Natural Resources

a pregnancy, childbirth and early parenting center

Hours

Mon-Thurs 11-7
Fri and Sat 11-6
Sun 11-5

Location

1367 Valencia St. (at 25th St.)
San Francisco, CA 94110
415 550 2611

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Yeshi's Mothers Group  New Parent Groups, Classes & Workshops  (Item no: 4523) Our Price: $280.00 Availability: Click Here for Availability Quantity: Date:  Sept 7, 28, Oct 5, 26, Nov 9, Nov 16 (12pm - 2pm) For Mothers with Babes in arms (up to around 6 months) You are invited to participate in a NEW MOTHERS CIRCLE. As you have noticed, motherhood brings huge changes! Being able to share your joys as well as your challenges with other mothers in a sacred safe space can make a huge difference in your own sense of wellbeing as well as your ability to mother your child the way you really want to. The New Mothers Circle is a series of 6 sessions, not a drop in group. It meets weekly for 2 hours. Each session will be facilitated and have a focus which will allow for transformative understanding, deep connection with yourself and with the other mothers, and practical advice. Circle 1: Joys and Challenges of Mothering so far. What in your birth experience can you draw from to Strengthen your Mothering. What in your Birth Experience do you Need to Heal to Move Forward in Your Mothering. Group Guidelines for creating and maintaining a Sacred, Safe Space. Circle 2: Your Changing Body from the beginning of your life as a female to now. Appreciation for the Miracle and Power of our Bodies. Circle 3: What do you want to Bring Forward from your own experience of being Mothered? What that came from your own Mother do you want to Leave Behind? What are you Grateful for and what might you need to Forgive? Create an altar to Honor Our Mothers. Circle 4: A Ceremony for Blessing the Babies. Who are they? What do they bring to us? Where did they come from, How did they come to us? Our Children as Teachers: What are you Learning from your Baby? Circle 5: Joys and Challenges in your Relationship with the Significant Other with whom you Parent. Practical strategies to Improve Communication between Couples. And/or what are the joys and challenges of being a Single Parent? Circle 6: Mothering in Community. How can we create and maintain Support? What does Support look like for you? Appreciations of each other as Mothers. About the Instructor The New Mothers Circle will be facilitated by Yeshi Neumann, CNM, MPH. Yeshi is a Certified Nurse Midwife with almost 40 years experience attending births in both home and hospital settings and has a Masters in Maternal Child Public Health. She is the founder of Homestyle Midwifery , a unique blend of home and hospital birth care, voted Best Way to Have a Baby in 2007 by San Francisco Magazine. She brings to her work with mothers her deep study of birth around the world, her experience with meditation, bodywork, nonviolent communication, conflict resolution, sound healing, emotional release work, and hypnotherapy. Yeshi is a mother and a grandmother of two. She is a regularly invited speaker at national and international conferences about birthing, parenting and communication. Cost Members: $180 Non-members: $280 When making your selections above, please choose a date from the drop-down menu, and specify a quantity; For this class, "quantity" means how many individuals are registering. Therefore, a quantity of "1" will sign up 1 individual (and that individual's baby/babies).