The cells of the brain cannot function more than a few minutes without oxygen, and so the brain is very interested in the way we breathe. It’s quite literally a matter of survival: when your breathing changes so does your heart rate, a quick fast shallow breath, speeds up the heart and a slow…
What is the Buteyko Breathing Method & How Can It Help You? Let’s take a look at how you breathe, Is it fast or slow, shallow or deep, does your belly expand and your ribs rise on the inhale? Do you breathe in and out through your nose or mouth? If you…
Learning to breathe correctly is life-changing. Breathing is the most important thing we do, however, we pay the least amount of attention to it. Imagine learning how you’re breathing affects your body in so many ways. Learning how to breathe will be beneficial, improving your overall health and wellbeing. Breathing is a great way to…
Naturally Induced Labour ? It seems to be a topic that comes up a lot when talking to my clients in the clinic. I hear the words ‘my caregiver would like me to be induced at week 38’. For some this could be due to the fact that they have gestational diabetes, or perhaps…
Teenagers are not children, nor are they adults, they are in a state of flux. For some puberty can come on early, hormonal changes happen quickly. There is a surge of energy, heat or what we call Yang in Chinese medicine. This can be hard to manage, not knowing how to deal with these sudden…
Using visualisation throughout labour, creating an awareness and placing your minds energy to flow through the body, moving it down and out to various parts. Using our inbuilt resource the mind, as it is connected to the body, the mindbody. Visualisation makes anything possible. The belief that where the mind goes the energy flows. This…
Touch itself communicates that we have respect. It’s a simple gesture to show support to another and touching a person in a therapeutic manner, holding an acupressure point, enhances the effectiveness of labour and birth. As a Dr Chinese medicine and Doula, I consistently use acupressure throughout labour and birth as a tool for…
Listening in the birthing space is important, it is a skill. “Active listening” is trying to get a sense of what someone is saying or experiencing, checking back in with them. The idea here is to try to avoid judging, criticizing or defending, and instead, it’s about understanding the context in which it is coming…