Parents and Babies
At Bodywise, four of our practitioners have a special interest in issues related to reproductive health:
Fertility
Shuddhabha (Shiatsu) and Tejapushpa (Acupuncture) treat women and men who want to increase their fertility. Both practitioners have experience of working with clients who are having difficulty conceiving, are undergoing IVF treatment or who have miscarried.
Pregnancy
We all work with individual clients, helping them throughout pregnancy. Lucy (Alexander Technique Teacher) coaches women to use their bodies appropriately whilst Tejapushpa and Shuddhabha address pregnancy related conditions e.g. nausea, vomiting, indigestion, odema, irregular bleeding, back and abdominal pain and fetal positioning.
Shuddhabha and Lucy also run individual sessions for women and their birth partners to help them with appropriate hands-on support during the birth.
Any one of us is available to assist at the birth of your baby, should you want this type of support and whether you choose a home or hospital birth.
We also work with women in the postnatal period, helping your body to recover and return to optimal health.
Maryline also runs pregnancy yoga classes.
Babies
Being born can be a difficult process for some babies. Shuddhabha treats babies in the first weeks after birth, helping them with body realignment and conditions such as colic.
She also teaches parents how to recognise the physical pattern their baby is displaying and use massage techniques that are particularly suited to their baby.
Birth Rehearsals
In these classes with Maryline, yoga postures and breathing are put in the context of birthing to show dads and birth partners how to give useful support during labour.
Shuddhabha and Lucy also run individual sessions for women and their birth partners to help them with appropriate hands-on support during the birth.
Lucy is currently on maternity leave having given birth to a son in March 2010.