We want to honor the woman in birth, to let her know that her efforts are all worthy, that she is beautiful & strong, and that she is making the best possible choices, moment to moment. Birth is an extraordinary experience in a woman’s life, and, while we can influence its course, we cannot control… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Somatic mamas
My mobility is back
My sacrum felt amazing all weekend – like I wasn’t even pregnant. It’s feeling a bit tighter now but no pain. Because it’s unstable, I’m combining movement activities at home with alternating chiropractic and myofascial release help. I feel like I have my body and mobility back. Thank you. – Kim K
Your inner world wide web
Everything is connected to everything Fascia is a web material throughout the body, forming wrappers and slings for every organ and every muscle. Your heart is suspended in the chamber of your ribs. Your uterus is suspended in your pelvic by a fascia hammock connected to the bones. Each muscle in your back, small or… Read more »
Wonder & routine
While we can read books, search the internet and hear from other parents, we learn most by being with our children. Who is this little one? Who am I, in my parenthood and my personhood? We each change continuously! Children’s fresh eyes on the world wake us up – and then they need us for… Read more »
Rhythms in body-mind integration
The body-mind connection is a new idea, but it is simply naming experiences that we all have had. Babies and young children are almost always swimming blithely around in their own phenomenal developing body-mind connections, while we as adults go in and out of being connected within ourselves or not. Since we live with so… Read more »