ratings & reviews An excellent book by Ina May Gaskin to get familiar with physiology of a natural birth. A half of the book is full of positive birth stories. It is written clearly and most of statements are supported by scientific studies.
It helps to understand the fascinating natural process of childbirth and moreover, at least for me, it implies positive emotions toward it. This is what I can say from the mental level about the book. However, I still can not speak out of experience 
, I would recommend this reading to any woman considering natural birth.
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birth, book, parenthood
5 episodes of the beginner series by our favorite virtual yoga teacher, Esther Ekhart:
- Foundational Poses (wake up, warm up sequence):
- mountain pose
- standing forward bend
- downward facing dog
- cobra pose
- child pose
- twist (Marichi’s pose)
- Learn to Flow:
- combination of the position foundational poses (except the twist) and breath
into a sun salutation sequence
- Standing Poses
- a variant of a sun salutation sequence with the plunk pose
- warrior II
- extended side angle pose
- triangle pose
- Energizing Practice
- a variant of a sun salutation sequence with
- thunderbolt pose
- warrior II
- extended side angle pose
- locust pose
- bow pose
- child pose
- supine twist
- happy baby pose
- corpse pose
- Relaxing Practice
- mountain pose with stretch and breath
- froward bend
- cat – cow pose
- fish pose
- seated one leg forward bend
- butterfly pose
- reclining twist
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Esther Ekhart, yoga
Mini Medical School for the Public is a collection of lectures presented by the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at University of California San Francisco (UCSF). They can be watched at youtube channel of University of California Television.
I watched a very interesting lecture on Psycho Neuro Immunology by Margaret Kemeny, professor of psychiatry at UCSF. There are many other lectures on topics related to the integrative medicine domain.
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