April 21, 2012
Juniper, our daughter was born healthy at home in early December. Karen is currently out on maternity leave until further notice. Please visit the ArvigoTherapy.com website for a list of other practitioners in your area.
November 2011
Karen is officially a Certified Midwife! She passed her boards while 8 months pregnant.
Body Beloved is continuing an ancient tradition of honoring women and their cycle's through the Arvigo Techniques of Maya Abdominal Massage.A healing practice born in Belize, now with active practitioners around the world-including Park Slope, Brooklyn! If you are looking to reconnect with a more grounded "you", you are in the right place. So come on over, we'll have tea and talk.
"The uterus is a woman's center. If
her uterus is not in proper position and good health, nothing
in her life will be right"
- Don Elijio Panti, well-known Maya traditional
healer and teacher of Dr. Rosita Arvigo.
Choose from a variety of services:
- Maya Abdominal Massage
- Prenatal Massage
- Swedish Massage
- Extraordinary Childbirth Preparation Classes (private or small groups)
- Traditional Mayan Spiritual Healing
Not sure what treatment is right for you? I would be happy to assess your needs and help you choose.
What is Maya Abdominal Massage?
Maya Abdominal Massage is an external, gentle technique for guiding
reproductive organs into correct position. The work is best known for
correcting a prolapsed or tipped uterus.
Normally the uterus leans slightly over the bladder in the center of
the pelvis, about one and a half inches above the pubic bone. It is
held in this position by muscles, the vaginal wall and ligaments that
attach it to the back, front, and sides of the pelvis. Uterine
ligaments naturally accommodate a growing fetus and move freely when
the bladder or bowel is full.
A fallen or misaligned uterus becomes vulnerable to disease for many
reasons. Ligaments and muscles may weaken, causing the uterus to fall
downward, forward, backward or to either side. When the uterus is out
of optimal position, circulatory, lymphatic, and chi flow, as well as
nervous system connections become compromised. The extra weight of
tissue sitting on blood and lymph vessels adversely affects many
systems of the body. By using this technique, which gently shifts the
uterus back into place, homeostasis, or the natural balance of the
body, is improved: toxins are flushed, and nutrients that tone tissue
and balance hormones return to optimal levels.
Benefits of Maya Abdominal Massage
There are many benefits to be obtained from receiving Maya Abdominal
Massage. Each session is unique, and considers the whole person; body,
mind and spirit. The work addresses three primary areas of concern;
lower back and sacrum; the lower abdominal area; and the solar plexus,
an area just below the apex of the ribcage. It creates conditions that
improve efficient flow of blood, lymph, nerve impulses and chi is
essential for healthy pregnancy, labor and delivery and so many other
reproductive, digestive and eliminative functions.
A Maya Abdominal Massage session includes teaching a self-care
technique that is an integral part of Maya medicine. It will give you
tools with which to be empowered in your own health care. It is a
simple, safe, and easy to learn technique.
In
Belize and many other Central and South American countries, this gentle
and powerful technique is performed from the onset of menstruation at 13 years of age and continues throughout a woman's life. It is especially useful during pregnancy to support fetal development and the mother's comfort. It is continued a few days after childbirth,
accompanied by an herbal cleansing vaginal steam bath. Hysterectomies
and Caesarian births are often prevented. The massage also assists in
the release of trauma after accidents, childbirth or illness, and it
softens adhesions (scar tissue) from any form of pelvic and abdominal
surgery.
Women who have had hysterectomies
benefit greatly from Maya abdominal massage. The technique improves
circulation in and around the area of the scar and allows for proper
flow of lymphatic fluid, which often becomes blocked after surgery,
resulting in swelling, burning and deep aching pains in the pelvis.
Causes of Symptoms
There are many causes for a wondering womb. Some include: falls that
impact the lower back, sacrum and tailbone; car accidents; pregnancy
and labor weakened ligaments; poor professional care during pregnancy,
labor, delivery and/or post-partum; carrying heavy burdens during
pregnancy, or too soon after delivery; running on cement surfaces;
walking barefoot on cold floors and/or wet grass; wearing high heels;
chronic constipation; high-impact sporting and recreational activities;
weak pelvic floor muscles; poor alignment of pelvic bones with spinal
column; surgeries; carrying children on hips for long periods of time;
emotional armoring from rape, sexual assault, or incest at any time in
life; time and gravity.
