Book Description

This is a valuable handguide for any birth attendant, with over 35 color pictures. A wonderful reference for labor support with traditional rebozo; And is a helpful resource for demonstrating support techniques for clients. This book can be used for childbirth education, or as a quick reference during labor. Read about the history and origins of rebozo. Discover the importance of the Psoas Muscle, and how to effectively push during birth. Master laboring and pushing positions to help your clients birth with comfort and ease. A must have addition to any doula or midwife library. This is an easy-to-use study guide that will help you grasp the indigenous wisdom and versatility that the rebozo offers us during labor. In recent years there has been a rebozo buzz brewing in the birthing community. Midwives and Doulas everywhere are working hard to increase their knowledge and skills while passionately supporting the women and people in their community, in autonomy, power, and respect. But has indigenous wisdom been lost? Or worse, appropriated and stolen? For thousands of years, the business of birth support was left to wise women, and grannies. Have we lost a piece of our autonomy and birthing knowledge by "legitimizing" education, certifying birth workers, and ignoring the voices of the indigenous matriarchs who came before us?