Welcome to Soul Oasis
We are here to help you discover health and wellness by offering Yoga, Meditation, Prenatal and Postpartum Doula Services for Mom-to-be. We also provide Lactation Education, & Vegetarian Food Preparation.
Now offering HypnoBirthing®
What is a Birth Doula?
Birth Doulas accompany women in labor to help ensure a safe and satisfying birth experience. They provide emotional support, physical comfort, and facilitate communication with the medical staff to make sure laboring women have the information necessary to make educated decisions during childbirth. They provide reassurance and perspective to the laboring woman and her partner, making suggestions for labor progress, and assisting with comfort techniques including relaxation, massage, positioning, and touch. A doula is independent and works for the laboring woman, not the caregiver or hospital.What is a Postpartum Doula?
What a postpartum doula does changes from day to day, as the needs of the family change. Postpartum doulas do whatever a mother needs to best enjoy and care for her new baby. A large part of their role is education. They share information about baby care with parents, as well as teach siblings and partners to “mother the mother.” They assist with breastfeeding education. Postpartum doulas also make sure the mother is fed, well hydrated and comfortable.
Prenatal Yoga?
It has been said that yoga can be very beneficial during pregnancy, but why? Not only does it help you stay fit, it helps improve your energy level and allows you to become more in tune or intimate with your body. Yoga can help with the aches and pains of pregnancy and with mental issues such as moodiness. In turn, yoga can help you have a smooth pregnancy and natural childbirth. Yoga exercises, through a series of gentle stretches, help tone the reproductive organs, pelvis and the rest of your body to ensure an easier childbirth. Yoga breathing exercises, and the act of controlling your energy provide your baby oxygen and the energy from that oxygen. If you are a strong breather you will be more fit and ready for childbirth. Just as Lamaze teaches breathing techniques, so does yoga. Additionally, mastery of yoga breathing techniques can help ease the tension of labor and could help decrease the possibility of postpartum depression. Once you learn meditation through yoga you will have an incredible self awareness that will put you in tune with your baby. It is well known that meditation can help alleviate stress, poor health and fatigue.
Are you a Doula?
Then join our team of community doulas dedicated to the service of minority women and their families who need and deserve good doulas. For more info contact us atblackdoulas@souloasisnetwork.com
Soul Oasis...
Prenatal & Postpartum Support for the Soul