ismael chang ghalimi

Haptonomy

According to my father, the interactions May and I are having with our little pea-in-the-pod through touch and sound have been theorized into a science called haptonomy, which was originally developed by Frans Veldman. I have no way of telling wether Veldman’s work has any merit from a scientif standpoint, but I can already report that singing Stereolab tunes when the music is playing in the background seems to trigger quite a bit of foetal activity. The exceptional BBC Radio One Sessions recorded between 1991 and 2001 with John Peele (R.I.P.) are topping the charts currently, trailed by Idir’s A Vava Inouva.

Dear Ismael,

I’ve been “contacting” my two children in utero during haptonomy sessions. I have to say that, like almost every children that have been “contacted”, they are pretty calm and secure. Also, with the “crudeling” technique, it helped my wife to get a limber belly.

See you
 -Dioma

Dioma,

Thank you so much for sharing your experience.

Best regards
 -Ismael