Naoli’s physical workshops are recommencing with her upcoming 2022 European summer tour!
Dates and locations will be posted soon.
Dates and locations will be posted soon.
Natural Ultrasound
palpating the pulse of life into art
In 1991-92 Naoli created and developed the artistic, realistic visual technique drawn over the gestating belly, which came to be called “Natural Ultrasound”. This inspiration sprouted from Naoli's empathy and creativity to offer a possibility to the indigenous female population in the rural area where she lived and practiced, to have a realistic image of their babies in different gestational ages, when no obstetrical ultrasound was accessible to them.
This technique, combining art and science, provides a clinically and anatomically accurate rendering of the fetal size and position, as well as a beautiful emotional connection between parents, unborn child and older siblings. After teaching the Natural Ultrasound technique in over 30 countries for over 30 years and painting more than 5,000 Natural Ultrasounds on pregnant women around the world, Naoli is happy and honored to witness how so many people in the birth world have incorporated her technique into their work.
The Natural Ultrasound workshop is a 1, 3 or 5 day in-depth immersion taught by Naoli Vinaver, for participants to develop their artistic sensibility and skills, to work intimately with pregnant women, becoming acquainted with the art of palpation, auscultation and specifically the art of accurately drawing the position and shape of the babies' on the women bellies.
This workshop is recommended for pregnant women (any number of weeks gestation), midwives, nurses, doulas, doctors, therapists, mothers, and all persons interested in deepening the understanding of this art.
This technique, combining art and science, provides a clinically and anatomically accurate rendering of the fetal size and position, as well as a beautiful emotional connection between parents, unborn child and older siblings. After teaching the Natural Ultrasound technique in over 30 countries for over 30 years and painting more than 5,000 Natural Ultrasounds on pregnant women around the world, Naoli is happy and honored to witness how so many people in the birth world have incorporated her technique into their work.
The Natural Ultrasound workshop is a 1, 3 or 5 day in-depth immersion taught by Naoli Vinaver, for participants to develop their artistic sensibility and skills, to work intimately with pregnant women, becoming acquainted with the art of palpation, auscultation and specifically the art of accurately drawing the position and shape of the babies' on the women bellies.
This workshop is recommended for pregnant women (any number of weeks gestation), midwives, nurses, doulas, doctors, therapists, mothers, and all persons interested in deepening the understanding of this art.
- The history of the Natural Ultrasound
- The beauty of combining Art into Science
- Our hands, our treasured tools
- The anatomy of the pregnant belly
- The anatomy of the baby in utero
- Palpation of the fetal position in pregnant women from 28 weeks of gestation onward
- Assessment of fetal weight, fundal height, engagement of the presenting fetal part into the pelvis, amount of amniotic liquid in utero and of the fetal heart beat and their meaning for the woman
- The art and practice of drawing and the use of paints on the body
- The creative process
- Celebration ritual and songs for the pregnant women involved in the workshop!
How the name came about:
In the year 2000, I was teaching this technique along with rebozo at a Midwifery Today conference in Philadelphia, USA. Even though I had been working for a number of years with Natural ultrasound, but I did not have a name for it yet. One night, when I was having dinner with my speaker colleagues Michel Odent, Ina May Gaskin, Elizabeth Davis, Marina Alzugaray and a few others, we were discussing what a beautiful alternative this technique was to the typical technological ultrasound. In trained hands it accurately details, the position of the baby, the amount of amniotic liquid and the close approximation of the baby's size, all accomplished with loving connected touch instead of cold machinery that takes you out of the connected body experience. During the dinner we collectively came up with a name for my technique, called "Natural Ultrasound" because we all felt that it is a non-invasive, accurate and more humane alternative to traditional ultrasound which has not yet been proved safe up to date.
In the year 2000, I was teaching this technique along with rebozo at a Midwifery Today conference in Philadelphia, USA. Even though I had been working for a number of years with Natural ultrasound, but I did not have a name for it yet. One night, when I was having dinner with my speaker colleagues Michel Odent, Ina May Gaskin, Elizabeth Davis, Marina Alzugaray and a few others, we were discussing what a beautiful alternative this technique was to the typical technological ultrasound. In trained hands it accurately details, the position of the baby, the amount of amniotic liquid and the close approximation of the baby's size, all accomplished with loving connected touch instead of cold machinery that takes you out of the connected body experience. During the dinner we collectively came up with a name for my technique, called "Natural Ultrasound" because we all felt that it is a non-invasive, accurate and more humane alternative to traditional ultrasound which has not yet been proved safe up to date.
"Natural Ultrasound connects emotionally parents, children
and the unborn child" - Naoli Vinaver
Natural Ultrasound Photo & Video Gallery
"Natural Ultrasound, the beauty of low-tech, human connection!" - Naoli Vinaver
