Arvigo Techniques of Mayan Abdominal Therapy® – An Introduction
Arvigo Techniques of Mayan Abdominal Therapy® – An Introduction by Liz Martin WHAT IS IT? ATMAT® is based on ancient Mayan techniques of abdominal massage, an external non-invasive bodywork that repositions internal organs that have shifted, thereby restricting blood, oxygen, lymph, and nerve flow. The Arvigo® techniques have a long and rich heritage based on the apprenticeship […]
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Seven Ways Being a Doula Prepared Me for My Birth
Seven Ways Being a Doula Prepared Me for My Birth By Liz Martin I gave birth in September 2017, about five years after I became a doula. I had a low-risk pregnancy, so was able to have a low-intervention and unmedicated birth at Baby+CO, a free-standing birth center run by nurse midwives. Click here to […]
Read More10 Things I’ve Learned in My 10 Years as a Massage Therapist
10 Things I’ve Learned in My 10 Years as a Massage Therapist by Liz Martin It’s hard for me to believe, but it’s been ten years since I finished school and became a Licensed Massage Therapist! I’ve done thousands of massages, in many different kinds of venues. My education at Colorado School of Healing Arts […]
Read MoreTeaching Labor Massage to Doula Clients and Birth Partners
By Liz Green, CD (toLabor), LMT, CR The Gate Control Theory tells us that touch can override pain sensations in the body – sensations from touch reach the central nervous system faster than pain sensations. We instinctively hold an area when we injure it to calm pain. Massage is a naturally effective technique to use […]
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- Birth and New Mom Affirmations - Free Printables
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- How To Massage Your Baby--wish I had learned how to do this with my first. But he was so squirmy, not sure it would have worked...
Pinned 7 years ago
- Every woman finds her best positions- and it can change during labor. Keep moving.
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- [10 YOGA BASICS FOR PREGNANCY] Try these 10 yoga basics for pregnancy, even if you've never done yoga! For full instruction and free prenatal yoga online visit: www.stretchandglow.com.au
Pinned 7 years ago
- Cardinal Movements of Birth Got to educated on whats happening to your body.:
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