Birth and Yoga By Jude Mahood Mar 2014 Ojeya Cruzbanks on St Clair Beach Iwould say that 90-95% of women who come to pregnancy classes have never tried yoga before, but something intuitively tells them that yoga is what they need. So, are all these women right? They...
Baby Moon. By Mayana Sipes Apr 2014 My baby is 4 1/2 months now. Fresh out of the 4th trimester, which I guess is about three months into his life outside of the womb. We are just grounded enough to be writing this, yet still connected by fresh memories of the...
A voice in birth. By Catherine Greenwood Nov 2016 When I became pregnant in early 2014, I had no ideas of the challenges I’d face. I don’t mean the general parenting challenges that we all typically face; I mean the ones I’d face because I am a Deaf woman, and a NZ...
A time to heal: Mother blessing By Ashlee Sturme Feb 2015 Crippled with antenatal depression, unable to think clearly, and very much not in the mood to celebrate with a baby shower, I stumbled across ‘blessingway’ in my research and felt a faint warmth of hope wrap...
Women are the Source of Power By Rhonda Tibble Baker Reid Jun 2014 Women are the source of life and power in their Whare Tangata. What were you told about the power of this? If you don’t have a name for your Whare Tangata – your power centre, then you are looking for...
