"Once we remember that all that takes place……" — Frederick Leboyer
"Once we remember that all that takes place during the first days of life on the emotional level shapes the patterns of all future reactions , we cannot but wonder why such a torture has been inflicted on the child. How could a being who has been aggressed in this way, while totally helpless, develop into a relaxed, loving, trusting person? Indeed, he will always never be able to trust anyone in life. He will always be on the defensive, unable to open up to others and to life."
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Frederick Leboyer
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11 Quotes by Frederick Leboyer
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Imagining birth as the baby experiences it was an entirely new way of looking at it,
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The one you confront in Yoga is yourself. All that is rigid and stiff in you, all that says 'No.
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Being touched and caressed, being massaged, is food for the infant; food as necessary as minerals, vitamins, and proteins. Deprived…
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Yes, we should not forget that the five senses are one. And all of them extensions of the skin
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Yes, hell exists. It is not a fairy tale. One indeed burns there. This hell is not at the end…
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Learn to respect this sacred moment of birth, as fragile, as fleeting, as elusive as dawn.
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This tragic brow, these closed eyes, eyebrows raised and knotted.
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Birth may be a matter of a moment, but it is a unique one.
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This howling mouth, this head which rolls back and tries to escape.
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These hands which stretch out, implore, beg, then rise to the head in a gesture of calamity.
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