Wednesday, March 23, 12:00 pm EST is the Panel discussion for:

Pregnancy and Civilization: the Power of Pregnant Women over our Future

A documentary conceived by the Brazilian Association for Prenatal Education (ANEP Brasil) that aims to disseminate scientific and humanistic knowledge about the utter relevance of prenatal life for each future adult, so that families can choose more consciously how to gestate their children. Speakers from many nations of the world illustrate the relevance of pregnancy for the advent of more fraternal and thriving societies.

Panel Members include:

Carla Machado, President of Brazilian Association for Prenatal Education, Producer

Carla started her professional life as a System Analyst at IBM, but after the birth of her first child she became a transpersonal psychotherapist and a facilitator of women’s wisdom circles. In 2010 founded the Brazilian Association for Prenatal Education, of which she is the President. She is the Vice President of the World Organization of Prenatal Education Associations. The great power nature gives pregnant women guides her path and fuels her enthusiasm to disseminate and teach the importance of prenatal life, of a pregnant mother’s mind as well as her baby’s. Improving the way children arrive into the world is key to humanity’s luminous future.

Laura Uplinger, VP of Brazilian Association for Prenatal Education, Producer

Laura is a student and educator in the field of conscious conception, pregnancy, labor and breastfeeding. She is a proponent of the powerful influence a mother’s inner life has on the formation of her baby during pregnancy and the breastfeeding months. From 1988 to 1999, she served on APPPAH’s Board of Directors and is currently the vice-president of the Brazilian Association for Prenatal Education and, together with Carla Machado, she coordinates an 18-month training program. She volunteers at a Gestational Center funded by the local City Hall and dedicated essentially to the well-being of pregnant women.

Joel M. Evans, MD,

Dr. Evans is a board-certified OB/GYN, international lecturer, and the Director of The Center for Functional Medicine in Stamford, CT as well as the Chief of Medical Affairs for the Institute for Functional Medicine.  Dr. Evans is the Medical Director and an Advisory Board member of the Association for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health (APPPAH) and spoke at the United Nations on the topic of Prenatal Origins of Violence and serves as UN Representative and Chief Medical Advisor for OMAEP – World Organization of Prenatal Education Associations. His book, describing the holistic approach to pregnancy, The Whole Pregnancy Handbook, received widespread critical acclaim.