A trip to Animal Prison

Assalamua'laikum,
I would like to share my feelings regarding our trip to the zoo. I've always wanted to bring Musa to the zoo; I thought it would be one of the most exciting trips he'd have to see all those animals with his own eyes.

The first animal right smack at the entrance was the macaw; we were so excited to see it because it was so huge compared to our everyday small little birdies. The next most exciting animal (after seeing much deer-like animals) were the rhino and the zebra.

But it was the giraffe that struck a chord in me. You know the giraffe is an "African" animal.. So suddenly I thought... How has life changed for it to live in a country so different from its "home" country?

Then soon after... Things started to get really depressing. The animals looked so withdrawn and depressed, the caged birds, the tapir, the foxes. They really looked the part of a prisoner being isolated and 'locked up' (against their natural instinct and outside their true natural habitat). They were sleeping, and lonely (only most of the deer-like and cow-like animals were in herds).

There was a sign which said, should there be an emergency involving any of the "exhibits", please take shelter in places marked with a red triangle.

Exhibits? The word made me feel that these living animals were dead ones showcased under a glass in a museum. Perhaps they were even better off that way.

I saw some dead fish in a bird's cage and it struck some more chords in me. My hubby said that the malayan tiger looks flabby, especially since, he said- that it does not hunt as it does by instinct/nature but it is fed.

As a conclusion, though it startes off as something which was fun and 'amazing' to see these animals with our own eyes, but in the end it seemed very depressing, very sad. I really felt as if I was visiting cells of a prison... And their inmates are suffering.. Not because their are physically tortured, but their natural instincts has been tampered with. And I would rather not see a real zebra than have the zebra's natural instincts sacrificed just for the joy of my eyes.

Bersalin memang di ciptakan sebagai proses yang mudah

Adakah anda tahu: semasa turun ke bawah untuk keluar dari rahim ibu (melalui tulang pelvis), bayi bergerak ke tepi dan berpusing agar bahagian paling kecil kepala nya akan melalui bahagian paling besar pelvis ibu nya (BACA: LEBIH SENANG NAK TURUN/KELUAR).

Siapa yang memberi arahan kepada bayi kecil dalam badan anda? Adakah doktor pakar yang memberitahu nya maklumat ini? Adakah doktor yang memastikan bayi akan lakukan pergerakan ini? tidak, pergerakan ini telah di ilhamkan oleh Tuhan Pencipta bayi kepada bayi! Selain ini, tulang pelvis ibu hamil melonggar, dan kepala bayi yang terdiri daripada beberapa keping tulang yang tidak bercantum akan bergerak menindih untuk turun dari rahim. Semua ini berlaku secara FITRAH.

dan, IYA, dengan izin Tuhan ia akan berlaku untuk setiap ibu yang sedang melahirkan selagi proses kelahiran tidak di ganggu dan bebas di benarkan terungkap menurut 'irama' atau 'corak' atau 'jadual' ia tersendiri kerana setiap dari kita mempunyai badan yang unik dan 'jadual' kelahiran yang unik.

Melaburlah masa, wang, tenaga dalam mendidik diri dan pasangan perihal apa yang berlaku secara automatik (secara fitrah, secara fisioloji) semasa melahirkan. Anda tidak akan rugi, inshaallah. Untuk maklumat lanjut boleh menjadi ahli The Gentle Birthing Group di facebook atau sertai kelas persediaan kelahiran HypnoBirthing (maklumat di tab di atas)

Did you know: on its way down and out of a mother's body, a baby moves sideways and rotates so that the smallest circumference of the head is always moving through the widest circumference of the pelvis. (read: easier to descend) The pelvic structure loosens up, and baby's head molds to fit through the birth path. Who gave this instruction to the baby? Certainly not the specialist doctor! This information is pre-installed in baby.

And yes- with the Creator's permission this will happen for all birthing mothers as long as her unique, very personal birthing rhythm/schedule/pattern is not disturbed unnecessarily and given the freedom to unfold itself. Everyone of us is unique and we have our very own, unique birthing 'schedule'.

 Invest your time, energy and money in learning about what automatically/ naturally, physiologically happens during birth. You've nothing to lose. For more info, join The Gentle Birthing Group on facebook or enroll in a HypnoBirthing class (info on tab above)