Body Balancing & Spinning Babies^®

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Heather has been studying Spinning Babies^® since 2010 and has attended various trainings that have helped her to grow and enhance her body balancing techniques. Trainings such as body balancing, Spinning Babies^®, breech, and shoulder dystocia helped her to be well rounded in her techniques and to know the pregnancy body well. She is a Spinning Babies^® Aware Practitioner, which means that she has completed the Spinning Babies^® Professional Bodywork Education requirements.

“Using Heather’s course had me 90% effaced when I got to the hospital. I was only 1.5 centimeters dilated when I showed up but 90% effaced with contractions 2 minutes apart and had a baby in my arms in 5 hours (which for your first baby I’m told is very fast haha). There’s no other reason my baby should have been so low so quickly other than the peanut ball exercises Heather taught. I will be doing these with each baby to follow!”
-Alenna B.

What are some benefits of body work?

Incorporates labor preparation activities
Eases discomforts in pregnancy (hip pain, back pain, heartburn, shortness of breath, swelling, sciatica and pubic bone pain)
Optimizes Baby’s position (including posterior, breech, and twins)
Promotes Postpartum Recovery

Are there any contraindications for body balancing in pregnancy?

If you have high blood pressure or glaucoma, signs of preterm labor or vaginal bleeding you are limited as to what positions or stretches can be done. But you and baby will still benefit from Heather’s one on one care.

What body balancing services do you provide?

You can benefit from body balancing sessions throughout your pregnancy and postpartum recovery. These sessions help ease your body through its various transitions.

“Hi Heather it’s Kolaleh Torkaman! Just confirmed with midwives the baby has flipped head down. I’m so relieved. My husband had noticed a shape change to my belly that night after I saw you. Thank you so much. I’ll reach out if he decides to flip again but I’m so relieved”

Before and After

These photos highlight the positive changes achieved through our body balancing techniques. Each image reflects improved alignment, comfort, and overall well-being during pregnancy.

Spinning Babies^® Sessions

Spinning Babies^{^®} is a body balancing technique used during pregnancy. These sessions help your baby get into an optimal position for birth and promote your comfort. You will learn daily activities that will lengthen your muscles and increase your range of motion.Heather recommends starting these sessions when you are 20 weeks pregnant.
Learn More About Spinning Babies^®

Spinning Babies^® Study Discussion

This recorded discussion features Jennifer Walker, Anna Maria Rossetti, and Tamara Aloi exploring recent research on the Spinning Babies^® approach to labor. The conversation highlights findings from a European Journal of Midwifery study that observed more than 250 births, examining how balance, movement, and body awareness may influence fetal positioning and support physiological birth.

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Does Heather perform External Cephalic Versions?

Heather has found that body balancing body work is not only useful but essential prior to having this procedure performed. In most cases, by softening tissues, we can hope that turning the baby isn’t as painful and the baby can turn more easily if that is what is chosen by the parents. Many times after a few balancing sessions, babies move on their own into a head down position. But ultimately she trusts that baby knows best.

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