Hypnobirthing: The Mongan Method, The Breakthrough Natural Approach to safer, easier, more Comfortable Birthing » (Book & CD)

Marie Mongan, M.Ed., M.Hy., is a life-long educator, former college dean, clinical hypnotherapist, and Director of the Hypnobirthing Institute. She is the recipient of the 1995 National Guild of Hypnotists President's Award and received the coveted Charles Tebbetts Award in 2000 for the recognition she has brought to hypnotherapy. Ms. Mongan lives in New Hampshire, but spends much of her time on the road training new instructors in the techniques of hypnobirthing. She is the mother of four adult children, all born using the techniques upon which hypnobirthing is based.

HypnoBirthing is a relaxation and visualization program that helps the mother become confident enough in the birthing process to allow her body to do what it is designed to do-give birth comfortably and efficiently. It is about eliminating fear and tension from the mind and body. This accompanying CD is a birth affirmation exercise designed to ease the mother into a state of relaxation and help her to visualize a positive birth. The CD includes instruction, a relaxation reading, a visualization exercise, and accompanying music (approximately length 30 minutes). It is an integral part of the program meant to be listened to several times a week for at least the last trimester of pregnancy.