Publisher's Synopsis
The authors show how women can prepare for pregnancy and childbirth by using the Alexander Technique. By achieving an overall improvement in balance and movement, a mother's experience of childbirth can be transformed, with numerous benefits to her own health and her baby's development.;As well as explaining how many of the health problems associated with pregnancy can be traced back to faulty posture, the authors show how the technique can be used to achieve a more natural birth, reducing the need for medical attention.;This text is fully illustrated, with practical easy-to-follow photographs, and its publication aims to meet the great demand for information about natural childbirth techniques.