Belvedere Integrated Healing Arts Newsletter Late Summer 2010
Greetings!

The summer has been quiet with all the record setting heat.  My work quietly grows.  Belvedere Integrated Healing Arts is building an outdoor waiting room!  We have several mosaics planned for the outdoor space.  Don't forget about my new Doula Package (2 prenatal massages, 1 baby treatment, and 1 postpartum massage) for $200.  This summer I completed a recertification of prenatal massage and purchased a new sidelying system for pregnant moms so they feel more supported on their side when I am working on them.  I also supported the introductory workshop for Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy by assisting Michael Shea, instructor of craniosacral therapy for many years and completed the introductory level for Somatic Experiencing.

I am a member of the Perinatal Collaboration, a group of professionals that work with families preconception through birth and the postpartum period.  We have joined forces with the Improved Pregnancy Outcomes group from the city to jointly work on an event next year that will bring attention to quality maternity/gynecological care, better birth, happier babies, and support during the postpartum period.  This two day event will feature an educational day with continuing education for professionals and a vendor day so that medical consumers (patients and clients) can visit providers who have information tables.  The City has offered a space near the downtown Mall.  Dates are still being set.

Kate
 
Classes and Fall Hours at BIHA

The Wisdom of the Mother-Baby Connection
A six-week class for caregiver's with precrawling babies.
Includes:
· Reading your baby's cues
· The importance of tummy time
· Baby massage and movement
· Bonding and attachment
· Songs, interactive play, lullabies
· Why activation and rest cycles are important and how to observe them in your baby
· Neuroscience of relationship
· And more
Starts Tuesday September 21
9:30 - 10:30 Fee: $85

I work Monday through Friday
9:30 am - 3 pm

There will be one day where I will work late to be determined in September.

Free Mom and Baby Clinic

I am offering a free clinic for families who have had difficult prenatal periods and births every other Friday at my studio in Belvedere.  This clinic is patterned off of BEBA in California.  Please read more about it by clicking on the link!  Contact me for more information!  Katercst@gmail.com

LATE SUMMER FREE CLINIC DAYS
August 20
September 3
September 17

Ray Castellino, the creator of the method I use to work with families and visionary who opened BEBA recently gave an excellent talk on sleep.  You can listen to it by clicking a link on the Consciously Parenting webpage.
 
 New Class: Prenatal Bonding
Conscious Pregnancy for Couples

Conceiving and carrying a child is an exciting time, but it can also cause babyfaceanxiety and fear as couples face their feelings about conception, parenthood, pregnancy, labor and delivery.
  • Relieve stress
  • Learn new information about the prenatal period
  • Connect with other couples
This class combines research in the fields of prenatal psychology, neuroscience, mind-body medicine, and embryology.  The approach uses the creative arts in combination with specific information about conception and pregnancy, and guided meditations to relieve stress. 

Free Introductory Class Sept. 18

When: Saturday afternoons, 2 - 3:30 pm
Where: Mountain View Midwifery, 1111 Rosehill Dr. in Charlottesville, VA
Dates: October 2 - 30 with no class Oct. 9
Fee: $95 per couple 4 classes, $30 per class per couple for classes taken individually:
  • Conception: Creating Safety and The Parent's Relationship,
  • First Trimester: Remembering Our Home and Physical Development
  • Second Trimester: Spiritual Development
  • Third Trimester: The Individuating Self
Belvedere Integrated Healing Arts in the News!

Tiffani Sargent of Sargent Solutions visited the Infant Massage Class at Sugar Snap Consignment and did a story for Channel 19 Newsplex.  See the film and story.

I will be continuing to teach Infant Massage at Sugar Snap on these dates:
August 19
September 16

You can sign up for updates from Sugar Snap on their Facebook Page. Thank you Sugar Snap for being open to my presence in your new cool space.  I want to encourage mothers to go there to shop.  Their resale clothes are of excellent quality. 
History of Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy and Pre and Perinatal Psychology

After completing the training in prenatal, birth and attachment therapies, I interviewed many people in the field of biodynamic craniosacral therapy and pre and perinatal psychotherapy.  These interviews are published in a journal called The Cranial Wave.  You can read these interviews free of charge, published on my website.


Stories from the Field
Plagiocephaly in Babies

I have been seeing a lot of babies with positional plagiocephaly or flattened head.  The patterns I have seen are mostly connected with torticollis, or twisted neck.  The cranium of your baby develops a flat side and keeps her head turned to one side.  The cranium is growing quickly, and because of the fascial strain, the head grows at an angle.  This can cause pain and misalignment of the cranial bones.  It can also cause nursing difficulties.  Pediatricians will need to rule out craniosynosostis, or plagiocephaly due to premature fusion of the sutures.  Craniosacral therapy for little ones combined with exercises, tummy time, and repositioning can really help.
 
Nature Connection
Making Your Own Wizard Staff

Please come to Belvedere and make your own Wizard Staff!  Participants will
  • Play tree games
  • Harvest staff and stones to make staffs
  • Learn different trees and their medicinal and food properties
  • Have fun making magical staffs with paint, string, and jewels
  • Be inspired by Nature!
When? Wednesdays in October, date to be determined.  This project could need 2 afternoons to complete.  Fee: $10 dollar donation requested along with materials to put on the staff.  For more info, contact Kate.
 
Research Review
Prenatal Bonding

Communication with the Baby: Prenatal Communication, also called prenatal stimulation is a process that encourages learning in unborn babies optimizing mental and sensory development.  It is based on the award winning research of Dr. Beatriz Manrique and Dr. Rene Van de Carr.  Both of these researchers have created techniques that allow you to communicate with your unborn child, and have an effect on their emotional and cognitive development.  The research is pretty convincing.  Stimulated babies tested at the age of 3 scored on average 14 IQ points higher on the Stanford-Binet scale than children who were not stimulated. On average, stimulated infants consistently scored higher than the non-stimulated control group on the Brazelton scale for neurological development and behavior, and the Bayley scale for mental and motor development.  Dr. Manrique's work research developed into a project called Project Family.  You can see more about her and the research on a website called Make Way for Baby, a video education program developed from her work.

Research by Dr. Rene Van de Carr at his Prenatal University Program in California revealed that exhibit enhanced visual, auditory, linguistic, and motor development. In general, they sleep better, are more alert, confident, and content than infants who were not stimulated. More intense bonding and greater family cohesion.
   
Still a third researcher, Hungarian Jeno Raffai, found that extensive communication and visualization with and of the unborn baby can have extensive benefits.  His carefully documented research of 1200 families showed that:
  • The mother's inner perceptions are well attuned to her pregnancy and the unborn.
  • She feels greater assertiveness and security during childbirth.
  • Mother and baby become a good team and experience less anxiety and pain.
  • There is less effort in giving birth and less complications.
  • The need for obstetrical interventions goes down significantly.
  • Caesarean sections are decreased to about 6%, as compared to the norm of 30% and more.
  • Premature birth rates were less than 0.2 percent as compared to an average of more than 8%.
  • Birth trauma is of low degree as indicated by natural, round shaped heads and little crying after birth (mostly less than 20 minutes per day).
And much more.  For more information see the website for Gerhard Schroth, M.D.

Save on Massage and Craniosacral Therapy


 $10 off any Massage and Craniosacral Therapy Session with this coupon.
 
Craniosacral Therapy * Myofascial Release * Trigger Point Therapy * Medical Massage * Swedish Massage * Deep Tissue Massage * Pre- and Perinatal Massage * Infant Massage * Hot Stone Therapy * Energy Medicine * Essential Oils * Plant Medicine. Kate is a member of Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals. She is nationally certified and registered as a massage practitioner.

Thank you for reading my newsletter.  To make an appointment, call 434-996-2002!
 
Sincerely,
 
Kate White
Belvedere Integrated Healing Arts