Pregnancy & Preparing for Birth

• Supports the body's changing structure as baby grows

• Helps address fascial tension and restrictions throughout the body

• Supports balance and mobility through the pelvis

• Helps create space for baby as pregnancy progresses

• Addresses patterns of tension that may affect comfortable movement

• Supports optimal positioning and the biomechanics of birth

• Helps the body prepare for the physical demands of labor

• Provides a gentle way to care for yourself and your baby throughout pregnancy

 

Postpartum

• When we work on the mom, we work on the infant - 

• Helps the body unwind patterns developed during pregnancy and birth

• Supports the pelvis and body as they reorganize after birth

• Addresses tension and restriction from labor, birth, feeding, carrying, and caring for a baby

• Supports comfortable movement as your body transitions into motherhood

• Can be especially helpful after a long, fast, difficult, or physically demanding birth

• Helps you reconnect with your body after the intensity of pregnancy and birth

• Provides deep relaxation during a season when your body is constantly giving

• Gives Mom a place to slow down, receive, and be cared for

 

Infants and Babies

• Gentle support following the physical experience of birth

• Fascial and cranial tension associated with pregnancy, positioning, or birth

• Support following long, fast, difficult, or assisted births

• Persistent colic, fussiness, or hyper-irritability

• Difficulty settling, restlessness, or disrupted sleep

• Feeding or latching challenges

• Frequent respiratory issues, including asthma, RSV, or croup

• Frequent ear or sinus infections

• Visual tracking difficulties

• Asymmetrical movement or atypical motor development

• Difficulty with early movement patterns, such as tummy time, crawling, or walking

• Gentle support for developing coordination and movement

 

Children

• Fascial and cranial tension or restrictions

• Coordination difficulties involving fine or gross motor skills

• Atypical or delayed motor development

• Sensory processing difficulties

• Attention issues

• Increased need for movement or difficulty sustaining attention

• Sleep disturbances, including difficulty settling, restlessness, snoring, or disrupted sleep

• Visual tracking difficulties

• Auditory processing difficulties or speech delays

• Frequent ear or sinus infections

• Toileting difficulties, including chronic constipation or difficulty with bowel and bladder control

• Patterns of tension following falls, injuries, or repetitive physical activity

• Support during growth spurts and developmental transitions

• Awareness and integration of primitive reflex patterns

• Gentle, responsive sessions adapted to each child's age, development, personality, and needs

 

Why Work With Mom and Baby Together?

Mom and baby are deeply connected, not only emotionally, but through the ongoing process of co-regulation.

• A newborn's nervous system is still developing and relies heavily on mom for help with regulation

• Babies are constantly taking in cues from the people caring for them through touch, movement, voice, breathing, facial expression, and presence

• Pregnancy, birth, and the early postpartum period can leave both Mom and baby carrying patterns of tension

• When Mom is continually “on,” tense, or overwhelmed, it can be harder for both of them to find moments of settling

• When Mom has an opportunity to slow down and regulate, she can offer her baby a more settled environment as well

• Working with Mom and baby together allows us to consider the relationship between their bodies and nervous systems, rather than treating them as completely separate

• Sometimes supporting Mom is an important part of supporting baby, and sometimes baby needs their own gentle work, too

• The goal isn't to make Mom responsible for how her baby feels... it is to support both members of the relationship

Sometimes Mom needs the session. Sometimes baby does. Sometimes they both do

 

Mom's Nervous System Relief

• For the mom (in any stage of life) who feels like she is always “on”

• Supports the body in letting go of long-held patterns of tension, pain, or trauma

• Creates space for deeper relaxation and easier breathing

• Helps you get out of your head and back into your body

• Gives your nervous system a chance to settle and truly reset (deep breaths not working anymore??) rather than constantly respond

• May address ongoing migraines, headaches, PMS, anxiety, or sleep issues

 

All Adults

• Anyone - men, women, teens, young, old - can benefit from Dynamic Body Balancing

• Headaches & migraines: works with tension patterns through the head, neck, jaw, spine, and craniosacral system

• After accidents or falls: supports the body's unwinding and reorganization after physical impacts, including car accidents, falls, and other injuries

• Chronic pain & tension: works with fascial restrictions, protective holding patterns, and areas of persistent tension

• Sleep difficulties: creates space for the body to settle and shift toward a more restful state

• Nervous system restoration: supports the body's ability to move out of prolonged patterns of stress and into greater regulation

• Trauma & stored tension: offers a gentle, body-based approach for working with patterns of tension that may develop following stressful or traumatic experiences

• Jaw, neck & shoulder tension: addresses interconnected patterns throughout the head, neck, jaw, spine, and fascial system

• Vision-related tension: works with the delicate structures and fascial relationships around the cranium, including the sphenoid, which plays an important role in the structure of the orbits and visual system

 

Your body remembers. Whether the pattern began with an accident, an injury, chronic stress, poor sleep, years of tension, or simply the cumulative demands of life, the body can develop ways of protecting itself that eventually become its new normal. Dynamic Body Balancing gently works with those patterns rather than forcing the body to change, giving it an opportunity to unwind, reorganize, and find greater ease.