MamaBebe

Somatic Movement Therapist • Body Ready Method® Certified Birth Pro

Spinning Babies® Aware Bodywork Practitioner • Spinning Babies® Parent Educator

Craniosacral & Myofascial Therapist

Lactation Counselor • Infant Developmental Movement Educator

Mission

• MamaBebe’s mission is to nurture and empower women, mothers, babies, and families through integrative movement therapy, bodywork and education. We are dedicated to supporting personal development and well-being for women and for young children. By awakening inner resources, MamaBebe helps foster deep connections, relieve discomforts and increase ease, while supporting movement forward in one’s life, as women, as mothers and as children.

  Our services are rooted in somatic mindfulness practices, with a profound respect for the body’s innate wisdom in grounded awareness.

Vision

• MamaBebe envisions a world where women and, particularly, mothers and young children enjoy the benefits of natural, embodied movement and mindful bodywork. We are committed to holistic development throughout women’s lives and to empowering families to embrace their unique journeys with confidence, ease, and grace. Through our commitment to education, innovation, and quality care, we join in building a beloved community that values and supports developmental, emotional and physical well-being, guiding everyone into a more authentic and fulfilled life.

MamaBebe’s story

Birthed in awareness and love

MamaBebe was born in 1993 when I began offering classes rooted in years of somatic, dance and mindfulness practices. My experience of birthing and mothering my daughter inspired me to offer my first class. My son’s conception and gestation coincided with leading a prenatal MamaBebe group.

I created a developmental playgroup for new mothers who wanted to help their babies fulfill their developmental movements. I then saw that some babies needed more individualized support with hands-on help. In the birth community women began requesting private craniosacral therapy. I gradually built on my skills as an educator, continued training to become a somatic movement therapist, and then learned how to support women at birth and with breastfeeding. 

Along the way I wrote and published articles for families and professional peers. From the beginning I taught peers what I had learned and offered staff workshops to share the essential principles, practices, and powerful benefits of somatic developmental movement. 

I am a Registered Somatic Movement Therapist through the International Somatic Movement Educators and Therapists Association (ISMETA), which upholds the high quality of professional training and ethics for the somatic field.

Image credits

All photos and videos were provided by families, with permissions, or by Catherine Burns and her helpers, or through Canva subscription,  unless specific credits are given on individual pages. Many beautiful photos were provided by Raven Ivory, as noted. Artwork and graphics were created by Catherine Burns, unless specifically credited on individual pages.

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