The Perfect Gift!
27 artful cards to help guide you in your birth
You no longer have to search the internet or read book after book in preparation for your birth. Make this one of the essential items that you toss in your birth bag!
What's in the Deck
The deck is divided into three type of cards:
Labor Position, Mindfulness Exercise & Physical Practice.
Labor Position
This card type covers each labor position, what stage of the birthing they are used for, benefits of this particular position and considerations to keep in mind while using each position.
Mindfulness Exercise
This card type will guide you with mindfulness exercises including breath awareness, visualizations and meditations. The goal is to become alert and focused through deliberate relaxation.
Physical Practice
This card type covers relaxation techniques, breathing exercises, ways to connect with your baby and tips for finding your rhythm during labor.
27 different exquisite watercolor paintings on each card!
The cards are 4 3/4' x 6 7/8' x 0.9mm. They feature a matte finish, round corners and gold gilded edges. They come in a beautiful rugged box with a magnetized clasp.
The Goal of this Deck
"The tools in this deck are meant to help you deepen your trust in your body and the birthing process, so that your mind can rest and you can move into a deeper experience. Mindfulness tools will help prepare you for the intensity of childbirth. With practice, you can learn to cope with the pain that accompanies the birthing experience. Our brains can only attend to a certain number of sensations at a time. This phenomenon is known as the gate control theory. Position changes, conscious breathing, hydrotherapy, mindfulness exercises, and continuous support are just a few ways to reduce the painful messages that your brain receives during labor. This is sometimes called equanimity, a state where everything we notice shares equal value. For example, you are aware of: your breath, something in your gaze, warm water on your skin. Through this, the pain gets a smaller amount of your attention.
Birth is full of uncharted territory. The secret to having an empowered birth experience is not about accomplishing a certain desired outcome in a particular way. What's more important is the process leading up to that magical moment when you are holding your newborn baby in your arms." ~ Shaina Traisman
About the Author: Shaina Traisman
Shaina Traisman is the author of The Conscious Birth Deck and founder of Yoga Behind Bars. Since 2008, YBB has equipped thousands of incarcerated adults with inner tools to break the cycle of trauma-stress-prison. Shaina took her first midwifery workshop in 1997 in Ashland, OR. She then graduated from the Maui Therapeutic School of Massage in 2000. She completed the Samadhi Yoga Teacher Training in 2003 in Seattle, WA, then in 2009 traveled to India to complete a 250 hour yoga teacher training in Ashtanga TTC with Kamal Singh. She became a Certified Labor Doula from Birthingway College of Midwifery in Portland, OR. in 2013, and completed a 200 hr advanced course through the School of Traditional Western Herbalism in Portland, OR in 2014. Shaina began offering Karma Yoga Teacher Trainings in 2017, and has been a nationally certified massage therapist since 2002, specializing in pregnancy massage and prenatal yoga.
Shaina is survived by her husband and two young children who live in Portland, OR.
