by Catherine | Aug 24, 2016 | Somatic bodywork, Somatic mamas
My sacrum felt amazing all weekend – like I wasn’t even pregnant. It’s feeling a bit tighter now but no pain. Because it’s unstable, I’m combining movement activities at home with alternating chiropractic and myofascial release help. I...
by Catherine | Aug 24, 2016 | Child development, Somatic bodywork
Early on we noticed that one of baby P’s eyes seemed smaller than the other. Catherine suggested that gently guiding the bones around the eyes to even alignment would make her vision easier for long term, future reading loads. Since cranial bones are the most mobile...
by Catherine | Jul 4, 2016 | Child development, Mindfulness in motion
As a toddler Gavin has an initial healthy hesitation in allowing me, as a practitioner, to touch him. With play and slow approach, Gavin gradually settles in to feel safe in the room and with me. He can play with shape sorting puzzles while I give him gentle, light...
by Catherine | May 3, 2016 | Breastfeeding, Child development, Somatic bodywork
We’ve had the pleasure of working with Catherine on and off for about a year and a half now. We first sought her out for her craniosacral services when our son had colic and we were desperate for sleep and answers. Other options had provided him no relief....
by Catherine | Apr 26, 2016 | Mindfulness in motion, Somatic bodywork, Somatic mamas
Everything is connected to everything Fascia is a web material throughout the body, forming wrappers and slings for every organ and every muscle. Your heart is suspended in the chamber of your ribs. Your uterus is suspended in your pelvic by a fascia hammock...
by Catherine | Apr 9, 2016 | Birth
During pregnancy women voraciously read books and blogs. You’re talking to anyone and everyone in your circle of friends and family who has had a baby. Probably selectively, since Aunt Agnes just tells horror stories. The women in your world help you define what is...
by Catherine | Mar 3, 2016 | Birth
Face it, new dads during pregnancy lag about six months behind new moms when it comes to getting it. That is, getting it about the birth, baby and beyond. Not all dads & partners lag, but, well, most do. In the birth community we are asking whether our...
by Catherine | Mar 3, 2015 | Breastfeeding
We have all seen the blissful babes at breast with the mom. So, what is going on???? Your baby is biting??? Do you have folks saying that this is normal discomfort of start-up breastfeeding, your nipples will toughen up, you will get used to it, baby will grow out of...
by Catherine | Jan 31, 2014 | Mindfulness in motion
When we are in a happy place with the vagus nerve, the world is good. But when the vagus is unhappy, we are in tears and tantrums. So what and where is Vagus? Not far away, I assure you. The vagus nerve runs the show on the most basic states of the nervous system. We...
by Catherine | Nov 26, 2013 | Active baby in birth
Your baby is the prime instigator of labor in a physiologic birth. He begins the whole process of birth via dynamic fluid communications through his placenta. In utero your baby tracks all of her own internal development. Researchers seeking the triggers for...
