Book excerpt: Heart and spirit-the forgotten frontiers of womanhood-are front and centre in this empowering set of stories that blaze a simultaneously ancient and radical trail for women to reclaim both birth and themselves. This book is medicine created to help us collectively heal from the lies we've been told about birth. Dive deeply into the minds, hearts, and lives of the women living the Indie Birth revolution. Equal parts history, birth stories, and visioning towards the future, this manifesta will help lead the way towards a brighter vision of birth for decades to come.