Pump supply offers may not be combined

Call Beyond Birth at (503) 232-BABY, or visit our web site to find out if a lactation consultation might be helpful for you or someone you know! A Beyond Birth consultant is also available during business hours for free telephone counseling and support, which can sometimes be sufficient for a variety of breastfeeding questions.

Zenana Spa and Wellness Center has an exciting lineup of classes and groups, and more are being added all the time! Read about the latest class additions:

Baby Itsy Bitsy Yoga®

ages: newborn to almost crawling baby with a parent or caregiver
Itsy Bitsy Yoga is a calming and nurturing yoga practice full of ways to enhance bonding and help babies feel more comfortable in their bodies. Created by Helen Garabedian, Baby-Yoga expert, a Registered Yoga Teacher and Infant Developmental Movement Educator, this class contains dozens of unique yoga postures designed specifically to soothe and support the development of a baby's body.

During the BABY IBY class, the baby is mostly lying on their tummy, back or in a parent’s arms. For parents, this class gives the special time necessary to bond with and learn about your baby's emerging personality. Most of the yoga we do in Itsy Bitsy Yoga is for the child, but you will learn breathing and relaxation techniques as well as practice some yoga for yourself (no yoga experience required).

Itsy Bitsy Yoga Facilitators are highly trained in seeing the Yoga in each child. You and your baby will delight in practicing Yoga, discovering movement, and singing IBY rhymes together. You will learn Yoga together through repetition, play, and bonding.

Wednesdays 11:00-Noon
March 14-April 4 (4 weeks)
Taught by Carol River, LMT

To pre-register for this donation-based 4-week series, contact:
Carol River, LMT
503-280-0238
carol@riverhealing.com
Limited to 4-6 families who are committed to attending the full series.
(Suggested donation - $20-$40 for the series)

For more information about Itsy Bitsy Yoga and its creator, visit: http://www.itsybitsyyoga.com

Tots Itsy Bitsy Yoga®

ages: almost crawling to 24 months with a parent or caregiver
A fun-loving, supportive, and active yoga practice filled with dozens of Itsy Bitsy Yoga poses just for tots. In a time when tots naturally become busier, Itsy Bitsy Yoga continues to build the parent/child bond, helps our tots feel happier and more confident in their moving bodies, and encourages their creative spirit.

IBY founder, Helen Garabedian, has discovered many proven techniques to playfully teach tots yoga postures while they are standing, sitting up, walking, running and jumping. Parents get to do a little yoga too (no yoga experience required). Experience the shared joy when tots move into yoga poses on their own!

Itsy Bitsy Yoga Facilitators are highly trained in seeing the Yoga in each child. You and your tot will delight in practicing Yoga, discovering movement, and singing IBY rhymes together. Tots participate according to their ability, learning style, and personality. They will learn yoga through repetition, play, and bonding.

Wednesdays 11:00-Noon
April 11-May 2 (4 weeks)
Taught by Carol River, LMT

To pre-register for this donation-based 4-week series, contact:
Carol River, LMT
503-280-0238
carol@riverhealing.com
Limited to 6-8 families who are committed to attending the full series.
(Suggested donation - $20-$40 for the series)

For more information about Itsy Bitsy Yoga and its creator, visit: http://www.itsybitsyyoga.com.

Connected Parenting Workshop

Two part class - held on two consecutive Tuesday mornings
10:45 AM -1:15 PM Tuesday April 10th and Tuesday April 17th

$30 per person/$50 per couple (for two days)
SLIDING SCALE AVAILABLE contact Lyla@zenana-spa.com for sliding scale information

Limited childcare available - $15 per child per day

Registration fee includes the option to participate in an online email group for continued support for connected parenting. Participants also go home with the class syllabus, which includes many valuable articles and resources for continued enrichment (or sharing with partners) at home.

This workshop is focused on the primacy of connection in parenting children of all ages and on parenting without punishments or rewards. Look deeply past difficult behaviors to discover the underlying needs of our children (and ourselves), and begin to use concrete tools to respond effectively to parenting challenges. Incorporates concepts from the work of Alfie Kohn, Lawrence J. Cohen, Dr. Gordon Nuefeld, and Mary Sheedy Kurchinka as well as the professional and personal experience of Lyla and Emily.

"Connected Parenting with Lyla and Emily is phenomenal. We just did that workshop last weekend and while we came away feeling a little concerned about our current parenting, we also got motivated, energized, supported and became far more positive in our approach with our 3 year old. we immediately saw some results.

I would love for them to start an ongoing class like that with new material, that includes some reinforcing of the great info we got at the first one." - Lisa

Facilitated by:
Lyla Wolfenstein, B.S., IBCLC, RLC - Parent Educator, Lactation Consultant and Mother of 2
Emily Troper, ECE - Early Childhood Educator and Mother of 4

To Register:
Reserve your space - register now!
Limited childcare available, with advance registration.
Call (503) 238-mama or email lyla@zenana-spa.com with questions

Cancellation Policy:
2 weeks for full refund, otherwise registration fees can be applied to subsequent workshop

Couple's Massage Class

Friday March 23rd - Intro, Saturday March 24th

Touch is a powerful way to communicate a deep sense of caring for one another. It is an essential ingredient, a private language, so-to-speak, between two people. This touch intelligence can affect the inner workings and rhythm within any relationship.

In the couples massage class you’ll expand your skills and increase your touch intelligence and tailor-make your approach to meet your partner’s needs. Does one partner seem distracted when massaging you, or going into irritating repetitions, or hurting you by not knowing his or her own strength? Perhaps your partner is touching too superficially to be satisfying, not really reaching you, or even worse…the T-word, tickling you?

In this class we’ll explore how touch is influenced by being present. It can take an ordinary rub-a-dub-dub to a more profound level and create a new level of trust between the two of you. Learn to turn a cranky partner back into your loving partner with some simple techniques.

The introductory couples massage class will be held on Friday evening, March 23rd, 7:00- 8:30pm. We will be focusing on the head, scalp, face, and neck. Please avoid wearing make up, hair products, or perfume. Please wear comfortable clothing and bring a pillow and blanket.

A five hour workshop for couples massage will be held the following day, Saturday, March 24th, 1:00-6:00pm. You will be learning how to give your partner a full body Swedish massage. 

Class limited to six couples. CEU’s are available to L.M.T.’s upon request.

Cost:Introductory class $35 per couple Saturday workshop $125 per couple A $10.00 discount is available upon registering for both classes. Please call to register.

Betsy Berres has been a practicing massage and healing arts therapist for twenty years in Portland, Oregon. She is certified in Neuro-Linguistic Programming and has studied several body-mind modalities. Betsy has taught a variety of massage courses and healing art classes for the last four years in the Continuing Ed Department of Portland Community College and continues with her private practice in Northeast Portland. Occasionally, she finds herself writing a poem, or two.

Elizabeth G. Berres, L.M.T. #2688

Perinatal Tai Chi and Qi Gong

Monday and Wednesday 9-10 AM on-going (No classes March 26th and March 28th)
$10 drop in, 5 classes for $40, 10 Classes for $70

Gentle, flowing movement for people in all stages of life, young and old, new mothers, expecting mothers, grandmothers, and little brothers.  Tai chi’s emphasis is on relaxation in motion, connecting to the earth and the sky, and building chi energy for nourishing growing bodies and spirits.  Gather prenatal chi for the long life of your child.  Tai chi provides wonderful ways to explore and enhance your body, release stress, and embrace the challenges of daily life. 

Play with Greg de Nevers. Questions call Greg at 503-281-6663

OTHER NEW CLASSES and GROUPS:

• Birth Movie Night
• Sit Baby Sit! Good Baby
• Joyful Birth Journaling
• Claiming your VBAC birth
• Journey Into Parenthood for Lesbian Couples
• From Couplehood to Parenthood: Navigating the Transition
• Have Baby Will Travel--Wearing Your Baby

Please call or visit our classroom page for more information about any of our classes.

Part time Licensed Nail Technician to provide acrylic free, low fume pedicures and manicures using natural nail polish. Must be willing to provide services to mothers while they hold and/or nurse their babies. Must be available on Saturdays.

To apply for this position, please send your resume and a letter specifying for which position you are applying and how you heard about the opening. Please feel free to re-post this to other groups, or to pass this on to anyone who might be interested.