The female path

"A committed, comprehensive plea for intensive physical and mental preparation for the birth event, which the French author describes and evaluates as a kind of initiation into the 'community of mothers'. (...) Gray-shaded reports of experiences highlight the positive effect of this nine-month journey with a natural and as pain-free as possible birth as the crowning conclusion."
ekz information service 03/2019

"The exercises in the book can be put together individually for each woman. Because there is not just one right way, but 1000 ways. With these exercises, pregnant women can learn to know and feel their bodies better and actively participate in the birth. There are also tips for when a child is too high or too low in the pelvic area, or how to create more space in the upper body, especially at the end of the pregnancy, to relieve shortness of breath and chest pain. Fear, relaxation, pain, and even the experiences of the ancestors are exciting chapters in this book. The author's thoughts on the medicalization of this special time round off the book."
Austrian Midwifery Journal 04/2019, Eli Candussi

"It is certainly not the ideal path for all pregnant women in this 'modern world', but for women with a strong body awareness, with the willingness to deal more intensively with their body and the processes and to take this path independently - a good way to prepare intensively for and get involved in the period of pregnancy, birth, childbirth and the time afterwards. Perhaps it will also invite one or two women to reconcile themselves with their bodies and to benevolently accept the processes. For us midwives, it can be a stimulus, expansion and inspiration for course work. A thoroughly stimulating book."
Midwifery Forum 1/2021, Claudia Frey

"When we talk about birth, the two words 'deliver' and 'give birth' clarify how the birth process is viewed - more passively or more actively. The author Martine Texier, a French woman who has been a yoga teacher since 1981, advocates the active path in her book. (...) In the various chapters, Martine Texier explains the path the baby must take through the pelvis, how the cervix opens and how women in labor can deal with their fear and pain. She shows exercises for opening the pelvis, balance exercises and breathing exercises - all illustrated with drawings. (...) Even if it is not possible for all women in labor to 'be able to give birth happily and independently', the book can still provide important food for thought about how their own child should come into the world."
The Midwife 2021; 34; 65-66, Katharina Kerlen-Petri

"In order to prepare the body for the changes in pregnancy and the work of giving birth, this very encouragingly written book contains over a hundred powerful exercises, yoga positions, visualization and breathing exercises and much more. The author always relates these to anatomical and energetic conditions. For her, what is important is what you see in the foreground of pregnancy: is it discomfort, or is it the miracle of the body changing and the baby growing? 'The energy of the wave' is needed in order to be able to give birth independently and happily and thus to overcome fears and pain. Her perhaps unusual approach of consciously opening the various 'doors' in the pelvis, cervix and perineum with breathing and visualization exercises in an upright position also brings a new dimension to birth preparation. Text passages as mnemonics with suggestions for everyday life, illustrations of the exercises and many statements from various women make this book a special companion during pregnancy and as preparation for birth."
NANAYA – Center for Pregnancy, Birth and Life with Children, Newsletter from 3.11.23,www.nanaya.at