Rachana Shivam's guest appearances

Rachana Shivam

Dearest Doula with Nathalie Saenz

Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond

Sarah Buckley

Tami Lynn Kent

Rachel Reed

Gail Tully

Peter Jackson

Sarah Juliusson

Jessica Potter

Nicole Moore

Natasha Marchand

Rhea Dempsey

Pam England

John Travis

Vanessa Merten

Tim Winton

Ben Hur

OwlTail

In this episode we speak with Rachana Shivam, mother, grandmother, pioneering childbirth educator and advocate for families, doula, primal healing practitioner, principal of the International College of Spiritual Midwifery and author of the leading text on lotus birth, the practice of leaving the umbilical cord intact.Rachana first became a mother in the mid ‘70s during the winds of change for birth in Australia.  As you will hear from Rachana it was a very charged and hopeful time for those advocating for families in birth.  Unfortunately Rachana still sees a lot of parallels with how birth is managed even 40 years later, but during her lengthy and sustained journey she and her colleagues have paved the way for a lot of what we now take for granted in birth, all of which was thought to be crazy at the time: Waterbirth, self-hypnosis and breathing methods for pain management during labour, preparing for birth by examining our own births through rebirthing, Leboyer birth where the focus is on supporting the mother/baby dyad’s process rather than intervening in it.  Rachana shares her experiences of birth and early years of childbirth advocacy.Other references: - Rachana Shivam - www.lotusbirth.net- Prophylactic method for pain relief, also known as the Lamaze Method.- Dr Graham Farrant, http://www.primal-page.com/gfobit.htm- Dr Frederick Leboyer, author of Birth Without Violence- Arthur Janov “Primal Therapy” “The Feeling Child” http://www.primaltherapy.com- Association For Prenatal And Perinatal Psychology And Health https://birthpsychology.com/- Another link of interest: "Don’t Cut Baby’s Cord - We Can Be Much Kinder"  https://vimeo.com/21315581A warning if you have children listening, there is brief mention of the old practice of operating on children without anaesthesia (at approx 13’30”), and experiencing orgasm in birth at approx 22’20”.Produced and presented by Sally Cusack 2019Copyright PBB Media and Sally Cusack 2019www.pbbmedia.org

In this episode we speak with Rachana Shivam, mother, grandmother, pioneering childbirth educator and advocate for families, doula, primal healing practitioner, principal of the International College of Spiritual Midwifery and author of the leading text on lotus birth, the practice of leaving the umbilical cord intact. Rachana first became a mother in the mid ‘70s during the winds of change for birth in Australia. As you will hear from Rachana it was a very charged and hopeful time for those advocating for families in birth. Unfortunately Rachana still sees a lot of parallels with how birth is managed even 40 years later, but during her lengthy and sustained journey she and her colleagues have paved the way for a lot of what we now take for granted in birth, all of which was thought to be crazy at the time: Waterbirth, self-hypnosis and breathing methods for pain management during labour, preparing for birth by examining our own births through rebirthing, Leboyer birth where the focus is on supporting the mother/baby dyad’s process rather than intervening in it. Rachana shares her experiences of birth and early years of childbirth advocacy. Other references: - Rachana Shivam - <a href="http://www.lotusbirth.net" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">www.lotusbirth.net</a> - Prophylactic method for pain relief, also known as the Lamaze Method. - Dr Graham Farrant, <a href="http://www.primal-page.com/gfobit.htm" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.primal-page.com/gfobit.htm</a> - Dr Frederick Leboyer, author of Birth Without Violence - Arthur Janov “Primal Therapy” “The Feeling Child” <a href="http://www.primaltherapy.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.primaltherapy.com</a> - Association For Prenatal And Perinatal Psychology And Health <a href="https://birthpsychology.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://birthpsychology.com/</a> - Another link of interest: "Don’t Cut Baby’s Cord - We Can Be Much Kinder" <a href="https://vimeo.com/21315581" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://vimeo.com/21315581</a> A warning if you have children listening, there is brief mention of the old practice of operating on children without anaesthesia (at approx 13’30”), and experiencing orgasm in birth at approx 22’20”. Produced and presented by Sally Cusack 2019 Copyright PBB Media and Sally Cusack 2019 <a href="http://www.pbbmedia.org" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">www.pbbmedia.org</a>

Healing from Birth with Rachana Shivam

Rachana Shivam Evans is the founding Principal of the International College of Spiritual Midwifery. Rachana’s teaching career spans 40 years and she has been  a pioneer of conscious birthing practices since the 1970's , specializing in Water Birth and Lotus Birth. Her book 'Lotus Birth' is now in it's second edition, has been translated into Italian, Polish, and Czech and is a world first publication. She is also executive director of the acclaimed DVD 'The Lotus Birth of the Malcolm Twins' and Co-author of 'The Tantric Path’. I couldn’t have imagined finding a more lovely and inspiring guest for this topic, Rachana greatly deepened my appreciation for the role of the placenta, and I think after listening you will love her as much as I do!  For links to all the amazing resources Rachana outlined, be sure to visit her 'show notes' page at: www.dearestdoula.comHave you connected with 'Dearest Doula' on social media? Don't wait, do it today! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DearestDoulaTwitter: https://twitter.com/DearestDoulaInstagram: https://instagram.com/dearestdoula/ You can also get connected by joining our Facebook group, ‘Birth work is the Best Work’ Also, don’t forget to sign up for the Dearest Doula Accountability Tribe- to join in on weekly discussions with other passionate birth workers who want to deepen their doula philosophy, and grow their business.  I look forward to connecting with you! *Sound/Music by Setuniman  at www.freesound.org/people/setuniman/

Rachana Shivam Evans is the founding Principal of the International College of Spiritual Midwifery. Rachana’s teaching career spans 40 years and she has been  a pioneer of conscious birthing practices since the 1970's , specializing in Water Birth and Lotus Birth. Her book 'Lotus Birth' is now in it's second edition, has been translated into Italian, Polish, and Czech and is a world first publication. She is also executive director of the acclaimed DVD 'The Lotus Birth of the Malcolm Twins' and Co-author of 'The Tantric Path’. I couldn’t have imagined finding a more lovely and inspiring guest for this topic, Rachana greatly deepened my appreciation for the role of the placenta, and I think after listening you will love her as much as I do!   For links to all the amazing resources Rachana outlined, be sure to visit her 'show notes' page at: <a href="http://www.dearestdoula.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.dearestdoula.com</a> Have you connected with 'Dearest Doula' on social media? Don't wait, do it today!   <a href="https://www.facebook.com/DearestDoula" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook:</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/DearestDoula" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/DearestDoula</a><a href="https://twitter.com/DearestDoula" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>: <a href="https://twitter.com/DearestDoula" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/DearestDoula</a><a href="https://instagram.com/dearestdoula/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a>: <a href="https://instagram.com/dearestdoula/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://instagram.com/dearestdoula/</a>   You can also get connected by joining our Facebook group, <a href="https://www.facebook.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">‘Birth work is the Best Work’ </a><a href="http://www.dearestdoula.com/atribe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Also, don’t forget to sign up for the Dearest Doula Accountability Tribe- to join in on weekly discussions with other passionate birth workers who want to deepen their doula philosophy, and grow their business.</a>    I look forward to connecting with you!   *Sound/Music by Setuniman  at <a href="http://www.freesound.org/people/setuniman/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.freesound.org/people/setuniman/</a>

Ep. 41: 'Lotus Births' Featuring Rachana Shivam Evans