Her birth was full of life and death imprints and lots of medical interventions. As the child was supported for expressing her full range of feelings regarding these events, and as the parents were taught how to encourage their child's emotional expression in safe ways and in safe places, the child's tantrums became a rare occurrence. Ph.D. A Tibetan birth is a celebration of family connections and life teachings. This is a tradition where birth is viewed as part of a continuum within each individual life and its full cycle of integration of physical, emotional, mental and spiritual development, of growth through relationship, and of connection with the environment. Tibetans believe that the quality of each life affects all future life.
Birth marks a new start, linked to all the lives and relationships that went before it.
Fundamental values in a Tibetan heritage are transmitted in ritual and practices through seven stages of birthcare, from before conception through conception, gestation, birthing, bonding, infancy and early childhood, intended to prepare consciousness for later spiritual initiation, community action, and the ongoing cycle of parenting. Tibetan birth ways emphasize the strength and dignity of women and the participation of the father and other family and community members. Primary value is accorded to inner experience, innate wisdom and the immediacy of the sacred. Vivid illustrations abound. 18 Adrian Raine, D.Phil.