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My mission is for all women to feel healthy, empowered, and at home in their bodies and lives. We all need a place for vulnerability and openness, to share the highs and lows, and it’s my mission to hold that space for others.
A Blessing Way is a sacred pre-birth ceremony that celebrates a woman's rite of passage into motherhood. Those attending celebrate sisterhood, the welcoming of a new baby and honor a women's journey into motherhood. [source: wildrootsstudio.com] I love blessing ways....
Postpartum can feel really isolating, joyful and overwhelming. Or at least it did for me. And I found that some simple affirmations helped. A lot. I wrote down some that I've used most over the years, in my personal experience, and through all the postpartum and baby...
Today I want to share with you some of the important things to know about practicing yoga while pregnant. These are easy takeaways that can make an in home or studio practice more accessible. Pregnancy is full of questions and unknowns! So let this be a chance to know...
If there was ever a plan to have, it is a Postpartum plan. A plan you can just pull out + put to use without thinking about it. A lot of times in our culture, we place so much emphasis on pregnancy. We throw baby showers + love to see the bump pictures. We spend...
aaToday we want to share with you a word we wish every expecting couple to have in their vocabulary: Matrescence. Think Adolescence, but for mothers. Matrescence is the time period of adjusting to life as a new mother. It’s similar to adolescence in that everything...
Since starting to teach prenatal yoga, I've realized how different every mama's experience can be. We're all so unique and our needs vary not only week to week, but day to day, hour to hour. That being said... There are 3 poses, and ways to receive support in those...
Lactation cookies were no joke one of my favorite parts of breastfeeding. you mean I get to nourish my baby while nourishing my body with cookies?? Yes, please! These cookies aren't going to drastically enhance your milk supply. Which is good, because that's not...
Affirmation: "emotional support or encouragement." Something you repeat over and over to yourself while looking in the mirror. A phrase you say at the start of every day to create the life you want. Something they talk a lot about in that book called the Secret. The...
Where do you turn when you need to tap into the most powerful parts of yourself? Today in the prenatal yoga class I was teaching, we were blessed with 3 full term mamas. 40 weeks, 41 weeks, & soon to be 40 weeks! It was magical & always such an honor. I can't...
Coming back to your yoga practice after having a baby is quite the journey. What isn't, am I right? After teaching Babes & Babies (my version of Mommy & Me/postnatal yoga) for almost a year now, I've seen just how different the journey is for every woman. Some...
It's taken me a year to feel confident and happy in sharing my birth story. And what better way to celebrate our sweet girl's 1st birthday and my first birth day celebration than to share our story? There is so much power in sharing these stories. So much. My wish is...
Evolving as a Yoga Teacher Since I started teaching yoga in 2010, how and what I teach has mirrored where I'm at in life. I've taught full time, I've taught on retreats, I've taught relaxation, chakra flow, and faster paced flows. Let's just say my teaching mood tends...
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