• Relaxation and self-hypnosis techniques to eliminate fear and tension that cause long labor and pain, replacing it with confidence, calm, and comfort.
  
• Other techniques to produce a shorter more comfortable labor.
  
• The creation and control of the body's own natural relaxant
  
• The source of the myth that pain must accompany normal birthing.
  
• Why women in other cultures have birthings almost entirely free of discomfort.
  
• How the mother's body is designed to work in nero-muscular harmony with nature throughout labor.
  
• Practice in deep relaxation during and between uterine surges.
  
• The importance of prenatal and perinatal bonding.