Holistic Services

After careers in dance and film production, Claire followed her heart into the world of the healing arts. A successful aromatherapy business in the UK led her to discover CaranioSacral Therapy, which has been the main hands-on modality of her work for the last 15 years. She loves the gentleness and depth of the work, which unwinds and supports the structures and health of the nervous system, and still marvels at the results to this day. Claire also is a practitioner of Shamanic Energy Medicine, based on the journeys and teachings of Dr Alberto Villoldo, founder of The Four Winds Society. She loves to assist clients shift the patterns and things that seem to bind them in life, and to see them create a whole new map for their life’s journey. Claire is a member of the teaching faculty of the Four Winds Society. Claire lives in Southern California, on the edge of the Santa Monica Mountains, and loves all that this amazing part of the world has to offer.

CranioSacral Therapy for Mom and Baby

CranioSacral Therapy is a gentle form of compassionate touch that is soothing for both Mom and baby before, during, and immediately following the birth process.

CranioSacral work addresses restrictions in the craniosacral system – the membranes and fluid that surround and protect the brain and spinal cord. As this system directly impacts the central nervous system, CranioSacral Therapy helps the body release the effects of stress naturally and restores balance, thereby limiting any sensory, motor or neurological imbalances that may be present. Carried out in the delivery room or within the first days of life, CranioSacral Therapy can potentially reduce a wide variety of difficulties, many of which may not become apparent until your child is in school. Often suckling or colic problems can be relieved with just a few sessions.

For Mom this gentle therapy helps with the enormous shifts and changes that take place during pregnancy and following the birth. This can be a challenging time and aligning the craniosacral system can assist the body adjust and restore quickly and naturally, helping Mom to have a greater sense of wellbeing.

Claire works with both Mom and baby individually, and finishes the sessions with Mom and baby together, which is often a beautiful time of stillness and rest for both.

Azita’s own experience of childbirth—first by cesarean and second naturally—was a priceless experience of personal growth, where she understood the pain process in a new empowering way, radically different from the usual. Her first birth by cesarean which was unnecessary was her initiation to have the mission to devote a large percentage of her practice to pregnant women seeking help with a variety of health concerns.

Azita has now a much deeper understanding of the intricacies of the birth process, values a woman’s ability to nurture her pregnancy and birth her baby; Azita regard pregnancy and birth as a rite of passage integral to a woman’s evolution into mothering and believes that healthy pregnancy and natural birth are processes which have lifelong impact on a woman’s self esteem, her health, her ability to nurture, and her personal growth.

Azita also offers:

* Placenta Preparation * Childbirth Preparation Classes * Birth Trauma Healing Treatments * Relaxation Techniques Practices * Pregnancy/PostPartum Tui Na Massage * Postpartum Holistic Weight Loss Program

SOME OF THE CONDITIONS TREATED:

* Breached Position * Induce Labor * Childbirth Facilitation * Insufficient Lactation * Chloasma (facial skin discoloration during pregnancy)

As a lifelong student of natural health and holistic medicine, Heather utilizes her deep compassion, paired with a keen intuition, to personalize your massage and deliver a deep healing experience on all levels With her advanced training in Pregnancy Massage, and as a mother of two herself, Heather understands the importance of prenatal massage, and her joy is giving the gift of prenatal massage to expectant mothers and their babies.

Benefits of prenatal massage include, but are not limited to:

• Increased blood circulation, bringing more oxygen and nutrients to the cells of both the mother and fetus, thus giving mom more energy, and the baby improved nourishment. • Reducing muscle discomfort such as cramping, tightening, stiffness, sciatica tension, and knots that are typical during pregnancy. • Hormonal balancing, which relieves depression and anxiety typical during pregnancy due to hormonal changes, new expectations, and fears about parenting. • reducing edema • Fetus nourishment: Increases oxygen and nutrients that reach the fetal cells, resulting in better nourishment and better health for the unborn baby. • Decrease in muscular cramps and increased flexibility facilitating the birth process • Sleep support due to its soothing and relaxing effect.

Heather is also a Heart Touch* Certified Compassionate Touch Therapist. It is her mission to offer the highest level of compassion & care, improving the overall quality of life for each of her clients.

For more information and to book an appointment, please call, text, or email Heather at: Heathermahoney03@yahoo.com (818)201-5912 Heather Mahoney PSP,MP *www.hearttouch.org

Ronne Nova trained at the Santa Monica Shiatsu Massage School, under Dr. Vincent Medici and Dr. Mikio Sankey. She received a education that has enabled her to effectively work on the body through touch, energy and nutrition. Ronne specializes in prenatal and postpartum healing massage. She incorporates knowledge of acupuncture and meridian systems with intuitive deep tissue to open, release and balance the body physically, energetically and emotionally. Ronne also has deep knowledge of nutrition rooted in Chinese Medicine theories and the Weston Price school of thought. Most importantly, Ronne is a mother who honors the divine spirit in all of us, and always works honoring God. A follower of her Native Heritage, Ronne also offers ceremonies based in traditional Native pathways, including energy healing, blessings, and special occasion ceremonies.

She found her calling at a very young age when she gave her dad neck and shoulder massages to relieve his headaches. In 1996, she decided to make massage therapy a career, studying Swedish Esalen massage at the Windwalk Institute in Berkeley.

She soon began studying shiatsu and acupressure at the Acupressure Institute in Berkeley. She apprenticed with Misha Cohen, LAc at the Quan Yin Healing Arts Center in San Francisco. Her foundational style is highly intuitive, blending the penetration and restorative features of deep tissue work with the relaxation and rejuvenation of Swedish massage.

Katʼs interest in womenʼs health lead her to Susan Claypool of Renaissance Midwifery where she began her studies in pre and perinatal massage in 1999. She trained with Joanne Poole in AyerDoula MotherBaby massage in 2004. Kat shares this, “It is so important to mother the mothers. The focus of this work is what women give to their babies: it is soft, soothing and compassionate, gently guiding a womanʼs body and psyche to the profound reset needed after childbirth.”

The ayurvedic postpartum massage gently honors, rests, and awakens the motherʼs body and:

• calms the nervous system • opens body channels/meridians • aids digestion • encourages lymphatic drainage • promotes endocrine balancing • aids sleep

Kat uses only the highest quality of organic sesame oil with no unnatural additives. You can be assured that your choice of a beautifully scented, or fragrance-free massage, will sooth your body and replenish your spirit.