4 – Nadine’s Corner
Merry Christmas & A Very Happy New Year 2012!!!
I have been writing like crazy and have a lot of new “stuff” prepared for you in 2012! Stay warm, be safe and many, many blogs to you in 2012!
Nadine
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SEE ONLY LOVE: A Clue To Healing Emotional Trauma!
In the course of this Summer I underwent intense “training” and life readjustment! Some of you may know my husband got in a motorcycle accident! Relax! He is ok! He actually got out with very little physical harm but the event itself pushed him into “awakening”! See Sonia Choquette’s new book to help you if you are at that point in your life! There is a free “kindle” edition for a limited time!
"... drawn into a fast learning spiral!"
As his life partner, best friend and preferred helper/healer, I too was drawn into a fast learning spiral… I had been thinking, reading and “asking” for guidance in healing trauma (especially emotional trauma from birth) and there before me lied many of the answers. From the energetic approach and the “helper’s” way of “holding the space” for healing, to the unbelievable extend of the impact it (the trauma) has on one’s life and how it is all interconnected to the point where healing one aspect uncovers and potentially heals many others, older, forgotten ones.
I could go on in long and large for many pages (and you will see the impact of my discoveries in the future work that unfolds in the next year or two) BUT, for now here is in a nut shell: “See Only Love”.
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“See only Love” is the name of one of the cards from Doreen Virtue‘s “Daily Guidance from your Angels” deck. I picked that card today! It says “Look past the seeming errors, mistakes, and misunderstandings, and see only the love within each person (including yourself)…”
I realized how much I had done “that” in the past few weeks and how it is one key (if not the most important one) to healing emotional trauma! The truth is, no matter who the other person is (a spouse, a child, a friend, a client,….), they are already blaming themselves so much.
The blame and guilt keep the “trauma” energy trapped in stead of letting it just go through! Unconditional love and compassionate understanding allow that “healing space” for them to let it go! I remember clearly, in the ER with my husband in shock, his expression changing and my “feeling” was like a bubble had just burst!
So when your toddler does his next “booboo”, remember… “See only love”! When your next client “fails” to follow her birth plan… “Se only love”. When YOU make your next “oops”,… “See yourself only with love, as love, and loved”! Pick up the pieces and keep going with a lighter step…Perhaps!
We always are someone’s “healer”!
What’s your story?
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Your Natural Birth Specialist Story
Here is a video to tell you a little bit about my journey and discoveries with natural pregnancy and birth!
Dallas Natural Birth Nadine Romain from Nadine Romain on Vimeo.
Hello and welcome to my website. I am Nadine Romain and here is a little bit about my story. I have a PhD in Biomedical Experimental Sciences (or Biochemistry in short). I also have been teaching yoga and yoga nidra for over 25 years. I am the founder of “Gentle Birth Companions”, my doula business of over 10 years and I have a part-time practice as a Medical Hypnotist, using a wide variety of alternative healing arts like Ortho-Bionomy, Emotional Freedom Technique and ThetaHealing.
As a yoga teacher, I specialized in prenatal yoga early in my life. That was my first “encounter” with preparation for childbirth… As a scientist and researcher, I spent over 10 years studying specific components in breast milk that were proven to accelerate the naturally occurring changes in a newborn’s intestinal tract. I was always around babies, and I liked it!
It was in 1998 that I assisted my first birth. A very good friend of mine asked me to be with her in the hospital and I did. I used what I knew at the time; yogic breathing and yoga relaxation techniques. I pulled it of on the spot to help her as she was induced. I had no clue at the time how difficult it was on her body… I held her hand and breathe with her in rhythm for about 5 hours straight…I’ll spare you the details… I remember both nurse and doctor were quite impressed. They said “what you are doing is called a doula”. I had never heard that word in my life…
Long story short I took the DONA doula training about 6 weeks later and started my business of assisting women during labor and birth right away. I got my certification as a professional labor assistant 18 months later.
I was still mostly using my yogic breathing and relaxation techniques and some of the traditional things taught in doula trainings: “keep changing position”, “empty your bladder”, “breath with me”, and other basic doula tools when I bumped –so to speak” into a “HypnoBirthing” flyer. I was intrigued. At the time, I didn’t know anything about hypnosis… Like most people I thought that it meant someone could make me do things I didn’t want to do… I decided to contact the founder, Marie (Mickey) Mongan. My first email from her was reassuring. “People in hypnosis are fully aware at all times!” she said.
Again, long story short, I took the HypnoBirthing training in Houston a month later and started teaching it immediately. I loved it but many of my students/clients still didn’t get the easy, peaceful birth they had prepared for. And I was there to witness it… wondering why not? What was going on? What did I forget to teach them?
So I kept looking and searching for answers… In my quest, I became a certified hypnotist with the International Medical and Dental Hypnotherapy Association. I took many specialty trainings in “Pain Relief”, “Ultra-deep hypnosis”, and other modalities like Ortho-Bionomy, Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) and ThetaHealing. I learned from many prominent mentors and seasoned hypnotists in the country and I continue to learn everyday.
I also discovered new ways and found new answers as my understanding of the mind/ body relationship and the reality of our world evolved. I learned to connect to my own inner resources, one of the things I teach in preparation to birth…
I always had a metaphysical approach to birth because of who I am and also because of my inner knowledge and experience with the Eastern Phylosophies from my yoga training. The Eastern masters generally would say: ”Practice, practice, practice…And you will discover for yourself!” Whereas, the Western teachers say: “I know the answer, I have been there… and here is what I know. Believe me this is the truth.”…When in fact they should have said “this is MY truth”.
I was fortunate enough to have both Eastern and Western teachers and trainings. It taught me to think for myself and to keep searching for “my” truth through some personal practice like yoga, tai chi, meditation… and other ways.
This is how my work as evolved in my 10+ years of experience with pregnant couples. This is why it will keep changing and adapt to your needs and your demands as a community, as families, and as individuals.
I hope you join us on this journey and share your own struggles and victories in walking the path of mother- (and father-) hood!
I am looking forward to sharing with you!
Why build another new mom community?
With your permission, I would like to share with you what I had in mind when I started this project.
Why Another Pregnancy and Birth Community? from Nadine Romain on Vimeo.
Hello and welcome to my website have-the-birth-you-want.com
My name is Nadine Romain. I have a PhD in Biomedical Experimental Sciences from Belgium my home country. I am also a medical hypnotist, a certified doula and a yoga teacher. I created this website with you in mind.
This is a place where you can ask questions and share your experiences with other women. I hope for an atmosphere of respect and light-hearted exchanges. On my part, I will provide real tools and tips from my multifaceted expertise and knowledge.
I wish for a community of women looking for real information and alternatives that work to enhanced their natural birth experience. Helping women get the birth they want has been my passion for many, many years.
I look forward to hearing from you
Natural Birthing, at Have the Birth You Want
I’m so excited to be creating this community for women who want to talk about pregnancy and natural birthing and pain-free birth!
My name is Dr. Nadine Romain (the doctor part is from a PhD in Biological Experimental Sciences!) I’m a yoga instructor, a doula, and a hypnotherapist who has spent many years now teaching women how to have a pregnancy and birthing process that is beautiful, natural, and pain-free (or really close, at least 
)
On this site we’ll look at natural birthing video tips, there will be audio posts with some hypno-stuff, and fun links to great natural birthing articles and hypno-birthing info.
If you want to know more about me, there’s more info on my Dallas hypnotherapist web-site. Thanks so much for joining our natural birth community here!
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