Violet's Cradles

Spiritual Midwifery is a way of life: It starts long before the birth and we are all called as community to assist in the spiritual nurturing and in the care of the body and soul of the child we welcome into this world - it is the biggest and utmost responsibility to do our best for all of society! By Sigrid Countess von Galen Midwifery starts already long before the actual birth and should not stop afterwards either but is a way of life with the child and the mother and also the father in the centre of attention but also part of the wider community as a whole.  We might find ourselves soon enough again in a more community aware scenario just like in the olden days, when often the neighbours had to help out at the birth before the midwife or in emergencies, the doctor, was coming, and who would assist the midwife as well. We have been often largely cut off as a community from the two fundamental experiences in life within a community