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Resources for pregnant and postpartum Mamas in COVID-19 lockdown.

We are huge advocates for massaging your kids at home. Massaging your kids is about using loving touch to tap into our innate neurobiology to 1) promote bond...

Massage has countless health benefits, but flushing toxins isn’t one of them.

It's a common reality for so many pregnant women: their feet change. Shoe choices change -- partly from decreased tolerance of certain styles, but also many w...

So, I've got a tween at home. Mostly she's still sweet. She still holds my hand in public. Snuggles up close. Mostly. But some days I pick her up from school...

When we talk to partners about giving massage at home, they frequently confess that their hands get tired after a few minutes. Massage Stamina is a thing. Un...

The other day a pregnant mama came in to see me with excruciating pain around her tailbone. It was deep. It hurt to sit on her bottom. It hurt when she moved...

An ongoing compilation of local and national resources on pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum and breastfeeding. Please feel free to recommend other additions,...

Here’s a snapshot of some of the more documented benefits that our moms experience. Reduced Anxiety & Stress Levels Massage elicits a parasympathetic respons...

As the demand for pregnancy massage has increased over the past few decades, various products have come on the market aiming to make delivering that massage ...

A lot of massage schools teach their students basic adaptations for pregnant women—some general guidelines on how to adapt a standard massage for a pregnant w...

Good news, massage loving parents!  Massage makes bedtime and sleep better for kids...and parents! Massage helps bedtime and improves Mom's sleep A study pub...

It's National Sleep Awareness Week!! March 11-17, 2018. I find sleep fascinating. In addition to my own personal and family sleep journeys -- I regularly put...

It’s National Sleep Awareness Week, friends! No coincidence that it coincides with the change to Daylight Savings. Sleep is no joke. Sleep deprivation is an ...

Awhile back here in San Diego, there was this sappy radio commercial about "hugs" being good for your health. Normally I'd pretend to be all cool and make so...

I gotta say. We've got a crush on you. While we love our pregnant mamas the most, we are continually blown away by their loving and generous families and fri...

Revisiting this issue because it never ceases to be a problem for women trying to find massage while they are pregnant. Yesterday, I received a phone call fr...

Did you catch us in the February 2015 San Diego Magazine? We had so much fun working with mama-to-be and senior editor Kim C. as she wrote up a profile on pr...

This is another really common question I get. I've commented on it before. But below is a comment I left on a LinkedIn discussion recently on the safety of p...