Yoga & Motherhood: an interview with Menaka Desikachar
MenakaDesikachar is the wife of TKV Desikachar (who is the son of Sri Krishnamacharya – yogi, healer, linguist, Vedic scholar, expert in the Indian Schools of thought, researcher, author… in … Continue reading
Ina May Gaskin: Mother of modern midwifery
Ina May Gaskin was interviewed by Anna Sterling for feministing.com Do you like to be guest writer for Original Mama? Please send your story (in English min. 500. max. 2000 … Continue reading
Birthing without Fear (dad-writing part II)
This post is part II in the series of father-writings. Last week Luciano J.H. Kross wrote about ‘being pregnant as a father’. Thanks Luciano for sharing your insight with us. … Continue reading
Ashtanga Yoga, Pregnancy, Birth & Motherhood
Thanks Jessica for sharing your story – You ARE an Original Mama! This story was read by thousands of people, do you like to share your story with our beautiful … Continue reading
Birth Without Violence (4)
Birth Without Violence by Frederick Leboyer Part Four In the pursuit of learning one knows more every day. In the pursuit of the way one does less every day. Less … Continue reading
Birth Without Violence (3)
Birth Without Violence by Frederick Leboyer Part Three The answer is in the question 1 We were wondering about how best to prepare the child… Now we can see it’s … Continue reading
Birth Without Violence (1)
Birth Without Violence by Frederick Leboyer a version from eco-action.org Part One “To be born is to suffer.” – GAUTAMA 1 “Do you think babies like being born?” “What do … Continue reading
ᗢᖇᓮᘐᓰﬡᗩᒪ mama➳♥
From being a globetrotting girl, to a pregnant woman, I became a mama. On Sunday December 23th my baby girl Mila was born. She’s beautiful. All the cliché’s are true … Continue reading
Kissing can prevent tearing
and Other Insights From Ina May Gaskin I just came across several short videos of über midwife Ina May Gaskin talking about birth and what she calls, the sphincter law. … Continue reading