Birth As You Please, traveled to the gathering of the Wise, Spiritual Healers, Midwives and Natural Doctors in Patacamaya
Birth As You Please, traveled to the gathering of the Wise, Spiritual Healers, Midwives and Natural Doctors in Patacamaya
Birth As You Please, traveled to the gathering of the Wise, Spiritual Healers, Midwives and Natural Doctors in Patacamaya
Amancaya Χριστίνα
Being an artist and a social entrepreneur I found in my motherhood journey, the inspiration to contribute to the higher cause of motherhood. I wrote "Birth As You Please", an art book of birth stories, because I sensed the urgency of adding ideas, creativity and research to the dialogue around how birth can be more humane and how women, birthing people, all around the world, in many different cultures can inspire each other to rediscover their life giving capabilities.
Amancaya lives in Peace in the House of Mirrors.
The Andean Goddess of Creation,
The Mediterranean Muse of Inspiration.
She was born when my little newborn was conceived in the circle room.
Her gaze over the mountains, into the sky, into the sea.
She lives in me - I live in her
"Birth As You Please", a birth stories art book by Amancaya Χριστίνα
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Twenty one mothers, birthing people from around the world, unite their voices in the book “Birth As You Please” to share their birth stories and portraits to inspire, empower and advocate the right to choose how to give birth; where, when and with whom. A book where the diversity of birth giving experienceis portrayed through colors and words and where art is used as a medium that elevates human existence and immortalizes the essence of motherhood.
Birth Stories, Portraits &Â Poetry
I started painting portraits of moms and asking them about their birth stories. I realized the magic and healing energy that emerges when the story of such an important moment is being shared. Painting is my way of expressing what cannot be expressed with words. Childbirth is one of the most poetic acts of a living being. Poetry and childbirth are alike in origin because they are both born from an abyss, and emerge with great force. In "Birth As You Please", the birth stories shared by each one of the 21 mothers, is accompanied by a birth art portrait and a poem.
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