I absolutely agree with you Jodie. I'm sure I did similar when I had my first baby 29 years ago (blimey doesn't seem that long ago), sleeping between the contractions and had 3 great memorable births.
I am familiar with Bandler and Grinder. I have a Master Prac Certification in NLP and if it wasn't for NLP I might not be here today. I went to a 3 day workshop and it changed my life, literally. I then studied NLP and wanted to help others have the ability to change their own belief systems and that's why I think being able to reframe your mind in birth is so important. HypnoBirthing also has a base in NLP then so does many other energy modalities. Something the brain does so well is listen to others stories and the mind takes it on as truth, then when it comes across a similar situation it goes to what it has stored until it is convinced otherwise. Being able to understand that others events are their experience and not belonging to me becomes so all important. regards Diane Gardner -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.