My Guest Post on Yoga and Parenting
Please visit Midwife for your Life, Stacey Curnow's blog for my guest post this week:Two More Ways Yoga Can Make You A Better Parent or cut and paste this link:...
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Labor & Delivery Tips, Part Two
As promised, I would like to elaborate on the breathing program I use for laboring women.Here is last week's excerpt from Tip #2:2. Practice and know Yogic breathing for labor and delivery. I have a...
A New Old Method for Getting (and staying) Healthy
I am sorry for the silent treatment last week, dear readers. It was for a good cause.I just finished 30 days of non stop fun (aka work...insert exhale here) but the last (and final) of these days...
Two (more) Ways Yoga Can Make You A Better Parent
A few weeks ago I was invited to write a guest blog about yoga and parenting. Read the full blog here. Here is a continuation of my blog on yoga and parenting, with two (more) ways yoga can help us...
Breastfeeding? 7 Reasons Why You Need Yoga More Than Ever
I recall the not too distant days of being a breastfeeding mom. In fact, I spent the better part of 5 years as a nursing mom. During that time I learned a tremendous amount, not just about living...
Yoga and Better Parenting
Read my guest column today on How Yoga Can Make You A Better Parent, at the blog of Certified Nurse Midwife, Stacey Curnow.Enjoy!
New Mom Alert: The (hidden) Dangers of Stroller Pushing
A new mom from the San Francisco Bay area recently emailed me a question about back pain related to pushing her newborn in a stroller. Rebecca* writes: Q: Ginger, I had low back pain prior to and...
Workplace Discrimination Against Mothers Must End
Fellow women, whether or not your are mothers - educate yourselves today about workplace discrimination.Anecdotal evidence continues to grow every day - as tall as the corporate buildings in America...
The Most Important Job of Your Life
As a parent - mother or father - our greatest legacy is our children. Any influence we have past our own life - will likely persist through our children.Greater than any job we might ever have, and...
Is Your Life In Perspective?
Today's blog is my first - with my children playing by my side. To blog, I usually wake at 5 am or wait until my work day begins. But today is different.PerspectiveToday, in their high pitched,...
A Midwife’s Experience of Birth (and Life)
Most of the instructions given to pregnant women are inadequate – not least because they encourage women to focus on the little things related to their pregnancy and miss the big picture. For...
Your Imagination Can Make You Fitter (and Birth Better!)
Last week, a student asked me to write down a comment I had made in a Pilates class I taught because it really resonated with her as a busy mom and athlete.This is what I said in class:"Mental...