Today's post is a guest blog from Midwife for your Life, Stacey Curnow.Last night a friend and I were talking about some challenges in his life and I remembered a line from a poem by Robert...
BITL Founder, expecting her third child this month (June 2011).This week's guest post is penned by NAMC's Advocacy Coordinator, Valerie Young. Valerie writes the popular blog for mother's rights,...
In part one we considered general ways in which yoga helps you through menopause. In part two, we will discuss yoga and Ayurveda. In yoga and Ayurveda (the Indian system or medicinal side of yoga),...
Hello good readers,I want to thank everyone for their patience and support while I negotiate the unexpected terrain of late term pregnancy complications. Completely outside of my control, I...
Yoga for Menopause: 7 Reasons Why You Need Yoga More Than Ever. (Part 1) Yoga is a wonderful anecdote for healing and transformation during the (seemingly unending) season of menopause. I am still...
Me in postpartum yoga practice, 11 months after my second son Yoga for Busy Moms It is ironic that I am sitting here procrastinating about penning this post on yoga for busy moms. Why? Because I am...
Aches and Pains after Childbirth...What Can You Do? Physical therapy can do a tremendous amount to improve your health as a woman - before, during, and after birth. I'd like to share an interview I...
Photo taken this past week,entering into my third trimesterwith my third child. As I am approaching the last few weeks of my third pregnancy, I thought it helpful to share some of the resources I...
2007 - Our family was awaiting our newest addition to the family. We were in for a surprise having two in diapers at the same time. It was a crash course in the work/family balancing act. Now in...
This past week as I was getting my usual daily allowance of news (online) and doing a little light research for work I ran across this article on parenting in the "Healthland" section of Time...
Taken in 2005Just beforegiving birth tomy first son. This week I am happy to share two blogs - written by women for women. Mother and Women's Rights- Your (Wo)man in Washington Valerie...
Music has saved my life,over and over again.Photo taken in 2006, singing to my firstborn.Studies have, for a long time, shown that deep breathing, mental imagery, deep massage or acupressure, and...