The Mother Podcast - S1 Ep6 Abdominal therapy for pregnancy/postpartum with Jo Anderson

S1 Ep6 Abdominal therapy for pregnancy/postpartum with Jo Anderson

04/16/23 • 59 min

In this episode Suzanne interviews Jo Anderson, a highly skilled and experienced specialist in abdominal therapy and scar therapy for women.
Jo is also an advanced practitioner in the Arvigo techniques of Mayan abdominal therapy. She combines different complementary therapies to individualise her care and helps women to learn to love their bellies.
Her treatment also involves teaching ongoing self care, so her work continues throughout your life. As women, so much goes on in our abdomens – it is truly our centre – and Jo is an expert on healing and connecting with this deep part of ourselves.
Jo is also a postpartum doula, which she discovered as a way of being able to nourish women in the postnatal period while bringing her gifts of abdominal therapy to them. She works with women in the postpartum period to help them to reconnect with their bellies and to recover physically and emotionally from the birth.

Listen to this episode to find out:

how Jo came to study with Rosita Arvigo of the Arvigo Institute
what Mayan abdominal therapy is and how it is used in pregnancy to help give more space for the baby and increase flow to the congested pelvis
how abdominal therapy is used in the postnatal period
how to care for scar tissue
what is good menstrual health and ongoing uterine health
why women's health is important

RESOURCES
www.joanna-anderson.co.uk
Jo on Instagram
Jo on Facebook

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The Mother Podcast is produced by Garry Finlayson and Suzanne Maier

Listen to this episode to find out:

how Jo came to study with Rosita Arvigo of the Arvigo Institute
what Mayan abdominal therapy is and how it is used in pregnancy to help give more space for the baby and increase flow to the congested pelvis
how abdominal therapy is used in the postnatal period
how to care for scar tissue
what is good menstrual health and ongoing uterine health
why women's health is important

RESOURCES
www.joanna-anderson.co.uk
Jo on Instagram
Jo on Facebook

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S1 Ep5 Helping Newborns and Mothers Transition Following Birth: An Interview with Susana Montoya Pelaez

In this episode, Suzanne continues her discussion with Susana Montoya Pelaez, a body worker who uses physiotherapy, craniosacral therapy, visceral manipulation and applied kineseology to her treatments, along with numerous other modalities.
Susana explains how she would help a woman's body recover from birth, whether it be caesarean section, instrumental or normal vaginal birth. She also discusses what a baby's body needs to do to prepare it's nervous system for life outside the womb, and how birth prepares it for that. And how interrupted births - caesarean sections - affect the baby. She also gives some advice on how to help your baby make the transition to extrauterine life, regardless of the mode of delivery.
This is essential listening for all parents-to-be and birth workers.
Resources
Understanding the Messages of your Body by Jean Pierre Barral.
The Endless Web by Schultz and Feitis
A Pathway to Health - How Visceral Manipulation Can Help You by Alison Harvey.
The Body says Yes by Priscilla Kapel
The Power and the Grace by Joanne Elphinstone
Core Awareness by Liz Koch
Susana can be reached at [email protected]

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S1 Ep7 Reflexology for Fertility and Pregnancy with Georgie McCulloch

In this episode Suzanne interviews Georgie McCulloch, a reflexologist who specialises in fertility, pregnancy and the postnatal period. Georgie trained in reflexology in 2001 after discovering it made such a positive difference to her life while she was working busy and stressful jobs in sales and marketing which were affecting her health, sleeping patterns, energy levels and general outlook on life. Since 2003 she has been fully self employed as a reflexologist and now has a busy practice based in Edinburgh, working alongside 2 other reflexologists who are also specialised in pregnancy and fertility.
In this episode, Georgie describes

how reflexology works and its uses throughout pregnancy, from conception to the birth.
uses during labour and in the postpartum period
how it can help with fertility for both women and men
how women can gain a better understanding of their hormones and how they affect their lives
reflexology's use in disorders such as PCOS
understanding your menstrual cycle
benefits of reflexology during the menopause

Georgie has a real passion for reflexology and wants to make more people aware of the benefits, and continue to help women to understand their hormones better in order to have a positive impact on their lives.
RESOURCES
Georgie's website Fertility and Pregnancy Edinburgh
Georgie on Instagram

Georgie on Facebook

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