This past week, I went over to The Strand, an awesome used bookstore in the heart of downtown Manhattan. It also helps that it is close to Ishta Yoga Studio where I am teaching prenatal yoga. They have a nice (though smallish) selection of books on pregnancy, parenting, birth, and breastfeeding. I came across “Ina [...]
Today I attended a great workshop on the Tupler Technique here in Brooklyn. Lululemon’s Brooklyn Showroom had Julie Tupler, creator of the Tupler Technique, come and speak about her program, and check out all of our diastases. If you don’t know what diastases is…keep reading–this is super important for pregnant women as well as postpartum [...]
Breastfeeding is hard. But someone’s got to do it. Who better than us moms? My daughter asked me today what her nipples were for. (She’s almost four) I told her that they were there so that she could feed her babies when she grows up. That answer seemed to please her. She sees me nursing [...]
I am reading a great book called The Year After Childbirth: Enjoying Your Body, Your Relationships, and Yourself in Your Baby’s First Year, by Sheila Kitzinger. I recently ordered several of her books online through Amazon, and this one, as many of the others, is published awhile ago, in 1994. The fact that it was [...]
Postnatal Yoga Class (Bring your Babies!!) Teusdays 10-11am Yogaworks Westside Studio, 37 W. 65th St, NY, NY. Beginning in April 2009 6 week series/$120 for members, $150 for non-members (meaning if you currently have a membership, even if it is frozen, you are still a member and can get the member price) Class will focus [...]
