Just finished another beautiful 6 week Pregnancy Yoga and Birth Preparation Course.
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I love supporting women on their journey into Motherhood. The waves, spirals, undulations as we explore our primal, animal body and allow ourselves to flourish.
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Thank you Lou, for this lovely feedback.
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“My friend and I attended Laura’s 6 week pregnancy yoga and birth preparation course beginning in January this year. Laura welcomed us into her lovely home studio, and made us feel really comfortable. She created a gorgeous calming environment, where we practiced some gentle yoga and relaxation, as well as spent time discussing all things pregnancy and birth. Laura is really knowledgable and very open and easy to talk to. Each class was extremely therapeutic, and I would highly recommend the course to any expectant mother just wanting some much needed chill out time.” -
Lou Kochgruber 📷@melissajeanbabies
#doula #pregnancy #birth #yoga #primal #mamatobe #flourish
I’ve always felt very deeply and intensely about most things, but especially about love.
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The highs have been ecstatic, my whole body overflowing with joy.
The lows have been unbearable, feeling completely at the mercy of my longing… for understanding and acceptance.
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This is part of me. I am a highly sensitive person and I live in connection to the ebb and flow of subtle shifts in emotions, others and my own. .
This is not always easy for me or the person I am in a relationship with. I have often given too much of my energy away and expected endless attention and affection in return.
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I have looked for a partner to fill and complete a part of me that I thought was missing and when I found them I held onto them so tightly and tried to believe we were both now whole.
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But that longing was still there…
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We often look to our partners to be everything to us, our best friend, our Mother, our Father, our creative inspiration, our child, our past, our dreams for the future, our home, our sanctuary, our raison d’être. They cannot be our whole village and they cannot catch us every time we lose our way. They too are navigating their own journey.
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The joy and compassion I have found within my own heart has allowed me to heal from past lovers. It has been work, real work on myself. Sitting with the physical and emotional pain and allowing it to flow through me, many days finding it unbearable but trying moment by moment to be very gentle with myself.
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Some days my heart still closes, it’s learning how to love and trust again. But it’s nature is to be open, wide open to receive and offer love and to grow infinitely. ❤️
#love #longing #highlysensitiveperson #relationships #doula #birth #rebirth #thejourney
Incredible!
The state of relaxation of the mouth and jaw is directly correlated to the ability of the cervix, the vagina, and the anus to open to full capacity. - Gaskin
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A few things we can do...
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Begin by breathing in and raising the shoulders, exhale release the shoulders down and sigh the breath out.
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Massage your jaw with your fingers, you may feel tenderness there, especially where the jaw meets. .
Open the mouth. Take a yawn or a sigh.
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Smile then blow a kiss. Do this a few times.
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Take a deep breath in and blow the air out through pursed lips.. making a brbrbrbr sound. (Fun to do with little ones if they are feeling tense too!)
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It’s also useful to hum or sing. Using sound to help release and open the body. .
The cervix opens well to laughter, deep abdominal breathing, warm water baths, kissing, and expressions of love.
I encourage all of these in labour... and life! 🧡
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#doula #birth #yoga #breath #pregnancy #larynx #uterus #labour
🌿 NEW PREGNANCY CLASSES 🌿
Absolutely delighted to share with you not one but two new classes to help support you on your journey into Motherhood.
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Starting from the beginning of MARCH 2020 at The Bump and Baby Hideout in Sale, Manchester.
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6:30pm - Dance for Pregnancy and Birth
These class focus on moving in a way that feels good during pregnancy.
Helping you to move intuitively during labour - which is the key to having a calm, gentle birth.
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7:45pm - Pregnancy Yoga
These classes offer a welcoming, relaxed and calm space for you to move, breathe and can help alleviate common symptoms in pregnancy such as PGP, carpel tunnel, nausea, fatigue. .
Both classes are suitable for all women, regardless of their fitness level.
No previous experience of yoga or dance is necessary.
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I am a Birth Doula, Mama and Pregnancy Yoga Teacher. - I am here to support you and help you navigate the the many changes that occur during this time. - I encourage you to listen deeply to your body.
- Help you create space within your body for your breath and your baby. - And guide you to release physical and emotional tension.
All helping to prepare your mind, body and soul for the work of labour and the WONDER of birth. ✨
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Please register and book your place in advance: www.laurabloombirthing.com/yoga/ .
‘Embrace the wisdom of your body'
