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If birth were a temple

Posted in birth, giving birth, mother blessing, Neat stuff, poems, quotes, readings, spirituality, women, women's circle on April 8, 2012 | 1 Comment »

If birth were a temple If birth were a temple my body is religion, and this small form twisting out of me, is prayer my cries reach birth’s vaulted ceilings, arching like my back over holy waters, crystal clear salt of amniotic my womb–a blessing bowl releases her treasure. –Nane Ariadne Jordan I came across [...]

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Be the change

Posted in personal, poems, readings, spirituality on February 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Spirit of my longing heart, help me to become a force of history. Like a drop of water let me merge and mingle in the currents of my particular time and situation and not hold back, but join what nurtures the earth and soaks the seeds of justice and peace. Let me be the flash [...]

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A Year of Talk Birth–Free ebook (rough copy)

Posted in birth, Birth Thoughts, Books, childbirth educators, handouts, Neat stuff, personal, readings, Resources on January 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Earlier this year I mentioned that I’d used BlogBlooker to convert my blog into a book so that I could copy the text into a year-end Wordle. Anyway, I decided I might as well make the finished blogbook available for download here as an ebook of sorts. It is pretty rough, since it includes comment [...]

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Blessingway Poem: A Prayer for One Who Comes to Choose This Life

Posted in babies, birth, Birth Thoughts, ceremony, friends, mother blessing, poems, readings, women's circle on November 26, 2011 | 2 Comments »

A Prayer for One Who Comes to Choose This Life By Danelia Wild May she know the welcome of open arms and hearts May she know she is loved by many and by one May she know the circle of friendship that gives and receives love in all its forms May she know and be [...]

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Birth Quotes of the Month

Posted in active birth, Activism, babies, birth, Birth Thoughts, giving birth, maternity care, midwifery, Neat stuff, quotes, readings, women on November 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

As always, while these quotes are obviously not my own words, I do appreciate a link back to my site if you re-post them because I have a significant amount of legwork invested in finding and typing the quotes. Most are not recycled from other pages (I give credit if they are), but are typed [...]

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More Readings for Women’s Programs

Posted in ceremony, mother blessing, quotes, readings, Resources, spirituality, women, women's circle on October 26, 2011 | 2 Comments »

I absolutely love collecting these kinds of things (almost as much as I love collecting quotes) and I figure that as long as I’ve bothered retyping or saving them, I might as well share them via my blog—that way more people can possibly benefit from or enjoy them! Invocation: Mother of the Medicine Wheel (from [...]

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