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New Video – Tips for Childbirth: Pelvic Floor Awareness Breath

September 24, 2014 By Deena Leave a Comment

Last Friday (Sept. 19) I taught two sessions at the Lamaze DONA Conference. I taught both a morning Prenatal Yoga session and an afternoon small business session. I had some fantastic feedback from all of my session attendees. There were 39 attendees at morning yoga and a bit more at the small business session. Amazing! […]

Filed Under: Featured Home Page, Into the Light, Main Blog Page Tagged With: Birth, Breath, Breathing, Childbirth, Childbirth Education Classes, Labor, Lamaze, Lamaze Conference, Pelvic Floor, Pranayama, Pregnancy, Pregnant, Prenatal Yoga, Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training

The Space Between, Finding the Stillness in Labor

September 2, 2014 By Deena Leave a Comment

There is a moment; one small moment that opens into stillness before it closes and brings us back to the work at hand. It is the space between the inhale and the exhale. It is the space between the exhale and the inhale. It is the briefest moment of stillness and quiet before the cycle […]

Filed Under: Inspirations, Into the Light, Main Blog Page Tagged With: Birth, Breath, Breathing, Childbirth, Childbirth Education Classes, Coping Skills, Emotional State, Labor, Lamaze, Pain, Pittsburgh, Pregnancy, Prenatal Yoga, Stillness, yoga

Prenatal Yoga, Weird Baby Products and more on Science & Sensibility.

March 6, 2012 By Deena Leave a Comment

So, where have my blog posts been for February?  I was invited by Kimmelin Hull and Linda Harmon to be the guest community manager over on Science & Sensibility.  I took the honor with much enthusiasm as I wrote my own pieces and highlighted the works of others.  The pieces I wrote are listed and […]

Filed Under: Into the Light, Main Blog Page Tagged With: AAP, breastfeeding, Breathing, Homebirth, Lamaze, Meditation, Prenatal Yoga, Relaxation, Science & Sensibility, yoga

Fertility Yoga, a healthy beginning

February 20, 2012 By Deena 2 Comments

Stress is one of the causes and complications of infertility.  The stress can be of external sources such as work or finances, or it can be internal such as worry, regret, and low self-esteem.  It will help to eliminate the causes of stress, but that’s not always possible – especially when the stress is caused […]

Filed Under: Inspirations, Main Blog Page Tagged With: Breath, Breathing, Emotional State, Fertility Yoga, Infertility, Max Strom, Meditation, Pittsburgh, Pranayama, Stress, yoga

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