Childbirth Preparation

with Kristen Bower

Saturdays, August 8th, 15th and 22nd 1-4pm $350 per couple

Group classes designed to empower conscious childbirth. Based on the Birthing from Within philosophy, classes focus on the physical opening that must occur during labor and birth as well as expanding the heart and mind to more completely accommodate new life. You and your birth partner will be guided through movements, breathwork, vocalization and meditation that help prepare the body and mind forlabor and birth.

General topics include:

• What to expect of early and active labor

• Nutrition and hydration during labor

• What to expect of pushing (normal progress, optimal positions, protecting the pelvic floor)

• Pain coping (non-pharmacological, movement, breathwork, hydrotherapy, massage, positioning), pain medications

• Navigating interventions (how to get more information, the kinds of questions to ask in the moment)

• Cesarean birth

• Breastfeeding and newborn basics.

Kristen Bower has been supporting women and their families through pregnancy, birth and parenting for nearly a decade. She works as a nurse at Roosevelt Birthing Center in Manhattan and teaches independent childbirth classes. While going through a difficult time, Kristen found yoga to be a safe haven and her practice enabled her to move forward. She began to recognize how yoga could relate to every aspect of life and felt compelled to share yoga with other people. Yoga seemed a natural extension of the work Kristen was already doing. She shared her desire to teach with one of her first yoga teachers who encouraged her to follow her heart. Kristen completed Ma Yoga Prenatal Yoga teacher training at Lila Yoga, Dharma and Wellness with Mia Borgatta and Eden Fromberg in January 2005 and recently completed Om Yoga teacher training with Christie Clark, Frank Mauro and Cyndi Lee.

Contact Kristen at 718 290 4663 if you are interested in attending