Frederick Leboyer
Frederick Leboyer
Frédérick Leboyeris a French obstetrician and author. He is best known for his 1975 book, Birth Without Violence, which popularized gentle birthing techniques, in particular, the practice of immersing newborn infants in a small tub of warm water — known as a "Leboyer bath" — to help ease the transition from the womb to the outside world. He also advocated low lighting and noise in a warm room to limit the supposed shock of birth, and that a newborn be...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth1 November 1918
CountryFrance
Frederick Leboyer quotes about
Birth may be a matter of a moment, but it is a unique one.
The one you confront in Yoga is yourself. All that is rigid and stiff in you, all that says 'No.
Yes, hell exists. It is not a fairy tale. One indeed burns there. This hell is not at the end of life. It is here. At the beginning. Hell is what the infant must experience before he gets to us.
This howling mouth, this head which rolls back and tries to escape.