Archive for Hypnobirthing
Spokane Baby Fair 2011
MARCH 14, 2011
There is power in numbers! Bloom Spokane and our fabulous group of exhibitors made a powerful statement at yesterday’s Baby Fair. Our group of 15 mother-friendly organizations and providers occupied quite a large section of the event and no one there could deny that the Spokane region is home to a wealth of information and services dedicated to helping women realize their full potential during the childbearing year. [...]
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Spokane’s New HypnoBirthing Classes
I am thrilled to announce that we have three new HypnoBirhting educators in Spokane! Here’s a quick overview of HypnoBirthing and information about each of our new local teachers. Please be in touch with them individually if you are interested in taking a class. ABOUT HYPNOBIRTHING The HypnoBirthing website is a great place to find [...]
Goodbye Wendy Connolly. We’ll Miss You!
I am sad to tell you that Spokane is losing one of our two HypnoBirthing educators to the lucky city of Portland. But before she leaves, Wendy Connolly of Spokane HypnoBirthing will be teaching one final series of classes beginning April 13th. She has a few open spots, so if you’re interested I suggest you contact her right away. Even if you are early in your pregnancy, this is the perfect time to take the class. [...]
Prenatal Pilates and Birth Education
I have been reminded, once again, how lucky we are here in Spokane to have so many passionate, smart, skilled and caring people working to educate and empower the women in our community! I recently met Elizabeth Jones, a local Pilates instructor and physical rehabilitation specialist who has focused much of her career on working with pregnant women. As we began talking, something Elizabeth said captured my attention. “Society has lost interconnectedness with families and with birth.” I was drawn to this statement because it encapsulates the core reason that so many of us (midwives, doulas, educators, etc.) do what we do. We are trying to reconnect women and families to the importance of birth in our lives. Elizabeth Jones does this by providing women a way to stay in good physical health while preparing their bodies and minds for birth. [...]
Deaconess Women’s Clinic: Part 1
In my ongoing effort to bring Bloom readers insights and expertise from our local natural birth professionals, I am thrilled to have had the opportunity to speak with Catherine Shields, one of the certified nurse midwives at the Deaconess Women’s Clinic in Spokane. It’s no secret that I had my second baby under the care of the Clinic’s midwives and so I know how passionately devoted Catherine is to the care of pregnant women and babies. To hear her speak about birth is a transformative experience—just as birth itself should be! [...]
Holiday Fair at Lavender & Sage
The Lavender & Sage Wellness Center, located on the South Hill, is having a holiday fair this Sunday. Two of the wellness practitioners we have listed here on Bloom work out of the Center and will be offering information about their services. Rebekah Giangreco of New Moon Family Acupuncture and Wendy Connolly of Spokane Hypnobirthing, along with others, will be speaking about and offering sessions in:
- Massage Therapy
- Acutonics Sound Healing
- Reflexology
- HypnoBirthing
HypnoBirthing in Spokane
I met up with our local HypnoBirthing educators this morning to talk about the work they do and find out what inspired them to teach expectant couples. Wendy Connolly of Spokane HypnoBirthing located on the South Hill and Mary Long of Inland HypnoBirthing located in Green Acres, just east of Spokane Valley, are both delightful women and we had a great time sharing our own personal birth stories with eachother.
Mary and Wendy acknowledged that HypnoBirthing is initially perceived by some as a hippie-weirdo practice that brings to mind swinging pendulums and comatose patients. In actuality, HypnoBirthing is a method of self hypnosis that enables a woman to block her body’s pain perception and ease anxiety during natural childbirth. This is achieved by maintaining a state of deep relaxation during labor and birth, made possible by practicing breathing and visualization techniques during pregnancy in preparation for the big day. The word “self” is key here, as no one besides the laboring mom can make this happen—it’s not magic. [...]
