14 Jun Being a “Perfect” Parent
I am not a perfect person. So why do I expect myself to be a perfect parent? And even knowing that perfection can’t be attained, I still try to be the...
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15 Apr Fear and Birth
I learned a very important lesson early on in my career as a doula. I attended a birth that certainly did not flow as desired. It felt like all the...
06 Apr For my fellow “Older Moms”
I didn’t set out to be an “older mom” but life and career choices rendered that the case. I met my husband a week past my 35th birthday. I found out...
11 Mar 📣 Your voice needs to be heard 📣
I'm blown away by the bravery and openness of students in this morning's prenatal yoga class. Several shared that they had some big, emotional decisions to make surrounding their birth....
19 Aug Your Cervix Is Not A Crystal Ball
I got an email from a student who is 39 weeks & 1 day pregnant. She’s quite uncomfortable & distraught. She wrote to me having just come back from her weekly...
25 Jul Carrying A Boulder Up a Mountain of Jello
I got an email from a student who is having her first baby. She's 34 weeks along and at her last appointment, her doctor did an ultrasound and said her...
23 Jul It’s Not the Size of the Baby, But the Position of the Pelvis!
https://youtu.be/PB7ln3cIZ_A The number one reason for first time parents to have a cesarean section is "failure to progress". This all encompassing statement can really refer to any reason for the cervix...
27 May Welcomed Support!
I started my steady yoga practice years ago when a choreographer I was working with used yoga asana as our warm up. Being young, supple and hypermobile, the practice came...
20 May 10 Reasons You Should Do Prenatal Yoga
You may think, “Yoga is yoga! Sure I’m pregnant, but why not go to a general population class and modify poses as needed?” To some extent, yes, downward facing dog...
25 Sep Time Outs; Not just for children
As parents our actions have a lot of power. We are constantly modeling the behavior our children mimic and setting the environment for their developing minds. Recently I found myself...