This manual supports holistic preparation for a self-determined and positive birth experience, helps mobilize one's own resources for independent pain and birth management, and encourages confidence in one's own body and its abilities. This book includes... ... a guide to conscious preparation for an instinctive birth and instructions for exercises and methods that support independent birth management. ... information on the natural laws as well as the biological, physiological and spiritual processes that accompany a natural birth process. ... valuable information for orientation and organizational decision-making with regard to a safe and natural birth. ... inspiring pictures and encouraging birth stories from women who have given birth to their children naturally.