27 Feb Words Matter: How Words Can Affect Your Birth
My heart melted when I read my daughter's preschool monthly newsletter. The theme this month is "The Power of words." The lesson, the words you say have impact. "Before you...
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30 Jan February Mom of the Month: Meet Michelle Tsang!
Community and support are a vital part of Prenatal Yoga Center. To help encourage relationships and get to know one another a little better, we like to introduce a new...
02 Jan Informed Consent; Changing the Way Women Are Treated In Birth
We are at an interesting point in time regarding how women are being viewed and treated. A dark and heavy curtain is being drawn back, and many violent, belittling, and...
03 Dec Mom of Month: Meet Bridget Tichar!
What has surprised you most about motherhood thus far? I’m most surprised with how many other moms are now my friends! The commonality of going through pregnancy, labor, birth, and...
20 Nov Could Exercise During Pregnancy Make Labor Harder? Why a fit pregnancy doesn’t always make for the best birth plan.
First published in Well Rounded NY When I was pregnant with my first baby, I worked out until I gave birth and looked like I had just stepped out of a...
02 Nov Life After Loss, A Story of Miscarriage and Moving Forward
By guest blogger, Michelle W. Canarick, Ph. D. The day before my mother’s birthday I was 12-weeks pregnant and my husband and I sat in the waiting room of the sonogram...
31 Oct Mom of Month: Meet Jamie Hurwitz!
What has surprised you most about motherhood thus far? There is no “normal.” I can’t get over how different every baby is. As a brand new mom, I love having...
01 Oct Mom of the Month: Meet Corinne Low!
If you’ve met Corinne Low, you’d remember her. She’s got infectious energy, a wealth of sound advice, and an admirable dedication to breastfeeding, i.e. pumping while practicing yoga. She also...
12 Sep Lack of Postpartum Support is Hurting New Mothers
Every Wednesday between 12 and 12:15 pm I check in with the mothers who have come to take postnatal yoga. While many different women have cycled through in the past...
01 Sep Mom of the Month: Meet Jenny Wood!
If you come to class regularly then you know that we talk a lot about accepting and embracing the unexpected when it comes to giving birth. Good thing Jenny Wood...