“Dale has a gentle enthusiasm that is inviting and uniting
as she leads rounds
and sing-alongs. 

Dale can sing for joy,
sing for sorrow,
and sing for celebration.
And with it all comes
her passion for birth, breastfeeding, motherhood and life.”  
Patty
breastfeeding counselor

 

Dear Friends,

I remember being struck by a brief scene in Karil Daniel's film Water Baby:  A large group of pregnant women were singing together at the clinic of pioneering French surgeon,  Michel Odent.  They looked so energized and joyful!

That image stayed with me, as I raised my own children and sang to many hundreds of others.
I believe that singing in community creates an opportunity for deep connections to others,  
to oneself, and with our unborn.

Now I offer that opportunity to expectant mothers in the Bay Area.  Treat yourself and your baby   to a relaxing, restorative, and fun session of singing.  Explore the world's time-tested baby-soothing songs, as well as rounds, chants, and folk songs.  Singing is an excellent way to acknowledge and adjust to the rapid physical changes of pregnancy.
                                                                                       

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"It was a surprise when the organiser of a conference asked me to talk about ‘The function of Joy in pregnancy’! Then I visualised the joyful faces of pregnant women at the end of a weekly singing group in the maternity unit in Pithiviers, France. I often wondered whether pregnant women and babies in the womb would not get more out of coming to sing with us than from going to yet another prenatal examination.1 In other words I was tacitly raising questions about the function of joy in pregnancy."
read more by Dr. Michel Odent

Life Before Birth - more Prenatal Sound and Music articles