by maharanifaleiro | May 29, 2025 | Being Human, Birth, Community, Pregnancy and Infant Loss
“A baby fills a place in your heart you never knew was empty.” Anonymous A young mother-to-be asked to join a Motherhood Group that I facilitated. She had just found out she was pregnant and wanted to be with other mothers and learn from her sisters. ...
by maharanifaleiro | Dec 11, 2024 | Birth, Womb & Cycles
Motherhood is a life-altering, heart-opening experience. Image by @spiritysol on Instagram Who celebrates the maiden as she transitions into motherhood? Who holds the mother when she is newly born? The vulnerability of the open-heart is vast. The responsibility of the...
by maharanifaleiro | Dec 6, 2024 | Birth, My Story, My Training, Spirituality, Womb & Cycles
My training in yoga and somatics "stretched" me in so many unexpected ways. Yoga Training STRUCTURAL YOGA THERAPY TRAINING, 2006-07, London, UK RYT500, Mukunda Stiles (d. 2014) WOMB YOGA, 2010 – 2019, U.K. Portugal Pregnancy Yoga, 2010-11Mother-Baby Yoga, 2010-11Well...
by maharanifaleiro | Dec 6, 2024 | Birth, Death Loss Grief, My Story, My Training, Pregnancy and Infant Loss
Compassionate companionship and steadfast support were the key skills common to all of these trainings. BIRTH DOULA, 2012, London Informational Workshop, Dr. Michel Odent & Lilliana Lammers POSTPARTUM DOULA, 2016, Ireland DONA (Doulas of North America) Training,...
