Category: Childbirth

HULA HOOPING TO ENJOY AND NURTURE YOUR PREGNANT BODY!

6/4/2016

Photo credit: Allison Andres Photography. Model Lilea Duran.

WHY SHOULD YOU STAY ACTIVE DURING PREGNANCY?

Did you know that the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology recommends at least 30 minutes of moderate exercise every day or two? (Unless you have a medical or pregnancy complication.)

Exercise increases our natural vitality by stimulating blood flow and oxygenating the body. It awakens the mind and may also help to ease or prevent depression. It has been known to prevent gestational diabetes, pregnancy pains and aches, and it even helps you sleep better!

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NATURAL BIRTH IN AN ARTIFICIAL WORLD: LOBA FILM REVIEW

4/19/2016

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LOBA FILM REVIEW

TRIGGER WARNING: This movie contains some traumatic birth experiences and stories of women who suffered from obstetric violence.

Last month I had the chance to watch the film LOBA during an International Women’s Day online screening. This film, directed by French osteopath Catherine Béchard, is an honest and beautiful exploration of what giving birth means nowadays in a variety of settings and locations.

The word loba, meaning she-wolf in Spanish, is a very appropriate title for a movie that explores deeply and with a multiculturalist lens how our seemingly ever growing distance from nature is transforming the way we are born, and especially the way we as women relate to our bodies.

Shot in France, Spain, Mexico and Cuba, this film opens up a window into the reality of different parts of the world and invites us to challenge and widen our understanding of normality.

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How I stopped worrying and became a dancer Part 2: DANCING FOR BIRTH™

2/8/2016

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PART 2: DANCING FOR BIRTH™ AND
UTERINE RECONNECTION DANCE

HOW PREGNANCY CHANGED ME AND HELPED ME DISCOVER MY CALLING

When I was a teenager, I took pride in considering myself a very reasonable and scientific person. I was quick to dismiss anything that couldn't be proved by science and I felt deeply annoyed by superstitions of any kind.

As I grew older and I started traveling and meeting many different people with different perspectives, I started to open my mind to recognize that there was a lot of value to intuition and other things that couldn't be measured or scientifically proven.

During my pregnancy I was deeply connected to an unexplainable way of knowing. I kept on meeting all the right people at the right times. Some shared their stories and recommended the inspiring readings that helped shape a new vision for my future: I needed to become a birth worker.

The birth of my son was definitely the most powerful spiritual experience I have ever gone through. I swayed and sang my way through each contraction and discovered a huge power in childbirth that profoundly impacted me. It was tremendously inspiring.

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MENSTRUATION AND CHILDBIRTH: THE FEAR OF BEING MESSY

1/5/2016

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I was eleven when I first got my period.

My mom had talked to me about it in a very factual manner and I think we also heard about it in school, so it wasn’t a surprise. I had been anticipating it for a while. Although I knew it was generally discouraged to talk about it, I told a few of my best friends I had “gotten it.” How could I help it? I was just so excited about growing up.

I was terribly disappointed when I found out a year or so later that my best friend started menstruating around the same time than me, but had not told me anything. When I asked, hurt and offended, why she kept it secret even after I told her about my period, she explained that her mom instructed her to NEVER, NEVER talk about it with anyone or leave any trace of evidence that would let anyone know that she was bleeding. And even though I don’t remember feeling any shame about menstruating before, I felt very ashamed in that moment.

Over the years I have talked to a lot of people whose first experiences with menstruation were negative and even traumatic. Many of them didn’t even know anything about menstruation before they got it. One of my friends told me she was punished when she started bleeding. She was called gross and messy.

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HULA HOOPING TO ENJOY AND NURTURE YOUR PREGNANT BODY!

NATURAL BIRTH IN AN ARTIFICIAL WORLD: LOBA FILM REVIEW

How I stopped worrying and became a dancer Part 2: DANCING FOR BIRTH™

HOW PREGNANCY CHANGED ME AND HELPED ME DISCOVER MY CALLING

MENSTRUATION AND CHILDBIRTH: THE FEAR OF BEING MESSY

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