Chapter 15: The Rebirthing Process

Rebirthing uses breathing techniques to connect to memories of one’s birth. It is understood to be a transformational process. When I reached out to the Nebraska Children’s Home Society to find my birth parents, I began the rebirthing process in a literal sense. And indeed, it was a transformational journey. When I found my birth family, it was a joyous moment of epiphany. I wrote,“This special moment was like catching a glimpse of a moonbow before sunrise.”
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Moonbow pictures:

Here is a link to Joy Manné’s book about shamanic breathwork:
https://books.google.ch/books?id=prkQ9NXb3wAC&pg=PA273&lpg=PA273&dq=joy+manné+shamanic+breathwork+article&source=bl&ots=aKyDHxT3Zg&sig=ACfU3U0ZOMno3w41eiEnCncZ7K9Z8Az44A&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiQ2d_Cu-PpAhWFDewKHb9pBJwQ6AEwBHoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=joy%20manné%20shamanic%20breathwork%20article&f=false
 
 
Here is a book chapter that I wrote for an academic conference. It has recently been published. The book chapter describes my autoethnographic writing process: