Mentors and parents love using these cards. Each card has thought-provoking comments and questions to help parents reflect on and learn from their birth art process. Nine colorful, attractive cards are printed on 4" x 6" glossy card stock and bound together on a ring.
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Card: Birthing From Within's Kiva Mama $3.00
**SALE** (regularly $3.50)
In search of an image that would convey the universal, introspective feeling of gestating motherhood during pregnancy and early postpartum, Pam England made this pastel drawing in 1998. Living in the Southwest, Pam England's art is influenced by visits to ancient pueblo sites where some ancient peoples built kivas, round underground rooms for ceremonies (some kivas were built above ground). Kivas are entered through a hole in the roof. There is usually a hole in the floor called a sipapu, which for Pueblo people symbolizes the connection with Mother Earth from birth, and the spot from where the First People emerged. During soulful transitions, we move between two worlds. Moving between taking care of worldly responsibilities and descending into daydreaming, prayer, or meditation is represented by the ladder.
Pam's beautiful, classic pastel drawing is reproduced as a 5" x 7" greeting card. Comes with envelope.
Pam England's intense and thought-provoking painting reflects three levels of consciousness and history surrounding birth in our culture. See the Birth Art section of the website for a detailed description of this work. Reproduced as a 5" x 7" card, and comes with an envelope.
Pam England's colorful painting of a Labor Labyrinth is reproduced as a 5" x 7" card, and comes with an envelope. Pam tells us more: "The colorful chakra labyrinth represents a woman's internal experience of being in labor, thus I coined the word 'labOrinth.' To reach the center, she need only put one foot in front of the other. Even so, she will feel "lost" in the sudden twists and turns. Raven just showed up in this painting, perched on a Stop sign...A stylized Friedman's graph in the upper right corner shows the oversimplified medical model's map of labor: the cervix dilates more and more until the baby falls out and the mother is discharged." Read more about the LabOrinth.
Pam England's stunning oil painting depicts the fleeting, unforgettable moment she envisioned herself a powerful, ferocious roaring lion while pushing her second baby out at home. The painting is reproduced as a 5" x 7" greeting card. Comes with an envelope.
Pam England tells the story that inspired her painting: "In March of 2000, in a flood that took 700 lives and left millions more homeless, Sofia Pedro gave birth to her daughter, Rosita, while clinging to branches high up in a tree over muddy flood water from the Limpopo River in Mozambique, Africa." Her oil and acrylic painting that pays homage to the strength and resourcefulness of birthing women is reproduced as a 5" x 7" card. Comes with envelope.
Special Sale! Only $11 each! The beautiful storytelling journal is available for resale, childbirth classes, and/or gift-giving. Half-case of 12 is $132. Save $84!
**OUT OF STOCK** This beautiful spiral-bound journal was designed by Pam England to accompany the storytelling of Inanna's Descent, Initiation, & Return. It contains select portions of the ancient story, excerpted from the translation by Samuel Noah Kramer and Diane Wolkstein in their book, Inanna: Queen of Heaven and Earth. There are exercises and processes for personal growth.
Rich in metaphor, symbols and wisdom, this Great Story parallels the story of your labor, postpartum, and other important life transitions. Inanna’s Descent also holds tremendous relevance to birth-related professionals who use this Journal to teach mothers how to prepare for the inner journey of birth and the Return postpartum.
During the storytelling, parents and others can use the blank pages to jot down notes, journal personal reflections, and draw or paint emerging images.
This fantastic and very popular online distance course is designed by Pam England for people who work with pregnant women and their partners. You will be guided in the nuts-and-bolts of making and teaching from birth art in both private sessions and group classes. Lessons are lively, fun, and very informative.
Our interactive course runs for five consecutive weeks, with lessons, weekly assignments, interactive forums and live online chats with your peers and Pam England and/or Virginia Bobro. The course ends with an hour-long group conference call. You will come away with a myriad of skills and processes to enhance your work and personal awareness!
All sessions have sold out two months in advance, so register early! Enrollment is limited to ensure personal attention.
Available sessions (start date listed, course runs for five weeks):
February 22 - March 28, 2010 - **FULL**April 12 - May 16, 2010 - *FULL**We will be adding more sessions shortly!
When you register, please indicate WHICH session you want.
Before you register, be sure you can participate fully for five weeks. Assignments include holding birth art sessions during the course, so if you are on a solo boat voyage around the world, that won't really work! Online chats are held once a week, usually on Fridays or Mondays at noon (Pacific time). All chats and calls are optional and archived, so they can be accessed later. Once the course has begun, the fee is non-refundable.
16 contact hours available through CA Board of Registered Nursing, provider #12800.
This poster features Pam England's beautiful, classic pastel drawing of a pregnant woman sitting meditatively in a kiva. It has a white border, with the pink BIRTHING FROMWITHIN logo tastefully printed along the bottom edge. Suitable for framing. Perfect for midwives or doctors to hang in their offices, or for parents who desire an elegant reminder to "Birth from within". Poster is 11"x17".
Pam England writes about her birth and this painting: "When I was pushing on my bed, on hands-and-knees, I raising up my head and made ferocious growling and pushing sounds as my son's head was being born. For a fleeting moment I envisioned myself a roaring lion--and felt empowered by this image. The white jagged line represents the Force of Life surging through me, assisting in the expulsion of my baby. The darker earthy colors in the lower half of the painting represent being immersed in the Dark Feminine. In Mesopotamia where lions were plenty and hunted, the lion symbolized an attribute of the goddess; the lion is generally associated with the power of God, courage and the guardian of the tomb." Suitable for framing, this high-quality poster makes a striking statement in an office, birthing center, or private home, reminding all who see it of the power of the birthing woman. Poster is 11"x17".
By Michele Cassou, author of Life, Paint and Passion. Helpful questions to awaken your creative power to the fullest. A great resource while creating art and mentoring parents' doing birth art. This booklet presents a series of ready-made questions to stimulate inspiration and dissolve creative blocks. It will guide you through the different stages of the creative process. Recommended use after reading Life, Paint and Passion and Point Zero Painting
Click here for more info about Michele Cassou and Process Painting.
This poster features Pam England's beautiful, classic pastel drawing of a pregnant woman sitting meditatively in a kiva. It has a white border, with the pink BIRTHING FROMWITHIN logo tastefully printed along the bottom edge. Suitable for framing. Perfect for midwives or doctors to hang in their offices, or for parents who desire an elegant reminder to "Birth from within". Poster is 11"x17".
*Poster-Roaring the Baby Out!
Pam England writes about her birth and this painting: "When I was pushing on my bed, on hands-and-knees, I raising up my head and made ferocious growling and pushing sounds as my son's head was being born. For a fleeting moment I envisioned myself a roaring lion--and felt empowered by this image. The white jagged line represents the Force of Life surging through me, assisting in the expulsion of my baby. The darker earthy colors in the lower half of the painting represent being immersed in the Dark Feminine. In Mesopotamia where lions were plenty and hunted, the lion symbolized an attribute of the goddess; the lion is generally associated with the power of God, courage and the guardian of the tomb." Suitable for framing, this high-quality poster makes a striking statement in an office, birthing center, or private home, reminding all who see it of the power of the birthing woman. Poster is 11"x17".
Mentors and parents love using these cards. Each card has thought-provoking comments and questions to help parents reflect on and learn from their birth art process. Nine colorful, attractive cards are printed on 4" x 6" glossy card stock and bound together on a ring.
