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Talk Less, Learn More: Evolving as an Educator

Posted in birth, birth classes, birth education, childbirth educators, pregnancy, prenatal yoga, Resources, writing on March 9, 2012 | 2 Comments »

Since late 2006, I have written at the top of each of my teaching outlines: “Talk less, listen more.” This simple reminder has  fundamental importance and has completely revolutionized how I structure and guide my childbirth classes. During each series that I teach, I realize how listening to the women and giving them a space [...]

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Moon Salutation Yoga Series for Blessingway or Women’s Gathering

Posted in ceremony, mother blessing, Neat stuff, pregnancy, prenatal yoga, women on October 25, 2011 | 2 Comments »

At my blessingway with my second son, my mom led us through a moon salutation together outside and then we all entered the blessingway space via a “birth arch” made with the women’s arms (think London Bridge only all in a row making a channel of arms to pass through). This weekend, we had a [...]

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Seated Mountain Pose

Posted in birth art, pictures, pregnancy, prenatal yoga on December 11, 2010 | 2 Comments »

I have a special affinity for pregnant seated mountain pose images. My logo and the polymer birth goddess sculptures I make are both in that yoga pose. So, during my recent maternity photo session, I wanted to include seated mountain pose as one of the pictures           Speaking of yoga poses, [...]

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Practical Ways to Enhance Knowledge for Birth

Posted in active birth, birth, birth classes, birth education, Birth Thoughts, childbirth educators, giving birth, mothers, natural birth, normal birth, prenatal yoga, Resources on June 24, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Related to my previous posts about information vs. knowledge, I want to share a couple of ideas from an article I wrote some time ago for the International Journal of Childbirth Education. Obviously, I don’t have all the answers, but these are some of my ideas/tips about transferring information into knowledge that will be meaningful [...]

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How Do Women Really Learn About Birth?

Posted in birth, birth education, birth experiences, Birth Thoughts, childbirth educators, giving birth, mothers, natural birth, normal birth, prenatal yoga on June 16, 2010 | 5 Comments »

“I usually claim that pregnant women should not read books about pregnancy and birth. Their time is too precious. They should, rather, watch the moon and sing to their baby in the womb.” –Michel Odent Related to a previous post about the difference between information and knowledge, I have been pondering how women really learn [...]

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Book Review: Mindful Motherhood: Practical Tools for Staying Sane During Pregnancy and Your Child’s First Year

Posted in babies, mothers, Neat stuff, pregnancy, prenatal yoga, Resources, reviews on June 8, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Book Review: Mindful Motherhood: Practical Tools for Staying Sane During Pregnancy and Your Child’s First Year By Cassandra Vieten, Ph.D. New Harbinger, 2009 ISBN 978-061531935-3 200 pages, softcover, $16.95 www.mindfulmotherhood.org Reviewed by Molly Remer, MSW, CCCE Written for pregnant women and for mothers embroiled in the intense rite of passage that is baby’s first year, [...]

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New Training!

Posted in birth, birth classes, birth education, childbirth educators, Neat stuff, prenatal yoga, Resources, reviews, tagged , , , , , , on April 12, 2010 | 3 Comments »

This year, I completed several new trainings that I am very excited about. Prenatal Yoga Training This weekend I fulfilled a 7 year old dream and attended a prenatal yoga teacher training in St. Louis. I have wanted to teach prenatal yoga since I was pregnant with my first baby, but a training opportunity just [...]

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Birthing Room Yoga Handout

Posted in active birth, birth, birth classes, birth education, birth experiences, Birth Thoughts, giving birth, mothers, natural birth, Neat stuff, normal birth, pregnancy, prenatal yoga, Resources, Tools, tagged , , , on March 10, 2010 | 3 Comments »

In my classes, I teach a short little series of prenatal yoga poses called “Birthing Room Yoga.” I learned the series from the excellent video, Yoga for Your Pregnancy by Yoga Journal and Lamaze. My rationale for including the poses in all my classes is that while academic/intellectual information is useful (and is my personal [...]

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