For providers who work with pregnant and postpartum people -
Your patients or clients can benefit from changing habits that cause them stress and strain with the help of an experienced teacher.
With a teacher’s reinforcement, an individual can learn skills that help them though pregnancy, childbirth, and caring for a new baby.
Pregnancy places a lot of demands on the structure of the body, but an individual is also contending with whatever habits they brought with them into the pregnancy - whether it’s the way they stand, or how they respond to stress by holding their breath or tensing muscles.
Through my training in the Alexander Technique, I teach people how to observe their bodies, and consciously reorganize themselves in a more efficient way, in a coaching format with gentle, non-invasive hands-on guidance. I have also honed my skills for group and online instruction.
AT benefits are indicated for chronic lower back pain [1]. Additionally, body awareness tools allow those who study to feel calmer and more empowered. Students benefit in the postpartum period with skills of “self-management, self-care, addressing maternal needs for rest, restorative sleep as well as tension issues.” [2]
Patients who seek to avoid interventions or who have anxiety about medical situations particularly stand to benefit.
If you are a physician, midwife, physical therapist, psychotherapist or other practitioner, please contact me directly.
Please see my interview with researcher Nicola Hanefeld here.