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“Belly Dancing” and Childbirth.
Morocco.
Follow the
"articles" link
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Giving to
Light: Dancing the Baby into the World.
Morocco. Habibi. Winter, 1996, Vol. 15, No. 1.
Follow the
"articles" link
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Prayer to the
Divine Mother.
Mirayah Delamar.
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Belly Dance and Birth.
Anita-Cristina Calcaterra and Lorraine Lafatta. Special Delivery
(no longer published). Fall 1998, Vol. 21, No. 3.
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Belly Dancing as Birth Dance.
Delilah Flynn.
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Belly Dancing: Dance of the Great Mothers.
Delilah Flynn.
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Chronicles of
The Great Mother.
Delilah Flynn. 2003.
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Birth Dance.
Elisabeth Clark. Habibi. Winter, 1996, Vol. 15, No. 1. Reprints available from
Habibi Magazine.
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Circling Back. Belly Dance as Birth Meditation.
Janice Olivia Dawn. Habibi. Winter, 1996, Vol. 15, No. 1. Reprints available from
Habibi Magazine.
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Dance as if no one is watching.
Pam England.
Birthing From Within Newsletter, September 2007.
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Dancing the Baby Down.
Suzanne Montalalou.
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Prayer to the Divine Mother.
Mirayah Delamar.
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Belly
Dance and Pregnancy.
Carma Haley Shoemaker.
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Pleasure in Childbirth.
Leilah Ali. Compleat Mother. Spring 1996.
Compleat
Mother Magazine.
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The Dance of Birth.
Anita-Cristina Calcaterra. 1992.
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The
Expectant Dancer.
Jawahare. Habibi. Winter, 1996, Vol. 15, No. 1.
Reprints available from
Habibi Magazine.
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Belly Dancing as the Dance of Childbirth. Barbara Brandt & Gigi Groth-Devitt. 1976.
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In the Belly of The Goddess: Belly Dance and
Birth.
Cathy Moore, CNM. 2004.
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Belly Dancing.
Barbara Card Atkinson.
ePregnancy Magazine. February 2005. (Cathy was interviewed for
this article)
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Pregnancy and Dance by Kashmir.
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The Art of Birth.
By Sandy Keefe, MSN, RN. Cathy was interviewed about the connection between
belly dance and birth for this article which appeared in Advance for
Nurses magazine, June 2005. Vol 5, Issue 14, Page 14.
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Pain Relief in Birth.
By Sue
Rose.
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Bump and Grind.
From the
Guardian Unlimited, June 11, 2005.
(Cathy was
interviewed for this article)
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The Birth Of Angelina.
By Teresa Vangeli. A belly dancer's personal account of
using belly dance as part of her birth plan. This article originally
appeared in
Middle Eastern Dance in New England; Sept/Oct
2004.
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Belly Dance for Prenatal Fitness and Childbirth Preparation.
By Cathy Moore. March 2006.
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Gyrate Through Your Pregnancy - Try Belly
Dancing.
By Claire Leschin-Hoar. B.A.B.Y., Spring 2006.
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Delivering The Goods.
By Joanna Weiss.
The Boston Globe. March 23,
2006. (Cathy was interviewed as an expert on belly dancing during
pregnancy. Article contains a brief mention...)
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New Labor Moves: Belly Dancing Hits Delivery
Room.
By Rachel
Zimmerman. The Wall Street Journal.
Saturday, August 4, 2007. (Cathy was interviewed for this article, and is
mentioned along with The Goddess Dancing)
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subscribe to read the entire article...
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Not Your Mom's Lamaze Class.
By Elisabeth
Salemme. TIME magazine.
Thursday, Aug. 23, 2007
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BELLY BENEFITS: ANCIENT FOLK DANCE HELPS
EXPECTANT MOTHERS.
By Emily Bregel. Health Watch - Medical and Fitness News. Chatanooga Times Free Press. September 10, 2006.
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Hips Don't Lie in Belly-Dancing
Births. TV segment that appeared on Good Morning
America. Watch the clip and read the copy.
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Wisdom from Mother Birth: Belly Dancing in
Pregnancy.
By Marjorie Greenfield, MD. Yahoo Health.
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Local
Moms Turn To Belly Dancing To Enhance Pregnancy, Birth Experience.
Kay Quinn. Danscape eZine. April 3, 2008.
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The Power of the Belly. Samantha Dunn and Teri Hanson.
Head First Doulas.
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Preggy Bellies: Belly Dancing for the Pregnant Moms. Henny
Sheahan
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Celebrating the Goddess and Bellydance
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The Dance of Life.
Amita Graham. May 10, 2006.
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Belly Babies:Dancing helps women achieve natural childbirth.
Annie Nelson. Columbia Tribune.
January 18, 2008.
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Belly Dance during Pregnancy. Posted at
Dare To Give Birth Naturally
website.
Videos & DVDs
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Dance to The Great Mother.
Delilah Flynn. Available at
www.visionarydance.com
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Belly Dancing
During Pregnancy.
Gaby Mardshana Oeftering. 1997. Available at
www.visionarydance.com
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Belly Dance
Prenatal Fitness.
World Dance New
York. 2006. Available at
Amazon. Click here to read
Cathy's review of this video.
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Amira's Belly Dance and Yoga for Pregnancy.
Produced by Amira. Available at
Amira's Belly.
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Dance
of the Womb: A Gentle Guide to Belly Dance for Pregnancy an Birth.
Produced by Maha Al Musa. (I love this DVD - Review coming soon...)
