Perinatal Bodywork & Education
A holistic approach to perinatal care
The following practices incorporate Massage Therapy, CranioSacral Therapy, Manual Lymph Drainage, Yoga,
Approche Posturo-respiratoire APOR®, Anatomie pour le mouvement APM®, Holistic Pelvic Care HPC (™Tami Kent).
These different modalities are complementary and can be combined within a session or a series of sessions.
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Learn to support your changing body, to ground yourself physically, mentally, and emotionally in this time of great transition and change. Massage and CranioSacral therapies are used alone or in combination with movement and breath-centered practices to address specific restrictions, ease aches and pains, release tension, and support overall well-being. During pregnancy, you can also learn tools to support you through the process of labor and birth, as well as prepare for the postpartum period. Start to learn and practice techniques you can use in the early hours and days postpartum. Private sessions will be tailored to establish a practice that addresses your particular needs and goals, as well as focus on ways for you to integrate this practice into your daily life. These practices can be adjusted if you are required to be on bed rest.
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Sessions are tailored to each person’s specific needs and postpartum journey.
Massage and CranioSacral therapy are combined with movement, breath work and practical exercises to heal, retrain and strengthen one’s body post-birth.
Womb care is offered through the practice of pelvic binding (or wrapping) and special attention is given to structure and soft tissue healing. This supports redefining the physical body which in turn supports emotional boundaries and helps in settling the nervous system after the intensity of labor and the early days and weeks postpartum.
Special care and treatments are also available for C. section scar care.
All sessions include practical guidelines on how to incorporate practices into one’s daily life. They will help you care for yourself while caring for your child and incorporate your recovery and well-being into your daily life and routine. The first weeks and months postpartum (also referred to as the fourth trimester) are fundamental to a person’s recovery from pregnancy and birth and are an ideal time to support the body’s natural healing.
Lara’s organic and intuitive approach opens up a gentle and supportive space for people to access healing, gain awareness, confidence, and strength.
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Practicing Yoga during pregnancy and postpartum will encourage relaxation, flexibility, and strength, helping you bring into balance both body and mind. Through physical practices, we will bring attention to posture and breath. Perinatal Yoga can be used as a tool to re-train the body and allow for changes in postural habits that cause stress and imbalance as well as help relieve many of the common discomforts of pregnancy and postpartum such as back pain, nausea, headaches, anxiety, joint pain, pelvic floor discomforts.
You will learn to use your practice to ground you physically, mentally, and emotionally in this time of great transition and change. You will learn practical tools for labor, delivery, and the early postpartum, and find support and community from other expectant people. Classes are open to students at all stages of pregnancy and postpartum. Practicing Yoga during pregnancy and postpartum will encourage relaxation, flexibility, and strength, helping you bring into balance both body and mind. Through physical practices, we will bring attention to posture and breath.
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Learn practical tools to support you in navigating physically and emotionally through the process of labor and delivery.