Massage is a very relaxing and therapeutic style of bodywork. It combines oils or lotion with an array of strokes such as rolling, kneading, and percussion to help the body improve its circulation, and ease muscle tension. The benefits of this type of bodywork during pregnancy are wide-ranging and include relief from aches and pains, decreased anxiety and stress levels, enhanced mental clarity, and decreased swelling of the legs and feet.
CranioSacral Therapy is a gentle yet powerful technique that is effective in releasing neck pain, back pain, and mental stress (among other things). It does this by optimizing the movement of cerebrospinal fluid through the spine and around the skull. Developed by physician William Sutherland, this therapy provides a very soothing and relaxing healing experience.
Prenatal CST: During pregnancy the bones and structures of the pelvis loosen and change to accommodate your growing baby. CST helps balance these structures, increase mobility, and provides baby with the room he or she needs to grow and position themselves properly for delivery. Babies with enough room to grow and move are less likely to develop spinal conditions like torticollis and scoliosis, and are less likely to lodge in the pelvis in a less than ideal position improving the chances for delivery starting on time and progressing normally. CST is also a natural way to relieve allergy and sinus symptoms.
Postpartum CST: Structurally CST helps your body return to an appropriate and balanced normal. It helps support muscles and structures that pregnancy weakens. One of the ways you'll learn to help your body regain proper strength and balance is by learning good body mechanics for your new activities such as carrying and lifting your new baby.
Emotionally CST helps new mothers get the care and attention they need to provide care for their newborn. Most of the care is focused on the new baby, but mom needs time to recover herself, and process her birth experience. Continuing CST during the postpartum period is a good way to physically and emotionally process and integrate your birth experience.
Manual Lymphatic Drainage Therapy aims to gently and rhythmically move the lymph through the body, especially swollen areas of the body, relieving pressure and enhancing the functioning of the immune system. As both a preventative and remedial technique, MLD can be used for a wide range of purposes during pregnancy and the postpartum period including reduction of swelling, clearing the sinuses and acting as a natural alternative for allergy relief, strengthened resistance to illness as well as speeding the recovery of illness, and faster recovery from the birth process.
Reiki is a Japanese form of energy work that cleanses and balances the energy system in the body. As a result, the body's natural self-healing mechanisms strengthen, helping to establish optimum health. During a session, I work directly with your energy field to remove blockages, detoxify your system, and restore your vital life force energy. Reiki utilizes a gentle laying on of hands to conduct the necessary energy force between us. The benefits of Reiki during pregnancy and after birth range from relieving nausea, increasing energy levels, increasing the bond between mother and baby as well as father and baby, easing fears related to pregnancy and birth, easing pains and discomforts, and providing another way to soothe an upset baby.
Access Bars® is the very core of Access Consciousness®. It was developed by the founder Gary Douglas, and is a process allowing your body to process and receive the changes you are choosing with ease. Access Bars® are 32 points on your head which, when gently touched, effortlessly and easily release anything that doesn’t allow you to receive. Including thoughts, ideas, beliefs, emotions, and considerations you have gathered throughout life that may be limiting your current possibilities. Unresolved fears and limiting ideas about the birth process, or outcome, can stall the birth process resulting in complications or less than ideal birth outcomes. Since pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period are times of intense reflection and change Access Bars is very beneficial as an aid to process and integrate the experience to create the best transition possible.