Tips for optimizing your yoga practice while pregnant.
Are you pregnant and looking to continue your yoga practice? Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced yogi, these five modifications will help optimize your experience. Each of these tips is based on personal experience and research, so they are sure to help you achieve the most from your yoga routine! As pregnant Mama’s we…
A Babes Gotta Eat!
Some peace of mind when trying to decide how to feed your newborn. There is a lot of pressure on new mothers to breastfeed their newborns. Nursing has been touted as the best way to provide your child with the nutrients they need in those early months, but what if you can’t or don’t want…
5 Minute Sequence Yoga Sequence for Neck and Trap Tension
Mama’s these are the 5 best yoga poses for Neck and Trap Pain Do you feel like you are constantly carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders? Are you struggling with tension in your neck and traps from feeding babies or carrying toddlers or from replying to emails all day from your phone?…
Everyone wants to hold the baby, not the Mom.
Proper etiquette when visiting a new Mama. Coming home from the hospital after giving birth can be a daunting experience. For first-time moms, it can be especially overwhelming to navigate postpartum anxiety while trying to take care of a newborn baby. In this blog post, we will discuss some tips for coping with postpartum anxiety…
Breathing Activity for Back to School Stress!
You know summer is coming to a close when all the beach supplies at Target get traded out for backpacks and water bottles. This still gives me anxiety as a 37 year old Mom so I cant imagine being a little one again and having tons of questions you don’t even know how to ask.…
7 Heart Opening Yoga Postures for Moms.
The practice of yoga is a great way for Mama’s to open their hearts. During pregnancy and after giving birth, our bodies go through so many changes. It is important to take some time for ourselves and focus on our own health and well-being. These seven yoga postures are perfect for mamas who want to…
7 Minute Grounding Exercise to Reduce Anxiety
Being a Mom is really hard work and often times we can feel like our body and thoughts are all over the place. Give yourself 7 minutes to ground in with this quick and simple technique the kids can do too! Grounding is a process of connecting to the present moment and your surroundings. This…
The 4 Best Yoga Poses for Anxiety in Mom's.
After giving birth, many new mothers feel a sense of loss of control and uncertainty. Yoga can be a great way to regain that control and start feeling like yourself again. These five yoga poses are specifically designed for postpartum women and will help you restore energy, strength, and flexibility. Seated Meditation: This pose is…
My Story in Canadian Perinatal Mental Health Collaborative 2021
I Think I Need Help Laura Stinnett From day one of being pregnant with my second daughter, Taylor, I was sick as a dog until about 17 weeks. I was working full time at a very high stress job with a two-year-old at home. There weren’t many chances to nap or lie down and watch…
Baby Mama Drama
In yoga this morning my teacher started the class by talking about our edge and if you aren’t familiar with that term, it can be defined by the following: Your edge is the point in the pose when you are mentally and physically challenged, but also able to find balance and ease. The edge embodies…
Soul Sister
It’s the end of May 2021- we all know the past 14 months have been trying to say the least and I think I have expressed how difficult my job change has been since I had Taylor. I was taken off project management and given a typical female admin role in the construction world the…
Hockey Game from H.E double hockey sticks
A few weeks ago my husbands beer hockey league opened back up from being closed to players and fans due to Covid. The game was a 5:00pm game on a Saturday and we thought it would be a perfect game to take the girls too. There is a bar over-looking the green rink he was…
Easter 2021
My almost 4-year-old is going through what my husband says “is just a phase” where she prefers him to me in just about every way and situation through the day but putting her to bed. She wants daddy to pick her up from school, him to pour her milk and every time I speak to…
Kennedy's Surgery
This past Thursday my 3 year old Kennedy had her tonsils and adenoids removed and ear tubes put in. She has developed sleep apnea due to the size of them both. We have known for a while that she will probably need this and because of Covid and working from home it seemed like the…
2020- The Year of the MOTHER
I think for many MANY years to come whenever anyone mentions 2020 people’s response will be ugh that was the year of the Mother or…that year was a Mother F-Er. While I agree this year has been profound for many it was also the year my sweet Taylor was born so damn you Covid-19 for…
Fed IS Best
When I was pregnant with my first daughter Kennedy my plan all along was to breastfeed her. I had so many friends that were able to nurse their babies until toddlerhood and store up this incredible supply of milk for cereal and solids down the road. All of the books I read boasted how insane…
(me)
I am an Enneagram Type 3… Type A…chronic nail biter and lover of all things compartmentalized and neatly in their place. Change and chaos bring out all my inner demons and literally make my head spin on its axis. I am also my own worst critic and often worst enemy, so putting all my most…
Kennedy Chapter 1
I became a Mama in 2017 when I had my first daughter Kennedy. My pregnancy was textbook and like most first time Mama’s had everything planned to down to when my last nail and eye lash extension appointment would be so my hospital pictures would be IG ready. My water broke 16 days early followed…