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NURTURING TOUCH AFFECTS POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION

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Most people preparing to have a baby or supporting others during pregnancy focus their attentions on the proverbial “rosy glow” or the aches and pains of pregnancy. Then they turn their focus to facing the expected challenges of  birth. Rarely do people spend much time thinking about the support needed After baby comes.

CESAREAN SCAR MASSAGE

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So, you or your client had a cesarean section?  A cesarean section is often treated as if it were a no-nonsense procedure from which women should recover quickly. In fact, it is serious surgery, and a huge intrusion into the wholeness of one’s body. It can cause many complications afterward, especially if the scar tissues […]

THE POWER OF MOTHER

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Around the world, the cycle of pregnancy, birth and becoming Mother––as well as women’s other blood mysteries of menstruation and menopause––is revered and acknowledged with elaborate ceremonies; women are recognized as the source of all creation, or as Tamara Slayton describes—as “vessels of spiritual fire” (Baker 1986:222). It is no small miracle to have two […]

I was on the radio this winter talking about perinatal massage work!

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Leslie Stager is a Registered Nurse and a Licensed Massage Therapist who has attended over 500 births. She worked for years as a labor and delivery nurse, doula, and childbirth educator and developed and directs the 60-hour MotherTouch Maternity Massage Certification Program. She is the author of a prime perinatal massage textbook, and has produced […]

THE ESSENTIAL PELVIS: Embodying Sacred Space

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(21-hours NCBTMB; MEAC) With Lee Morgan, RMT & Leslie Stager RN, LMTA Unique Class For Bodyworkers, Movement Therapists,Birth Professionals, & Anyone Interested In Body Awareness! Join this 3-day workshop to cultivate awareness and understanding of the structural integrity of the pelvis from the inside out. Using hands-on bodywork, movement techniques, and expressive art we will […]

Fundamentals of Prenatal Massage: (8 hours)

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Your new Client is pregnant: What if she can’t lay comfortably on her side, nor safely on her back? Is your bodywork modality contraindicated during pregnancy? What if she has contractions during a session? Most practitioners see an occaisional pregnant client, but few know the real risks, benefits, or safety measures that ensure optimum care […]

For Pregnant Women & Birth Companions

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Have a FASTER, SAFER, MORE COMFORTABLE BIRTHwith MATERNITY ACUPRESSURE & BIRTH MASSAGE!Relieve Pain, Encourage Contractions, Speed Labor, Calm Anxiety ARE YOU: An expectant father ready to support your partner though birth into motherhood? Pregnant and worried about discomfort during birth? Planning an epidural, but want other comfort measures available? Over-due and trying to avoid induction? […]

TALK: Benefits of Nurturing Touch throughout Pregnancy, Birth, and Postpartum

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1 hour Presentation. Learn 2 of the many nurturing touch techniques that help alleviate pain during pregnancy and birth, reduce anxiety, speed labor, and improve a woman’s experience of birth. In this talk we will learn how simple touch significantly improves the lives of mother, baby, and partner in measurable ways, hormonally, physically, and developmentally. […]