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Mirror Neurons: What Are They and Why They Are So Important to This Mom
by Melissa Nedza, Board Certified Dance/Movement Therapist, Kripalu Yoga Teacher I am sure you moms have had this experience: witnessing that first moment of seeing your baby dance. I am the mother of a thirteen-month-old and last week for the first time as the music...
Integrative Approach to Health and Healing
by Pamela Poad FNP-BC, CHt Integrative medicine is a healing-oriented practice that looks at the whole person: body, mind, spirit, and all aspects of lifestyle. As an Integrative, Family Nurse Practitioner, I have seen many positive and negative patient...
What to Expect at Your Home Visit
by Justine Deputy, RN, MSN Photo: Clare Davis, Birth Center Mama As many of you know, Mamas and Babies go home about four to six hours after birth. If you aren’t familiar with early discharge at TBC, read more here. Even though families go home earlier than you may in...
Here’s How Healing Touch Helps You Stay Open, Clear, & Balanced
by Barbara McAnany, HTCP, CPT, CHC, RYT Remember that time driving in your car on a beautiful back road on a cool, clear summer day jamming to your favorite tunes and feeling, “wow, what a perfect day”? Then suddenly you hear this crackling sound coming through the...
Intimate Partner Abuse
About one of every three women will be abused (American College of Nurse-Midwives, 2017). At The Birth Center: Holistic Women’s Health Care LLC, we see women from adolescence through menopause and many have experienced intimate partner abuse. We listen to clients...
Be An Amazing Postpartum Visitor
by Katie Madden, RN, IBCLC Photo: Jessica, Birth Center Mama Someone you love has just had her first baby: your sister, your best friend, your close colleague from the office. You know you can’t wait to get over there and squeeze that tiny bundle and sniff her little...
Prenatal Yoga
The Benefits of Mindful Movement and Breath Work During Pregnancy by: Julie Macedo 200RYT, Registered Prenatal & Postnatal Yoga teacher, Registered Fertility Yoga Teacher Yoga means “to yoke.” Often it is interpreted as a practice of yoking the mind, body, and...
Healing and Learning Circles
by Dr. Karen Avino, RN "Health is not only to be well, but to use well every power we have.” Florence Nightingale, 1893 Healing circles are deeply rooted in the traditional practices of indigenous people. Members sit in a circle to consider a problem or a...
Introduction to Functional Medicine and Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy
by Lisa Direnzo, DO Functional Medicine is an approach to medicine that is a systems oriented, research based, individualized practice that engages both patient and physician in a therapeutic partnership. It addresses the underlying, root causes of chronic disease by...