in natural childbirth. Her interest and work with childbirth spiraled from there to study midwifery and to become a doula. She has been a presenter at two of the annual C.A.M. (California Association of Midwives) conferences in Northern California. In 1987 she embarked on her path as a marriage and family therapist. Over the past two decades Nancy has counseled pregnant and postpartum women and couples in her private practice as a licensed psychotherapist. She includes the use of Hypnosis, E.M.D.R. and PSYCH-K® to address the subconscious. Nancy was introduced to the sacred art of mandalas during several pilgrimages to a Huichol Indian village in the Sierra Madres of Mexico and many years of participating in yoga ceremonies that included the use of yantras (mandalas). Nancy says that the greatest influence on her path has been the birth of her three children and being at the birth of her grandchildren. Nancy resides in Northern California with her husband and family.

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