| A MIDWIFE'S PRACTICE |
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Traditional Midwifery is part of the original model of womancare handed down from the beginning of human
time. This model has evolved and changed continuously over the centuries and is currently a vast and ever
expanding tapestry of birthing consciousness.
Mothers and midwives are the principle weavers. Working in concert, we preserve a model of bringing forth
life with dignity and grace. Together we facilitate the creation of family and community on this planet.
As midwives, we do not strive to control birth -- or each other.
Rather, we allow birth to evolve freely and gracefully to its natural conclusion. In doing so, each of us --
mother, father, baby and midwife -- unfolds as a more whole and perfect human being.
Midwifery calls each of us to our highest and best. In our quest to cultivate ourselves and serve others with
love and respect, we facilitate important rites of passage. As midwives, we guard the doors of birth and
death, healing and growing. We empower each other and ourselves by allowing the process of life to unfold
according to individual divine plan.
At The Matrona, we come together to develop our innate spiritual selves. We experience the rites of
passage attendant on becoming a Midwife, we seek realms of higher learning, and we learn to be
comfortable and conversant with the body-mind-spirit continuum.
The privilege to attend women and families in birth requires commitment and dedication to a lifestyle that
embraces a desire to pursue the sacred. A midwife's practice reflects her experience of what is holy, what
is honorable, what is generous, compassionate, noble and loving. From her ability to heal herself comes the
power to facilitate healing in others. From self-respect flows respect for others. From connection with the
Ancient Heart of Midwifery, the old and sacred traditions, comes the ability to remember the ways that have
served families for centuries. From authentic spiritual practice and incorporation of the sacred as part of
daily life comes her ability to practice midwifery with an appropriate balance of intuition and skills. From this
perspective, all else flows.
At The Matrona, we make the distinction between religion and spirituality. We encourage each woman to
cultivate a personal spiritual practice and to engage in that discipline at least one hour a day. A particular
practice may include prayer, meditation, yoga, Qi Gong, spiritual readings, dance, journaling, singing, ritual
and ceremony or any other aspect of connecting with the Divine.
time. This model has evolved and changed continuously over the centuries and is currently a vast and ever
expanding tapestry of birthing consciousness.
Mothers and midwives are the principle weavers. Working in concert, we preserve a model of bringing forth
life with dignity and grace. Together we facilitate the creation of family and community on this planet.
As midwives, we do not strive to control birth -- or each other.
Rather, we allow birth to evolve freely and gracefully to its natural conclusion. In doing so, each of us --
mother, father, baby and midwife -- unfolds as a more whole and perfect human being.
Midwifery calls each of us to our highest and best. In our quest to cultivate ourselves and serve others with
love and respect, we facilitate important rites of passage. As midwives, we guard the doors of birth and
death, healing and growing. We empower each other and ourselves by allowing the process of life to unfold
according to individual divine plan.
At The Matrona, we come together to develop our innate spiritual selves. We experience the rites of
passage attendant on becoming a Midwife, we seek realms of higher learning, and we learn to be
comfortable and conversant with the body-mind-spirit continuum.
The privilege to attend women and families in birth requires commitment and dedication to a lifestyle that
embraces a desire to pursue the sacred. A midwife's practice reflects her experience of what is holy, what
is honorable, what is generous, compassionate, noble and loving. From her ability to heal herself comes the
power to facilitate healing in others. From self-respect flows respect for others. From connection with the
Ancient Heart of Midwifery, the old and sacred traditions, comes the ability to remember the ways that have
served families for centuries. From authentic spiritual practice and incorporation of the sacred as part of
daily life comes her ability to practice midwifery with an appropriate balance of intuition and skills. From this
perspective, all else flows.
At The Matrona, we make the distinction between religion and spirituality. We encourage each woman to
cultivate a personal spiritual practice and to engage in that discipline at least one hour a day. A particular
practice may include prayer, meditation, yoga, Qi Gong, spiritual readings, dance, journaling, singing, ritual
and ceremony or any other aspect of connecting with the Divine.
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