Prenatal & Postpartum Craniosacral Therapy
Danielle's passion is to work with women during pregnancy and the postpartum to nurture their physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being. Her gentle and intuitive approach often help women cultivate a greater mind-body awareness in preparation for birth and for navigating the postpartum journey.
Craniosacral Therapy (CST) for the birthing parent and newborn is a gentle, hands-on manual therapy that helps pregnant people prepare for the birthing process and helps both parents and newborns heal and rebalance after the birth. It is very important that certain areas of the body are as free from restrictions as possible, so the body can open to the birthing process.
The first session is 60 minutes with 45-50 hands on giving time to check in before and after the session.
Provides safe and nurturing gentle touch
Releases restrictions in the body, in particular hips and pelvis to allow for optimal fetal positioning
Releases tension patterns in the body, relaxes nervous system and fight or flight response patterns
Provides a safe space to work through emotional issues that come up during pregnancy
Can release emotion or trauma that we store in our body though somatoemotional work
Postpartum CST
Structural realignment of hips, pelvis, sacrum, and spine
Supports healing of the pelvic floor
Helps with body issues from feeding and carrying baby
Allows for emotional processing after birth
Provides an opportunity to be nurtured and cared for
Helps bolster the immune system and overall health in a sleep deprived body
Prenatal CST
"I went to see Danielle at 30 weeks pregnant when my baby was still breech. Even though I knew that we were still in the 'normal' time frame for the baby to be head up, I was feeling a lot of fear about my baby not turning and needing to have a c-section. During my session with Danielle she helped me tune in to my intuition and connection with my baby to seek a sense of clarity and groundedness. She encouraged me to ask my baby whatever I needed to and to really listen to what my baby had to say. So I asked him: "what do you need me to know?", and I very clearly heard: "I just need time". I left my session with Danielle feeling lighter and more at ease. Within 24 hours my baby turned head down. It was an incredible experience, and I felt a new level of connection to my baby in utero. I'm so grateful for Danielle's support because I truly believe she was instrumental in my ability to release fears, communicate with my baby, and tune into what was going on in both my mind and body during pregnancy." -Danielle
"I had the great privilege of working with Danielle throughout my pregnancy. I was new to the craniosacral therapy so I didn't know what to expect. I came to her with pain in the center of my back, on both sides of my spine. After four sessions I had a significant emotional release that allowed the pain to dissipate. I also came away with tools for how to continually clear out that area of my body, which I discovered is where I hold a lot of emotion and stress. I am grateful because instead of just having temporary relief I have a stronger sense of how to better take care of myself." DW