Arvigo Techniques of Mayan Abdominal Therapy® – An Introduction
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- Aug, 30, 2018
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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 […]
Read MoreLiz’s Birth Story, Part 2
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- Aug, 01, 2018
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Liz’s Birth Story, Part Two If you read the first part of my birth story, you know that I had a fairly straight forward birth, up until I had a postpartum hemorrhage – you can read my birth story here. After being treated for my hemorrhage, I had to stay one night at the hospital. […]
Read MoreSeven Ways Being a Doula Prepared Me for My Birth
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- Jun, 28, 2018
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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
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- May, 29, 2018
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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 MoreLiz’s Birth Story
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- Apr, 26, 2018
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Liz’s Birth Story, Part One My birth started on Sunday September 10, when I was 40 weeks and two days. While my husband Andrew and I were at his friends’ house for lunch I got my first contractions. About once an hour I got a mild pressure wave that wasn’t painful, but it required my […]
Read MoreWhat Birth Work Is…
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- May, 17, 2013
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As I’m taking a break from editing the June quarterly newsletter for the Colorado Doulas Association (as is my Publications Chair board duties), I’m reflecting on all the things I do as a doula that don’t involve being present at a family’s birth. Having only attended four births so far, I still find that every […]
Read MoreStone Massage for Pregnancy
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- May, 10, 2013
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Last weekend I took a class called Hydrostone at the Colorado School of Healing Arts, my beloved alma mater. It’s been five years since I took classes at CSHA and being there reminds me how much I love being in school – learning new things and being around positive, inquisitive energy. What I learned from […]
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