Yes, we should not forget that the five senses are one. And all of them extensions of the skin

- Frederick Leboyer

Birth may be a matter of a moment, but it is a unique one.

- Frederick Leboyer

Learn to respect this sacred moment of birth, as fragile, as fleeting, as elusive as dawn.

- Frederick Leboyer

Yes, hell exists. It is not a fairy tale. One indeed burns there. This hell is not at the end of life. It is here. At the beginning. Hell is what the…

- Frederick Leboyer

Being touched and caressed, being massaged, is food for the infant; food as necessary as minerals, vitamins, and proteins. Deprived of this food, the…

- Frederick Leboyer

Once we remember that all that takes place during the first days of life on the emotional level shapes the patterns of all future reactions , we cann…

- Frederick Leboyer

This tragic brow, these closed eyes, eyebrows raised and knotted.

- Frederick Leboyer

It is through our hands that we speak to the child. That we communicate. Touch is the child's first language, understanding comes long after feeling

- Frederick Leboyer

Imagining birth as the baby experiences it was an entirely new way of looking at it.

- Frederick Leboyer