Part III of the Book
Emerging Into the World - Your First Great Passage
The birthing process is perhaps the most dramatic transition a human being will ever undergo. In a matter of hours, we move from the warm, enclosed, weightless world of the womb into the vast, bright, gravity-bound world of air and light. Every sense is overwhelmed. Every system is activated. And in those first moments, the quality of our reception - the hands that hold us, the voices that greet us, the warmth or coldness of the environment - creates imprints that echo through our entire lives.
In Part III of Elevating Your Origins to Love, Susan Drury explores the birthing process as a foundational experience that shapes our deepest patterns around safety, trust, and belonging. Drawing on her own birth story ... born in Rome in 1957, separated from her mother who nearly died during delivery - Susan writes with extraordinary tenderness about the gaps that can occur during this most vulnerable of transitions, and about the possibility of filling those gaps with love, even decades later.
This is not about assigning blame to parents or medical professionals who did their best under difficult circumstances. It is about understanding, with compassion, how the conditions of our arrival shaped the lens through which we see the world - and then gently, lovingly, adjusting that lens. Susan's guided processes offer a way to revisit the birthing experience not as a trauma to relive but as a sacred passage to be honoured, understood, and ultimately transformed.
Filling in the Gaps of Our Arrival
Susan's own birth story is a powerful illustration of how birth circumstances create lasting imprints. Her mother, an American living in Rome, developed a life-threatening condition during delivery. The medical team focused on saving the mother's life, and the newborn Susan was placed in the care of Italian nuns in a hospital nursery. For weeks, mother and daughter were separated. The skin-to-skin contact, the breastfeeding, the gazing into each other's eyes that nature designed as the foundation of bonding - all of this was disrupted.
"For years, I focused on what my birth had taken from me. It was only after my mother passed at ninety-four that I realized I had never considered the alternative - that she might not have survived at all. In that moment, my birth story transformed from a wound into a miracle."
This is the essence of the book's teaching applied to the birthing process: not denying what happened, not minimizing the impact, but discovering the hidden gift within the experience. Susan guides readers through a process of revisiting their own birth - using whatever information they have, supplemented by the body's own deep memory - and consciously providing what was missing. A loving welcome. A sense of safety. The message: "You are wanted. You belong. You are home."
The guided meditation "A Loving Welcome to the World" is one of the most moving passages in the entire book. In it, Susan creates a space where readers can experience, perhaps for the first time, the arrival they deserved - held, seen, celebrated, and deeply loved. Many readers report that this single process shifted something fundamental in their relationship with themselves and with life itself. It is a testament to the power of conscious, loving attention to heal even our earliest and deepest wounds.
What Your Birth Story Reveals
The Imprint of Arrival
How you were received in your first moments ... the quality of touch, warmth, and welcome - created foundational patterns around safety, trust, and belonging that still influence your relationships and sense of self today.
Separation and Bonding
When early bonding is disrupted - through medical emergencies, premature birth, or other circumstances - gaps are created in the foundation of attachment. Understanding these gaps is the first step toward filling them with conscious love.
A Loving Welcome
Through guided meditation and visualization, Susan offers a way to give yourself the welcome you may not have received - creating new neural pathways of safety and belonging that can transform your relationship with life itself.
About the Author
Susan Drury - Born from Her Own Healing
Susan Drury's own dramatic birth story - born in Rome where her mother nearly died - became the catalyst for her life's work in transformational healing. Over more than thirty years, she has helped thousands of individuals revisit and transform their earliest experiences through cranial sacral therapy, shamanic healing, homeopathy, the Present Child Method, and deep meditation practice rooted in the Tao Te Ching.
Based in Vancouver, BC, Susan offers private sessions, membership programs, the Elevated Body cards, and retreats worldwide.
Learn More About SusanFrequently Asked Questions
Can birth experiences really affect us as adults?
Yes. Research in prenatal and perinatal psychology shows that birth experiences create foundational imprints in the nervous system. These imprints influence patterns of attachment, trust, and safety that persist into adulthood. Susan's approach works with these imprints compassionately and effectively.
What if I was born by caesarean section?
Every birth experience - natural, caesarean, premature, or otherwise - carries its own unique imprints. Susan's guided processes are designed to work with any birth story, helping you understand the specific patterns your arrival created and bring love to whatever gaps may exist.
What if I don't know the details of my birth?
Many people have limited information about their birth. Susan's processes work with the body's own memory and the unconscious mind's wisdom, using guided meditation and creative exercises to access what the conscious mind may not hold.
Is this about blaming my parents or doctors?
Not at all. Susan's approach is rooted in compassion for everyone involved. Birth is unpredictable, and those present were doing their best. Understanding what happened is about healing, not blame - it is about bringing love to the gaps, not judgment to the people.
Give Yourself the Welcome You Deserve
Your birth was your first great passage ... and it is never too late to be truly welcomed into the world. Let Susan guide you through a process of healing that transforms your arrival story from wound to wonder.