Birthing An Enlightened World w/ Eyla Cuenca

Mothers have always known their newborns to be fully sentient and capable of registering the full emotional continuum even prior to their final exit from the birth canal. 

The mechanistic medical mindset is obtuse to this reality in the extreme, as hospital birthing exposes the embodying Soul in its most vulnerable state to a harsh cacophony of sound, artificial lighting and mechano-chemical assault.

Birth without Violence by Frédérick Leboyer M.D. first published in 1974 began a fortunate trend toward conscious birthing, and the acknowledgment of this initiatory event as the most powerful shaper of the individual and collective psyche alike.

“The knowledge of how to give birth without outside interventions lies deep within each woman. Successful childbirth depends on the acceptance of the process.”       ~ Suzanne Arms

This week's Alfacast guest, Eyla Cuenca, is a Childbirth Educator, Doula, health freedom advocate & birth trauma alchemist.  Her work is dedicated to offering guidance that supports women and men in returning to their deepest knowing about birth, individual sovereignty, and the body’s innate intelligence.

With a BA in Anthropology and Ethnographic photography from Bennington College,  Eyla studied family systems and is passionate about helping change the conversation around the way women birth and inmate into the world. She brings an anthropological lens to her work, with an eye for institutional critique.

Eyla trained with the AAHCC founded by Robert A. Bradley, MD, where she specialized as a Birth Educator and Doula. Her work as a Guardian Ad Litem for the 11th Judicial Circuit of Florida as well as attending over 200 births as a Doula – in both hospital and home settings – brought her into health freedom and advocacy work.

Eyla thoroughly believes that it is everyone’s right to have access to empowering education from conception to parenting, and that by using the tool of birth we can understand the origin of chronic illness, and access freedom, connection and the most authentic version of ourselves. 

Show links:
https://www.eylacuenca.com/

Sovereign Birth Masterclass: https://www.uncoveringbirth.com/a/2147833031/s2g6Yomf

Uncovering Birth Educator Certification
https://alfavedic.com/uncoveringbirth