The last year has tested our ability to connect, and (if you’re feeling anything like us) the winter has gotten LONG. We are excited to announce that Birth Roots Center for Community Parenting and Jade Integrated Health have teamed up to welcome spring through movement and community in our first-ever virtual two-day fundraiser, Exhale into Spring.
On March 19th & 20th, we will gather virtually to enjoy offerings that will move and restore our bodies, focus our minds, and help us breathe. Together, we will take big exhales as we let out the breath we’ve been holding onto all winter and honor Spring Equinox and with it the warmer, more connective months ahead.
Tickets to this two-day event are $50, and include access to twelve select offerings designed for women and families at any stage of parenting. From women beginning their fertility journey, currently pregnant, to those who have recently (or long ago) delivered their children. We also have opportunities for non-birthing partners and parents to connect through meditation, breathwork, and sounding, as well as a Saturday morning music class for parents and children
All proceeds from this event will benefit the Birth Roots Resilient Roots Campaign, which aims to ensure Birth Roots can continue to support parents and families through and beyond the pandemic.
Sessions will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, March 19th, and 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 20th. We invite you to participate live (through Zoom) in all of the sessions that work with your schedule. In addition, all the sessions will be recorded and available online for one month to access when time allows.
Take a look at the schedule below for details on each of the offerings, and sign-up for Exhale into Spring here. For more information about Birth Roots and the Resilient Roots Campaign, please visit the fundraising page. For additional information or specific questions, please contact Mackenzie Maher-Coville at director@birthroots.org or Lauren Keiser at lauren@jadeintegratedhealth.com.
*Tickets are non-refundable and non-transferable to other service at Jade Integrated Health Clinic or Birth Roots Center for Community Parenting*
MARCH 19th, 2021 - SCHEDULE
10:00am - Gentle Yoga with Sarra
In this gentle yoga class we’ll move in and out of poses with a focus on breath and body awareness, thoughtful transitions, and holding postures to develop endurance and strength.
-Come dressed to move
-Appropriate for all-levels & people
10:30am - Acupuncture for Reproductive Health w/ Genevieve
Acupuncture and traditional Chinese herbal medicine can improve your fertility. Using acupuncture strategically and charting your menstrual cycle supports a balanced hormonal cycle. If cycles are short, too long or anovulatory, Chinese herbal formulas can balance the cycle to improve your chances of a successful pregnancy.
-Dress comfortably
-Appropriate for everyone
11:00am - Prenatal Yoga w/ Alice
Prenatal Yoga is specifically designed for the changing needs of a pregnant body (and company!), the class will move through poses that are safe during all stages of pregnancy, with modifications as needed, in order to promote the wellbeing of mommy and baby.
-Come dressed to move
-Appropriate for all-stages of pregnancy
11:30am - Restore Your Core & Pelvic Floor part 1
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12:00pm - Restore Your Core & Pelvic Floor part 2 W/Angela
This class is educational & practical, we’ll demonstrate exercises that will help you restore the muscle groups that have been most affected by pregnancy and delivery while learning about them. These classes build on each other, it is recommended that you take them in order.
-Come dressed to move
-Appropriate for all post partum bodies who have been cleared for exercise
12:30pm - Acupuncture for Pregnancy & Postpartum w/ Genevieve
Find out how acupuncture and traditional Chinese herbal medicine can support a healthy pregnancy. From morning sickness to getting a breech baby to turn with help for the aches and pains of body changes during pregnancy, acupuncture can help. Join me for an explanation of how it works and what we can do to support you in your pregnancy.
-Dress comfortably
-Appropriate for everyone
1:00pm - Lactation Discussion w/ Christine
Come ready to bust myths, mysteries and ask questions.
-Dress comfortably
-Appropriate for everyone
Learn more about Christine: Take Care Lactation
1:30pm - Physical Therapy for Postpartum Health w/ Nancy
Come, learn and ask questions about postpartum recovery, return to exercise, diastasis recti, pelvic health, c-section recovery and more!
-Dress comfortably
-Appropriate for everyone
MARCH 20th, 2021 - SCHEDULE
9:30am - Music w/ Ellie Osborn
Miss Ellie's "E-I-E-I-O Philosophy" = Early Interactive Experiences with Instruments/song Often. Her classes are entertaining for the adults and great for bonding and for child development! Get ready for high energy, lots of movement and music with even more silliness and smiles! Miss Ellie selects songs that involve active participation, introduces up to 8 instruments, and uses engaging props like puppets, percussion instruments, balls, scarves, and many more fun surprises to expose kids to the joys of music!
10:00am - Centering in Sound w/ Andrea Wenger
Discover the healing vibration of your own voice and how to use it to calm your mind, release anxiety and physical pain, restore energy and much more. Be guided in super simple sounding practices you can use to come back to your center throughout your day and even teach to your children as a soothing and bonding experience. A few easy heart-warming songs will highlight this hour of revitalization for your whole being.
- No previous experience required (Note: You will be on mute, so any sounds you make are for your ears only.)
- Appropriate for everyone
11:00am - Meditation w/ Heather: Soothing the Mind, Body and Heart
Connect with mind, body and heart with guided meditation, gentle movement, and relaxation practices. Options will be given to practice in a relaxed and easy way.
You may wish to set up with a yoga mat or near a bed or couch where you could comfortably sit or lay down; and you are also invited to have water or tea, a journal, a candle...anything that helps you to feel relaxed, comfortable, and cared for.
-No previous experience required
-Comfortable clothing encouraged.
12:00pm - BREATHWORK W/ TANIA
Help clear out and open your lungs with some DEEP BREATHS. Gift yourself some free-flowing juicy movement to help melt away tension. Initiate your most powerful medicine- your own breathing. This session is for YOU- catch up with yourself and make space in your body to BREATHE.
A restorative, energizing, awakening and nurturing guided session. You’ll want a mat, a pillow and a blanket. Feel free to have your whole family or take this session as an integrative pause for yourself to feel, release and gain clarity.
-No experience necessary
-Dress comfortably
-Appropriate for everyone
Learn more about Spiraldance Breathwork
Thank you to our community to help us!
Take Care Lactation - Christine Haine
Little Music Maker - Ellie Osborn
Vibrational Healing - Andrea Wenger
Mindful Self-Compassion and Embodied Wellbeing - Heather Shaughnessy-Cato
Spiraldance Breathwork - Tania Zuckerman
More about Birth Roots…
Birth Roots provides a community space where new families come together to build connections, share diverse ideas, and strengthen their parenting muscles so that we move together toward a thriving, family-centered society. Birth Roots Perinatal Resource Center is a nonprofit organization serving Southern Maine families. Birth Roots helps new parents become effective advocates for themselves and their children, fosters the deepening of community roots, and enhances interdependence among networks of families. Visit Birth Root’s website and social media for up-to-date events, classes, workshops, fundraisers and more!
More about Jade Integrated Health…
With a successful, innovative, whole human approach to health care, Jade Integrated Health has been the leading integrative health option, for physicians and patients in Portland & Brunswick, ME for over 19 years. With offices in Brunswick and Portland, Jade Integrated Health offers acupuncture, physical therapy, traditional East Asian medicine, women’s health care, massage therapy, yoga therapy and yoga classes. These expert practitioners are licensed and experienced women’s health physical therapist and acupuncturist. Explore Jade Integrated Health’s website to learn about the diverse offerings for perinatal patients and follow Jade on social media to get education tid-bits, current workshops and more!
