Bodywork ~ Birth Hypnosis ~ Birth Preparation ~ Birth Support ~ Counselling
Discover how exciting, enriching and profoundly fulfilling trusting your own instincitve nature is. For men and women to be open and connected with yourself.
SERVICES
Welcome to Opening to Life
Divine Bodywork
Bodywork is an incredibly powerful vehicle for listening to the body. Your body holds all the information and energy of all of your life experiences and memories. And your body knows how to heal any energy holdings enabling those holdings to become integrated body wisdom.
For example; difficulty making decisions can come from holding onto beliefs that it is not ok for you to express your needs. When - through bodywork - you can listen to the energy of these beliefs they can be witnessed, felt and integrated resulting in decisions simply becoming easier.
What happens in a session
Using touch to open up energy channels I listen attentively to the energy through my body. When the channel is open, your body invites my hands to move through easily, when there is information wanting to be expressed your body asks me to stay at that point. Staying with those energies, not overiding, not forcing, waiting and listening without judgement - is divine. It is all the body needs to complete any healing required.
It is such a depth of listening. It is such a relief. It is beautiful
Sessions are 2 hours in duration and cost $140.
The approach of relaxing and opening in preparation for and during birth is a powerful and liberating approach to life in general. Being open to whatever is happening now, enables all the information, power and healing to become available now and allows for a freer and more fulfilling life.
I offer birth preparation on an individual basis, birth preparation classes for couples, birth support in the form of Doula services before during and after the birth. I also offer individual sessions at any time for counselling support.
Birth Hypnosis
Birth Hypnosis is a powerful tool that brings together 5 vital elements that enable the body to do what it is simply deisgned to do - birth simply and easily. These elements include:
1. breathing techniques - the correct breathing triggers the natural relaxation response in the body
2. pain reduction - correct breathing increases oxygen which has a powerful pain reducing effect on the function of the uterus
3. working with the hormonal flow to increase release of pain releasing hormones and support the natural birthing instinct as well as limiting the fight flight horomones
4. providing tools for each couple to work powerfully together in preparation to and during labour and birth.
5. relaxation and suggestions enabling deep relaxation and deep trust of the birthing process.
The process involves 4 Birth Hypnosis sessions - custom designed hypnosis scripts and CD's.
Birth Classes - for body mind and spirit
For the expectant mother, being prepared to give birth means feeling confident and inspired. To me this means having a good understanding of:
* your body and the birth process
* the choices and the challenges you will meet
* your personal strength
* trust and how to generate it in yourself, your
support people and the birth process.
For the father/partner it means understanding:
* and feeling confident in the birth process
* how you can support your partner
* how you might feel and your needs
My aim is to have you complete the classes feeling truly prepared. Teaming the knowledge you need with the wisdom your body already knows.
"On the advice of a close friend, we decided to attend a series of 6 birth classes given by Anna. We found the classes useful on many levels and they provided us with a reliable source which covered many aspects of pregnancy and birth. Anna is an excellent guide and teacher, combining essential medical information, discussion, DVDs and creative exercises to make the classes interesting and beneficial. We highly recommend Anna’s classes and are grateful for the self-empowerment they helped us achieve."
Jeff and Lauren Segal
"After having a highly medicalised birth of my first baby, involving artificially raptured membranes, an epidural, an episiotomy and a vacuum extraction I felt that there has to be another way to give birth. I just was not sure how to find my way to better birth. That was until I attended Anna's birth preparation classes. The classes covered all aspects, medical and spiritual, of giving birth but the real focus was on the journey of empowerment that pregnancy and birth can be to a woman. With every passing class I felt that fear of uncertainty that I carried in me was diminishing and in its place was growing a belief in my body's ability to birth naturally. I found myself inviting labour as a new adventure, a path to a new kind of growth.
Thanks to this belief that Anna helped my build I had a wonderful, completely natural, birth experience. The journey was empowering and incredibly bonding for the whole family. The only regret I have is that I did not discover Anna in time to help me journey through my first pregnancy!"
Jasmina Dedic
Visit my Calendar for Upcoming Dates of Birth Classes – 6 Monday evenings
http://www.openingtolife.com.au
Doula Services / Birth Support
I work with pregnant women and their partners during pregnancy and birth to “hold the space” while they travel the amazing journey of birthing and becoming parents.
I believe that every woman knows how to birth, the knowledge is in the cells of every woman’s body. My goal and vision is to support women in finding their own authority, courage, inspiration, trust, knowing, love and the sheer determination needed to birth powerfully, responsibly and with satisfaction.
I draw upon my passion, my personal birthing, my training, my experience and my intuition to provide emotional support, physical comfort and information to enable you to communicate with your care givers and make informed choices.
I meet with couples at least 2 but preferably up to 6 times before the birth. Ideally we will get to know each other very well, to make sure there is a deep level of trust.
As a doula I do not perform any clinical tasks such as blood pressure, foetal assessments, vaginal examinations etc. I am present to provide for your physical comfort emotional support and to support you in finding your voice. A major role for me is to help you take the power and responsibility in making your decisions.
Testimonials
“Anna supported me during a 12 hour labour with my first child in 2003. She was born to be a doula and has such a gift for making birth a positive event. Our visits pre the birth helped me work out how to approach the birth realistically. Her support helped me be present to the amazing experience that birth is and also allowed my partner to enjoy the birth too. Anna's strengths are her ability to read a situation and offer alternatives to keep the labour progressing, to know when to be close and when to allow some space and to be such a shining spirit that is willing the baby safely into the world. We asked Anna to be present at the birth of our second child recently and have recommended her to our friends. She is an exceptional doula. “
Sandy Killick
"We chose Anna to be our doula because of her knowledge, passion and trust with women and birth. Her confidence and knowledge was reassuring when we were considering a home waterbirth for our 4th child, and also a lotus birth, which was an idea relatively new to us. She trusted me and what I wanted for my pregnancy and birth and helped me find my challenges during the pregnancy and face them. She nourished me with a blessingway ceremony, massages and long chats during my pregnancy and held the space like a true birthkeeper at the birth. After the birth she made sure that all 6 of us in my family were well fed and content. Anna was fantastic to have around. Anna, with the trust and love she has for the women she is with is really heartfelt and empowering. "
Sheree Stewart
QUALIFICATION DETAILS
Breathwork, Counselling, Doulas, Energy Healing, Hypnotherapist, Womens Health
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