Polyvagal Principles for Birth & Postpartum
Feb
3
1:00 PM13:00

Polyvagal Principles for Birth & Postpartum

Relationships are a key ingredient in all stages of the birth process and new parenting.

In this session, we will explore how to optimize the birth process to minimize trauma and foster connection and co-regulation. We'll focus on the key elements that contribute to a feeling of safety during pregnancy and birth, and how to proactively foster rapport and safe support where it is most needed.

Key Topics:

  • Applying Polyvagal Principles in the context of birth and postpartum.

  • The importance of relationships throughout the birth process and new parenting.

  • Techniques for practitioners to utilize co-regulation to create a safer and calmer atmosphere.

  • Strategies to harmonize the birthing room using the practitioner's nervous system.

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Menopause Mastery
Jun
20
8:00 PM20:00

Menopause Mastery

Menopause Mastery: Sleep Better, Stress Less, Live More

Free Live Talk on Thursday, 20 June 2024 at 7pm EST

Did you know that you can be pregnant or postpartum and in perimenopause at the same time? Your approach to pregnancy and birth, and how you recover postpartum, can significantly influence the way you enter and go through menopause.

How you give birth will impact your health during the transition into menopause but even if you had your children some time ago, the opportunity to change the trajectory is still open to you.

Are you experiencing restless nights and relentless stress during pregnancy, postpartum or menopause? Imagine reshaping your midlife journey from a constant struggle to a path towards renewed vitality and strength.

Join my free ‘Menopause Mastery’ class where I will reveal the number one tip that completely transformed my menopause experience. This essential shift is the key to unlocking a smoother, more manageable transition. Don’t let menopause control your life - take charge of your well-being!

Click below to reserve your spot. I am looking forward to seeing you online!

REGISTER HERE:

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Birth Healing Summit
Apr
8
to Apr 12

Birth Healing Summit

Birth Healing Summit 2024 - Online April 8-19

I'm thrilled to join Lynn Schulte along with 20+ experts for a 12 day summit, not to be missed.

My talk is on 2nd Stage Labor!

In my conversation with Lynn, we cover;

• How changing one word helps shifts perspective with labor

• How nervous systems of everyone in the room needs to be safe enough

• How to work with the baby during Birth

• Signs someone might be at 10cm

• A trick for laboring in supine to help pelvic bones

Lynne, has such a great lineup. Find the full list of speakers and presentations, and SIGN UP via the link below.

Join us ONLINE April 8-19!

Or get access to watch the recordings!

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The Pregnant Pelvis
Mar
28
3:00 PM15:00

The Pregnant Pelvis

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The journey of giving birth is undeniably one of the most profound events in a woman's life, often accompanied by apprehension, especially concerning the aspects of pushing and tearing.

In the class - I will show the relationship between the shape of the pelvis and childbirth. I will discuss how the role of the pelvic floor helps the baby navigate through the bony structures. You will discover a relevant part of the body that is often ignored but is an essential key part of labor. We will explore what the second stage of labor is and what is really going on with the pelvis, the baby and the pelvic floor .

Childbirth subjects the female perineum to significant stretching and pressure, an experience with lasting consequences. However, armed with proactive preparation, attention, and knowledge, this region of the body can be well cared for.

You will learn how to protect the perineum during delivery. Whether you are an expectant mother or a healthcare professional, this class aims to enhance your understanding and readiness, empowering you to better support pregnant clients during the birthing process – with or without an epidural. 

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Polyvagal Principles for Birth and Postpartum.
Jul
18
7:00 PM19:00

Polyvagal Principles for Birth and Postpartum.

Creating safety and minimizing the trauma experience. A Polyvagal Perspective.

Optimizing the birth process to minimize the trauma experience and foster connection and co-regulation.

• Introduction to Polyvagal Theory

• 3 Principles: Hierarchy, Neuroception & Co-Regulation.

• Essentials for birth and beyond – Context, Choice & Connection.

• Explore how the bonding relationship between parents and babies informs our sense of safety

• Explore your own adaptive responses to touch.

• Learn to help your clients discover the right amount of touch to regulate their nervous systems

• Understand that ruptures happen from relational misattunement and how to repair.

• How Doulas/ Practitioners/ Yoga Teachers/ Coaches can create safety within the Birthing Preparation and Process.

We will discuss various challenges (and offer client cases) we encounter in (effective) birthing and how adaptive survival states impact our effectiveness.

This session will dive into explaining the importance of client connection. By looking at connection and communication through the lens of Polyvagal Theory you’ll gain new insights into how to successfully relate to your clients and those you work with.

We’ll explore how to bring curiosity to moments of disconnection and offer practices that support connection and the re-establishment of safety. We will explore ways of experiencing safety in our own bodies, and welcome our clients into an experience of safety with us through co-regulation, presence and relationship.

Are you a doula, yoga teacher, nurse, physician, physical therapist, or other healthcare provider?

This is an unmissable opportunity to help you understand your own nervous system fluctuations as well as read the autonomic state of your clients to help guide them to a state of safety and connection.

Chantal Traub is a National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach, Doula and Childbirth Educator with 30 years of experience of assisting expecting families in the New York Metro Area. Chantal incorporates Polyvagal Principles in her practice as a doula and coach. She was invited by Dr. Stephen Porges to present at the Polyvagal Institute Conference in 2022.

Chantal is also a Certified Yoga Teacher, Mutu Systems Trainer, Safe and Sound protocol provider. She resides in Brooklyn with her husband and two children.

Tove Borgendale has over 25 years of experience working with complex and preverbal trauma and takes a holistic approach to healing body/mind/spirit and heart. She is licensed as a massage therapist with a focus in developmental and strain trauma as it relates directly to befriending, honoring and trusting our bodies. In addition to multiple hands-on modalities, Tove draws upon Barbara Brennan energy healing, Nondual Kabbalistic Healing, Nondual Shamanism, and The Polyvagal Theory in her work with clients.

Tove is a mother, a visual artist, and a teacher of Nondual Shamanism, an Safe and Sound Protocol provider, as well as multiple topics in The Polyvagal Theory, including assisting Deb Dana in her Rhythm of Regulation and Foundations Trainings. She dedicated to creating a world where we know what safe touch is for ourselves and honor each other’s touch boundaries. She loves helping people become more fully themselves.

early bird special: $150 regular price (ends June 8) $218

(A recording of this class will be available if you are unable to make the live event. Please let the host know in advance).

Please don't hesitate to reach out with any questions 🙏

Scholarships available. Please request more info.

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Menopause Health Talks
Jun
6
8:00 PM20:00

Menopause Health Talks

Join Margie Bissinger and Chantal Traub to discover the best exercise for menopause and beyond!

Learn simple steps to optimal bone health through midlife.

$25 Register Here:

Better bone health. In the United States there are 10 million women with osteoporosis and 43 million women with osteopenia. Osteoporosis is responsible for approximately 2 million fractures annually. Join us to learn how to prevent bone loss and decreases fractures.

This is also a wonderful opportunity to ask your questions on building strong bones throughout life. Learn about Osteopenia, Osteoporosis, Nutrition for bone health and which supplements help to enhance bone health

Learn more about menopause with us:

Margie Bissinger, MS, PT, CHC is a physical therapist, integrative health coach, and happiness trainer. Margie has over 25 years of experience helping people with osteoporosis and osteopenia improve their bone health through an integrative comprehensive approach utilizing whole foods, exercise, supplements, mind-body relaxation techniques and happiness training. Margie is the author of Osteoporosis: An Exercise Guide. She oversees all the osteoporosis initiatives in the state of New Jersey as a physical therapy representative to the NJ Interagency Council on Osteoporosis. Margie teaches an online 6-week program, Happy Bones, Happy Life, to give people the tools to naturally achieve optimal bone health. Margie is the host of the Happy Bones, Happy Life Podcast and Natural Approaches to Osteoporosis and Bone Health Summit.

Margie believes that happiness plays an integral role in our bone and overall health. She has been teaching her patients happiness habits for over 35 years and has seen the powerful effects happiness has on chronic pain and recovery. Margie created The Happy Me, Happy Life online program to help people increase their happiness level, energy, and overall health.

Margie has lectured to Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, hospitals, and women’s groups throughout the country. She has been featured in the New York Times, Menopause Management, OB GYN News and contributed to numerous health and fitness books.

Margie received a bachelor of science degree in physical therapy from the University of Pennsylvania and a master of science degree in Orthopedic Physical Therapy from Northwestern University. Margie has furthered her expertise by studying nutrition and health coaching at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in New York City.

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