Shake your hips for healthy pregnancy, birth, postpartum and women's wellness

Our hips and pelvis are integral to pregnancy, birth, postpartum recovery, and women’s reproductive health. And yet, we often have very little relationship with this area - and for many, shame or embarrassment colors what relationship there is.

I first heard about belly dance for pregnancy as a birth doula. I loved the idea of actively creating a positive relationship with the area that housed baby and from which baby would emerge, while practicing optimal movements for labor and building trust in one’s body.

I later learned that many benefits of shaking, circling and shimmying our hips - like improved blood and lymphatic flow in this area, and increased confidence and comfort in the body and its capabilities - are also beneficial for fertility, postpartum recovery, and women’s wellness (including painful or irregular menses).

As a teacher of first Dancing for Birth classes, and now YogaDance Mama classes, I have loved sharing these benefits with moms in a mom-centered, supportive community.

YogaDance Mama is a class created for moms - pregnant, postpartum, raising kids or preparing to conceive. The class is a fun fusion of yoga, world dance moves, and birth and mama wisdom. The Winter 2015 6-class Series begins on Wednesday, January 21.

Winter 2015 series in Fremont:
Wednesday evenings, 6:15 – 7:30 pm
1/21, 1/28, 2/4, 2/18, 2/25 & 3/4 (no class 2/11)
$72 for 6-class series. Register here.

Classes are at Early Start Music,
150 H St, Fremont (Niles), CA.

More info at http://becoming-a-mama.com/yogadance-mama

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Megumi Burr-Tolliver is a Mama Massage therapist, yoga instructor for pregnancy and moms, and former birth and postpartum doula. Megumi’s teaching emphasizes guidance from our inner wisdom and compassionate connection with our bodies. Learn more about Megumi and her practice, Compassion Tree Mama Care.