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Paivi My understanding is (and I may well be
wrong, so please anyone tell me if I am), that belly dancing was originally
devised as a skill shown by women to women to assist them in labour – a sort
of pelvic rocking to movement. Slow belly dancing movements are a good skill
for an active labour. As someone who did ballet ‘til her
mid-20’s, I found that I had quite strong pelvic floor muscles, and found
it quite difficult to let go of my pelvic floor muscles during second stage.
Ballet dancing does give you a good awareness of your pelvic floor – the instructions
of the ballet teacher to pull in and up is all about the pelvic floor and core
muscles. Debbie Slater From:
Hi all, After being to the Midwifery conference in Germany last week
and attending a great latin american dance show last night I am inspired to
write an article about dancing and birth. I have a long history in dancing and
had easy births myself. I have talked to quite a few dancing friends lately and
all had natural labors and felt empowered by it. So if you have great stories
of women dancing trough labor or how dancing during pregnancy can help, please
share. Do you think, that dancing makes pelvic floor muscles stronger, and
that is what helps, or what other advantages can we find in dancing? How have
you seen women use rythm and movements? Does anyone know if there is difference
weather you dance ballet, ballroom, salsa or belly dance... (prenatally,
that is) Päivi |
- [ozmidwifery] Dancing in labour and pregnancy Päivi
- RE: [ozmidwifery] Dancing in labour and pregnancy Debbie Slater
- Re: [ozmidwifery] Dancing in labour and pregnancy Angela Thompson
