by embracing birth | Jul 3, 2017 | aromatherapie, aromatherapy, babymassage, baringspijn... en nu?!, bevalling, birth companion, birth preferences, childbirth, doula, doula amsterdam, geboorteplan, labour pain... now what?!, pregnancy, pregnancy massage, voorbereiding op de bevalling, zwangerschapsbegeleiding, zwangerschapsmassage
I made a new flyer for the services that I offer (in English and in Dutch! I better catch up with making an English version of my website…). You can find the description of the following services on this website: doula-support (birth companion) pregnancy &...
by embracing birth | Jun 26, 2017 | aromatherapie, aromatherapy, bevalling, childbirth, doula, doula amsterdam, essential oils, essentiële oliën, pregnancy, pregnancy massage, zwangerschapsmassage
Over het innemen van essentiële oliën en meer Onlangs kwam ik online in een discussie terecht over het -onverdund- innemen van essentiële oliën. Dit prompte me om deze blogpost te maken. Ik hoor steeds vaker verhalen van mensen die essentiële oliën innemen,...
by embracing birth | Jun 13, 2017 | aromatherapie, aromatherapy, bevalling, birth companion, childbirth, doula, doula amsterdam, essential oils, essentiële oliën, pregnancy, pregnancy massage, zwangerschapsmassage
Recently I went on a wonderful trip to Glasgow, to do a specialty training in Shiatsu for Pregnancy for Massage Therapists by the inspiring Lucy Trend. The course is designed by experienced shiatsu practitioner Suzanne Yates (check it out...
by embracing birth | Apr 5, 2017 | bevallen, bevalling, birth companion, birth preferences, childbirth, doula, doula amsterdam, geboorteplan, labor, labour, meditatie, meditation, mindfulness, passion, pregnancy, pregnancy massage, voorbereiding op de bevalling, yoga, zwangerschapsbegeleiding, zwangerschapsmassage
In the middle of a labour that was taking its own time, my client asked me ‘what is it that you enjoy about being a doula. Why do you do this work?’. Mind you, this was after having given continuous hands-on support for about 12 hours in a row with hardly a break; her...