This abbreviated demonstration session shows Peter working with 14 month Ursula and her mother. Ursula was born with her umbilical cord wrapped around her neck, not breathing. Her mother was also in medical distress and the mother and baby were separated. Ursula has constipation and restless sleep. Peter first works gently with the child to open reflexes in her feet and legs that may have been thwarted in the birthing process, then viscerally to help release stored emotional tension and discomfort. After an emotional discharge, Ursula’s frustrated body movements shift and she uninhibitedly seeks her mother’s embrace and attachment. Her mother returns the next day post session to report that Ursula’s constipation has passed and she slept well through the night. Peter continues the session now working with the mother‘s dilemma of not having been able to help Ursula at birth due to her own medical condition. They discuss her belief that she is not a good mother. Peter works with the thoughts and ego identification, beginning a pendulation that allows her grief and fear to surface and then subside to a deeper regulation. Although not discussed, the mother is probably also renegotiating a shock state from the birth and aftermath.

This video is 17 minutes long.