Sara brings her passion and rich experience as a doula, childbirth educator and mother to all pre and postnatal women seeking support for the growing needs of their minds and bodies. She is the author of The Birth Deck and founder of Glow® Birth & Body, a prenatal and postpartum massage therapy practice serving Chicago, Oakland and New York City. Glow® has supported more than 10,000 families since its founding in 2010 while The Birth Deck remains a bestseller. Her second publication, You’ve Got This: Your Guide to Getting Comfortable with Labor released this summer. Both are extensions of Sara’s effort to bring effective birth support into more hands. Sara is a Licensed Massage Therapist in New York State and holds Diplomas of Remedial Massage Therapy (2005) and Oriental Therapies in Australia (2006), where she graduated from Endeavour College and Shiatsu Australia. Sara achieved a BA in medical sociology from the University of Michigan (2004) with focused research in women’s health and integrative medicine.



What three things does Sara Lyon want the world to know about caring for women?  



- Prenatal massage therapy should be the best massage you’ll ever give

- Birth preparation is psychological as much as it’s physical

- Listen



5:55 - Benefits of Giving and Receiving Prenatal Massage

6:50 – Side Lying Position, Meridians, & Hormones in Prenatal Massage

8:58 – Working Through Old Injuries, Scar Tissue with Prenatal Massage

9:37 – Massage During Labor: Acupressure & Static Points

11:29 – From a Partner’s Perspective

12:45 – The Mind’s Role in Labor

19:43 – Labor: Psychedelic Journeying

22:05 - The Gift of Listening in Postpartum Recovery

24:08 – Power of Processing Labor & Storytelling in Postpartum

26:26 – Grief in Postpartum Recovery

27:38 – Campfire Storytelling: Recapturing the Magic of Storytelling

30:19 – Call for Advocacy from Medical Community

Links from the show:

TheBirthDeck.com (Use Code “BELOVED” for 15% off)

You Got This: Your Guide to Getting Comfortable With Labor

Follow Sara on Instagram: @thebirthdeck

Glow Birth and Body

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