Birth...: Journey to the Wild Depths of Motherhood

The story of Persephone illustrates the journey of women from patriarchy to motherhood, through the support of Demeter and Zeus, courage, strength, and surrender to the breath and calm of natural birthing.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 150 pages
Publication date: 15 July 2021
Publisher: Demeter Press

Together, we climb the mountain, for I climb this mountain for you.
Together, we wade through the river, together we shelter in the trees.
Gathered with my support crew, we stand solo, exuding the theatrics of the stage, or in the quiet Zen of retreat.
I unravel myself, open myself, surrender myself to this bold and broad and astonishing experience that will release you, my child, into the world and will forge my will, my heart, my being into the wild depths of motherhood.

Held in the story of Persephone, we start where all women now begin their birth journey – with Zeus, in the structure of patriarchy.

Then we move beyond, through the supportive hold of mother Demeter, then further into ourselves until we find the unique wonder of woman, through courage, strength, and surrender, to the breath and calm and ecstasy she can hold.

Written from the embodied experience of home birth mother and GP obstetrician, offering pregnant women and birth attendants insights into the hospital system, and the beauty that can be found in natural birthing.

Weight: 334g
Dimension: 153 x 228 x 16 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781772583274