In recent months, I have been blown away by a flim masterpiece, Birth As We Know It, by Elena Tonetti-Vladimirova, about water births in Russia and at Kona on Hawaii. But it is about much more than that. It shows that women can have joyous labors rather than pain filled labors. It shows that women can have uncomplicated deliveries if they do their homework, and it describes that homework. I would like everyone who has the wisdom to be associated with IONS to know about this DVD. I would really appreciate your suggestions about how best to accomplish this.You can learn more about this DVD at http://www.birthintobeing.com

But beware! And be prepared. The movie is so powerful, sowing how our concept of the birthing process can be so different. It can be totally joyful. When you show this film people sometimes regress to the birth experience they did not have. So be prepared to have some "stuff"  come up. This makes a very good discussion around gender differences too, as both men and women can be totally struck with how things could be different if we applied the tools of conscious preparation and taught woman how to work with intention and attention to consciousness while in delivery.

IONS President James O'Dea used this video in a workshop with the result of deep healing across the gender divides. The movie gave women and men who had painful experiences an opportunity to reclaim their birth experience in another way with techniques for re-patterning consciousness.


IONS 2007 International Conference: Consciousness in Action: The Science and Practice of Transformation, August 8-12, 2007