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THE JOURNEY INTO LIFE: WHAT BABIES WANT US TO KNOW This APPPAH Regional Conference took place October 6-8, 2006 at the University of Minnesota Conference Center in St. Paul, MN. It was attended by a wonderful array of parents and professionals, both local and national! Below is a listing of presentations and features. But first, feedback from some of our attendees:
"This was a wonderful weekend! I am leaving a better person, parent, teacher and student!"
"Thank you so much! This was incredibly affirming, life-changing and empowering!"
"Thank you for this timely conference. It has been transformational for me, as well as the baby growing inside me."
"LOVE! what you are doing! Let's get the word out!" PRESENTATIONS WHAT BABIES WANT US TO KNOW ABOUT.... Early Influences That Shape Their Personality
Dr. Thomas Verny, MD, a psychiatrist, author of the international bestseller The Secret Life of the Unborn Child, and one of the world's leading authorities in prenatal psychology, will offer fascinating insight into how personality begins to develop long before birth. www.trVernymd.com
Their Ability To Learn & Remember
Dr. David Chamberlain is a psychologist, former President of APPPAH and author of The Mind of Your Newborn Baby. Dr. Chamberlain will illustrate the impressive capacity for memory and learning that babies possess in the womb and after birth. www.BirthPsychology.com
How Their Birth Shapes Their Lives
Suzanne Arms is an internationally acclaimed activist, author of Immaculate Deception, and winner of the Lamaze International Lifetime Achievement Award. Ms. Arms will blend ancient feminine wisdom with modern evidence-based care as she describes the needs of the mother-baby as a biological whole system during the primal period (pre-conception to age 1). www.BirthingTheFuture.com
How Prenatal & Birth Experiences Form Their Life Patterns
Wendy Anne McCarty PhD, RN, Co-creator, Founding Chair and Faculty, Pre- and Perinatal Psychology Program, Santa Barbara Graduate Institute. Dr. McCarty has 30 years experience as an obstetrical nurse, prenatal & birth therapist and is the author of Welcoming Consciousness and Being with Babies, which reflect findings of expanded consciousness at the beginning of life and new principles to support babies to thrive. Dr. McCarty will describe how infants’ earliest experiences affect their sense of self, their relationships and their perception of the world. www.WondrousBeginnings.com
Being Adopted
Dr. Marcy Axness is one of the world’s few experts on the prenatal and perinatal aspects of adoption. As an adoptee, Dr. Axness is able to offer personal as well as professional insight into the effects of adoption. Dr. Axness will address early loss and trauma, intimacy and healing, and how an awareness of prenatal psychology can benefit adopted children as well as their parents. www.QuantumParenting.com The Importance of Being Welcomed into The World
Sobonfu Somé is one of the foremost voices in African spirituality to come to the West. Author of Welcoming Spirit Home: Ancient African Teachings To Celebrate Children and Community, Sobonfu will explain how ritual can help us to celebrate childbirth and welcome a baby into a family, into a community, and into life. www.Sobonfu.com
FILMS What Babies Want: An Exploration of the Consciousness of Infants
This wonderful, award-winning documentary is narrated by ER’s Noah Wyle and produced by Debby Takikawa, DC., founder and director of Beginnings Inc., a non-profit clinic for infant-centered family therapy. What Babies Want is filled with expert commentary and intriguing stories that demonstrate how life patterns are established in the womb and at birth. www.WhatBabiesWant.com
Nature, Nurture & The Power of Love: Conscious Parenting
This fascinating video features Cellular Biologist, Dr. Bruce Lipton, an internationally recognized authority in bridging science and spirit, and author of The Biology of Belief. This film explains the science behind exactly how our earliest experiences have such a profound impact on our lives. In addition to explaining how parents’ thoughts, feelings and emotions can enhance or hinder the developing baby, Dr. Lipton also offers a hopeful message of how it is never too late to create positive change. www.BruceLipton.com
POST CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS The following post-conference workshops are being made available to offer practical applications of the information presented in the symposium: For Parents: Optimal Learning: An Introduction to Brain Gym® Sunday, October 8 - 12:00 - 2:00pm Elizabeth Grambsch, M.A.
Reflexive movement patterns developed during the prenatal and newborn period can have a profound, lifelong effect on our Natural Learning Cycle. This insightful workshop incorporates music and movement to demonstrate how birth trauma and stress can interfere with these reflexes,creating learning and development challenges for your child. Discover the power of Brain Gym® Reflex Integration to help re-pattern and release these blocks, unlocking the door to well-being and optimal learning. Elizabeth Grambsch M.A. is a Twin-Cities based Brain Gym® Consultant and Music Educator. She founded the Crescendo Learning Center with the mission to offer music and movement-based educational tools to optimize learning for all ages. She is passionate about Brain Gym® because its simple, effective and easy to learn. Ms. Grambsch offers private sessions for Brain Gym® and is especially skilled at facilitating healing from birth trauma for both children and adults.
For Professionals: Supporting Babies' Wholeness from the Beginning of Life:
The 21st Century Integrated Prenatal & Perinatal Practice Sunday, October 8 - 9:00am - 4:30pm (1-1/2 hour lunch) Dr. Wendy Anne McCarty
New clinical findings from Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology (PPN), infant mental health, consciousness studies, neuroscience and heart intelligence studies are rapidly changing our understanding of babies, mother-baby dynamics, and how to best support the health and integrity of their prenatal and perinatal experience. This dynamic day of information, baby videos, lively interaction, skill practice, and Q&A will help you integrate PPN into a leading-edge 21st century practice. (See bio above.)
SPECIAL FEATURE!
Barbara McAfee (Singer/Songwriter, Speaker & Transformational Voice Coach) will be "Song Weaving" during The Journey Into Life. This is a unique and powerful process of performing music that prepares groups for learning, builds a sense of community and helps to integrate key messages. www.BarbaraMcAfee.com
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