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A natural aid for your child’s wellbeing.
Are you looking for a natural aid to help your child? Baby reflexology could be the answer. It is a beautiful treatment that the whole family can enjoy. Benefits include:• reduced asthma• relaxation• improved sleep• child/parent bonding • improved digestion Reflexology is particularly powerful when applied to babies as they are extremely receptive to it […]
Develop your Mind-Body Connection for Birth
To prepare for birth, I recommend you begin to nourish your mind-body connection. During labour and birth, the ability to control your breath, your mind and your body can have a significant impact. Here are 5 daily habits to build your mind-body connection during pregnancy: Yoga: The whole purpose of practising Yoga is to release […]
Pregnancy Pilates at MAMA
What is it? Pilates is a form of exercise that aims to improve and condition your muscular and postural strength by focusing on your core. The movements include diaphragmatic breathing, pelvic floor muscles, back muscles that are key to good posture, balance and strength. All of these components are significantly impacted with pregnancy. During pregnancy, […]
Introducing Solids
When your baby is ready, by 6 months but not before 4 months, it is important to begin introducing a variety of nutritionally adequate solid foods whilst continuing to breastfeed or formula feed. Eating solid foods during this time should be fun, as it allows our children to explore different textures, tastes and smells. Breastmilk […]
The Hypnobirthing Australia™ Difference!
What is hypnobirthing? Hypnobirthing is about birthing with knowledge, support, tools and preparation and focuses on the mind-body connection that has been around for thousands of years! It aims to restore the belief that women are made to birth, that everything needed for birth is within and that if women are successful in releasing and […]
Does Acupuncture hurt, and is it safe during pregnancy?
I have been treating women’s health for many years now and the one question I often hear is; “Does Acupuncture hurt?” I practise a gentle acupuncture technique and I inform my patients that whilst we are penetrating the skin with a fine disposable sterile needle it usually doesn’t hurt. Sometimes when the needle is inserted […]
