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Childbirth Classes: Los Angeles
The benefits of these classes extend way beyond the day and your attendance.
Read MoreComfort Measures: For Labor & For Life
In childbirth, probably the most important and valuable thing you can do is start to learn about the variety of comfort measures available to you in life.
Read MoreThe Postpartum Time
Although we have little control over what happens in childbirth, we have a great amount of control over what happens in postpartum.
Read MoreHORMONES!
Sometimes in our physical reality, we forgot that a woman must be able to get herself into a state where she is producing oxytocin to have her baby on her own with her own body.
Read MoreSelf Soothing
It's called self-soothing. Its your way (and there may be many!) of keeping yourself calm.
Read MoreAfter Holidays...
Taking care of ourselves in some ways is a perspective, but at the core there are some very basic, fundamental processes that the body requires in order to function properly.
Read MoreBodywork NOW
Bodywork is likely the most important component of all health.
Read MoreRECIPE: Ghee
It's the basis for any Ayurvedic lifestyle. And it's also sacred. In the way that it's sourced, the way that it's prepared, the way that it's handle and the pure love or prem that's infused into makes it sacred.
Read MoreRebozo: Labor Tool
It's hard to explain and visualize, but this long, strong piece of woven cloth can do hundreds of things that can benefit literally any body and most interestingly, specifically a pregnant and laboring body.
Read MoreHumans as Carry Mammals
Your human baby is a mammal, just like you. More specifically, your human baby is a carry mammal. They expect that once they are out of your womb, that you will continue to re-create their womb-like atmosphere until they are mature enough to assimilate into an earth-like atmosphere.
Read MoreModern Ayurveda
Ayurveda, roughly translated, means "the knowledge of life". A better description might be and understanding of the nature of the world and our nature within it. Ayurveda offers an understanding of Mother Nature and our relationship to it; essentially how we humans are a part of a much larger existential system that is constantly operating around us.
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