Yoga nidrā and the ‘gift’ of injury
Simply being, without any need for doing. Discovering yoga nidrā was the gold of a one-to-one session with yoga therapist,
Humanization of Childbirth in Brazil
Such is the force of the humanization movement in Brazil, that the IV International Conference on Humanization of Childbirth took
Adelir is becoming a midwife: “Life gave me a lemon – I’m making lemonade”
Who remembers Adelir ‘#weareallAdelir‘ Góes? In 2014, the case of a woman from Torres in Rio Grande do Sul
Obstetric violence and humanized birth in Brazil
Originally a guest post on Sheena Byrom’s blog in April 2014, re-posted in response to the wonderful news that Adelir
One in five: pain into strength – and new beginnings in maternity care
Flitting listlessly through my timeline, I was arrested and perplexed by this wall of interrogation on a red background. Turns
Mary Cronk: Language – how far have we come?
Mary sent this letter today, asking me to ‘put it on a universal email on the computer’ for her sisters
Evidence, Experience and Safety: Letters to Editor
“Mothers-to-be may get right to home birth“, wrote Sarah Kate Templeton in The Sunday Times, 11 October 2015 (who also
Midwifery reflections on the Kirkup report
Still working my way through Kirkup’s Morecombe Bay investigation report – it’s a heavy read. After the RCOG and RCM
Down the rabbit hole of ‘reasonable’
Before investigating whether vaginal birth is a reasonable option for women with a breech baby at term (for my undergraduate
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