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Keeping Meditation Easy
I have been practicing meditation on and off since 1996. In December of 2016 my husband and I made the commitment to meditate at least once a day and we have not missed a day since. Having a meditation practice has kept me afloat during some very difficult times,...
Directed Pushing vs. Mother Directed Pushing
We have all seen women being shouted to “PUSH, PUSH, PUSH” in movies and TV shows. Someone other than the mother decides that it is time to get the baby out. This adrenaline laced environment is the opposite of what a woman and her baby require for an undisturbed, peaceful birth.
A Proven Way to Improve Your Relationships
A few years ago I started practicing a wonderful mantra meditation that has truly changed me. I understand that my thoughts affect my reality, relationships and health. Sometimes my mind gets busy thinking about another person. Then my mind wants to go to the story...
10 Ways To Change Your Mood In 60-Seconds Or Less
I tell my clients, "It is OK to lose IT, because you know where to find IT." There are many ways to change our mindset overtime. Yet, regardless of how experienced you might be at keeping your cool, all of us can have moments when we just lose our inner peace. The...
I Am Not The Clouds, a Mindfulness Practice
I was walking on the beach the other morning and the clouds were so beautiful they reminded me of a mindfulness practice I often share with my clients. When I was a little girl I loved watching the clouds ever changing shapes. I still do! Some clouds take fun or...
An Easy Way to Calm Your Mind and Shift Your Energy
Ever feel like you have your foot stuck on the gas pedal, with no way to slow down? I know I do sometimes. Now imagine having a tool you can use anywhere, anytime to change this frenzy of anxious thoughts and high-strung emotions and stay sane in the midst of chaos....
4 Ways to Prevent Childbirth Trauma
There are three main responses to a disturbing event and two of them are very familiar: fight or flight. The third response is a state of immobility or freezing. The freezing response might be the key to understanding human trauma, according to Peter Levine, author of...
Amazing Fruit Eases Labor and Prevents Postpartum Hemorrhage
A study published in the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology concludes that eating 6 dates daily during the last four weeks of pregnancy "significantly reduced the need for induction and augmentation of labor, and produced a more favorable delivery outcome." Some...
10 Practices to Experience Childbirth as a Spiritual Journey
Childbirth is a Sacred Journey to welcome a child into the world. The Innate Wisdom within the mother’s body knows just how to grow a human baby. Every organ, system, 60,000 miles of blood vessels, each delicious little toe… every magnificent detail develops in...