our wonderful guests today are Jennifer Lalor and Raine Sharpe.

Jennifer Lalor is a somatic (body-based) educator and practitioner with over 17 years experience working with a diverse range of clients including executive teams, professionals, artists, and social entrepreneurs.

Jennifer had the amazing privilege of studying directly under Anna and her daughter Daria Halprin intensively in the use of the expressive arts in therapy and education before being invited onto Tamalpa’s core faculty. She taught an international student body at the Institute in California for four years before coming to live in Australia.

Raine Sharpe, a local woman, mother and grandmother. Apart from her roles as CalmBirth facilitator, midwife & doula, Raine is also a source of vital knowledge and an educator in our community. She carries with her the old knowings of birth.

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We call women of her calibre – Birth keepers. And I say calibre because in my mind – birth keepers are not only heroes, they are courageous being walking the earth containing a memory stick if you like, of something that has long been forgotten in western society.

Both women today herald the benefits of Somatic work, somatic knowing. That is that The Body Knows and given the opportunity it can manifest itself harmoniously.

During the program, Raine speaks of her passion for acknowledging the rite of passage of 'becoming grandmother'. She has been collecting and recording stories from grandmothers from around the world and has a book in the works about this important phase in a woman's life.

To get in touch with Raine regarding your unique story of becoming grandmother, email her at:
raines@australis.net

For CalmBirth information:

http://www.calmbirth.com.au
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