Reading & Webinars
POLYVAGAL INSTITUTE CONFERENCE 2022
“As a doula and health coach Chantal introduces polyvagal informed approach to create the feelings of safety and connection that help expecting families enhance their birthing experience. Her insightful approach incorporates polyvagal principles to support and optimize birth and minimize trauma in both infant and parents.”
POLYVAGAL PRINCIPLES FOR BIRTH & POSTPARTUM
Read: Polyvagal Principles for Birth and Postpartum in Pathways to Family Wellness Magazine Summer issue
Optimizing the birth process to minimize the trauma experience and foster connection and co-regulation.
“ Co-regulation serves as the language of our nervous systems, facilitating the dynamic interaction necessary for regulating our autonomic nervous systems, particularly the ventral vagal system. In this process, individuals with a more regulated autonomic nervous system support others in regulating theirs, nurturing feelings of safety and tranquility. During the birthing process, co-regulation serves as a tool that engages the nervous systems of both the labor support person and the client. When the doula and the mother have their ventral vagal circuits synchronized…not only is the mother calm and glowing, but so is the doula. ”
UNDERSTANDING 2nd STAGE
THE FINAL PUSH
PUSHING POWER & THE POSTPARTUM BODY