Muscle & Belly Tension in Pregnancy
Every couple months I get a pregnant mama coming through my door that has tension throughout her body and belly. Usually she isn’t entirely aware of this tension and from what I have seen there isn’t one cause to…
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Elevating Your Self-Care through Facing Fear!
This weekend my self-care needs and the activities I chose to do, fell into perfect alignment… Here’s what happened… It’s been a year since… I took a weekend getaway I took a prolonged pause I sat and was “unproductive”…
3 Reasons to Why Every Pregnant Woman should see a Pelvic Floor Therapist
I had my first pelvic floor therapy client over 3 years ago. Every one of my clients has been a mom and almost all of them have been postpartum up until 14 months ago when I made the shift to…
Pregnancy Insomnia
Insomnia is one of the most common symptoms of pregnancy that women often just suffer through because the usual fixes are not safe in pregnancy… I would argue that they’re not safe for anyone but we will let that…
The 5 Ways I am Unplugging this Summer
Summertime is here and I don’t know about you but I could really use a slow down in the pace of life! Over the last week I have been hurriedly trying to finish all the things I had planned…
Easy Pregnancy Posture Check
Pregnancy pulls us forward posturally… this leads to all sorts of common compensations that result in a cascade of events that can lead to more discomfort during pregnancy and less than optimal positioning of the baby. But here is…
Preparing for Birth
You find out you are pregnant and some time later the thought comes to mind… “how the heck am I supposed to prepare for birth?”… right? So you ask Google and your doctor…and rapidly achieve overwhelm with the vast…
Sacroiliac Pain Home Remedies
Ugh…sacroiliac pain!! IYKYK!! If you’re not sure what I’m talking about… sacroiliac pain is pain in your VERY low back right where your pelvis attaches to your sacrum (spine). This is known as the SI joint and it is…
Holistic Birth Preparation
8 years ago about a few weeks from now, I found out I was pregnant for the first time. My singular focus in my pregnancy was to have an unmedicated birth. I did a lot of reading about birth…
Why I don’t wear heels
My short answer is because they are the foot devils!! My controversial answer is because they are a construct of men objectifying women and only came to be in patriarchal societies. My anatomical answer is because they shorten your…