We are excited to invite you to the Grand Opening of Shining Light Prenatal Education’s new Center at 3701 Butler St., Pittsburgh PA 15021. We are located on the corner of 37th St. and Butler St. in the historic Lawrenceville section of the city. The open house is from 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm on Saturday, […]
We have an ADDRESS!!! – 3701 Butler St in Lawrenceville!!!
This has been a long time coming – almost a year in the making – since I started putting actual work into Shining Light Prenatal Education. See, I had this idea that Prenatal Yoga and Childbirth Education all by themselves weren’t enough. Something was missing. What I came to realize is that there is much […]
Integrating Yoga and Lamaze: How the Ethical Practice of the Yamas and Niyamas Relate to Pregnancy and Childbirth. Part 7 – Santosha
Santosha – Contentment or Satisfaction “The opposite of such conditional happiness is unconditional happiness, a state that allows us to find contentment in any situation, whether we are uncomfortable in a yoga pose or stuck in a traffic jam. When we let go of our narrow idea of happiness and open ourselves to all […]
Integrating Yoga and Lamaze: How the Ethical Practice of the Yamas and Niyamas Relate to Pregnancy and Childbirth. Part 6 – Saucha
Saucha – Cleanliness of Body and Mind Cleanliness of Body is relatively easy to understand, right? Take a shower, wear clean clothes, wash your hands after you use the bathroom, etc. However, during pregnancy and birth this takes on a new dimension with regards to physical cleanliness. We also look at the internal – what […]
Birth Story: Christine’s birth – Connor Michael
Written by Christine, to share with all of you! As requested, however, I just wanted to share a little bit about my birth with you: Connor Michael was born October 3rd 2011 (about 6 days after my due date) at 2:45am. I started having some small contractions the morning of the 2nd. I took about […]