Taking care of your spiritual and energetic health is an important piece of the fertility puzzle. While trying to conceive, some tend to focus most of their energy on the physical body. Yet when we start to begin our fertility path, many questions start to arise that the tangible and physical can’t explain.

Spirit Babies are an amazing way to connect with your future child and to bring some peace and understanding to the journey. A way to feel less isolated and alone as you do all that you can to bring your baby earthside.

So you’re interested in spirit babies, but where to begin? Spirit babies are intriguing and more and more people who are trying to conceive are starting to seek guidance on how to connect with their spirit babies.

The best place to start is right here with this podcast!

Justine Cohen, the Spirit Baby Lady, is a spirit baby medium and womb healer. She provides personal one-on-one spirit baby readings, as well as workshops from coast to coast of the US. 

Every year, Justine and I offer an online Spring and Fall Spirit Baby and Fertility Yoga Workshop.

Join me and Justine as we dive into the realm of spirit babies and all they have to offer you on your fertility journey!

In this podcast we discuss a lot!

We had a great time recording this episode and Justine’s wise, warm, and positive energy is what made the conversation so enlightening. We know trying something new and unknown can be extremely intimidating (especially when you are trying so many things for your fertility!) but this is truly the time to embrace exploring fertility beyond the physical body. There is more to the story ;)

If your mind and heart is open to connecting with your spirit baby, then this is the perfect episode to tune into. Listen and don’t forget to share your thoughts with us on Instagram @fertilebodyyoga, leave a comment, and follow us! 

Enjoy!

RESOURCES:

Justine’s Website: ⁠https://www.justine-cohen.com/abou

Justine’s IG account: https://www.instagram.com/spiritbabylady/

Link⁠ to Spirit Babies Book by Walter Makichen

Endometriosis has been misdiagnosed, underdiagnosed, misunderstood, and dismissed by many in the medical field for far too long. There are millions of women walking this earth in pain and not getting the help they need and deserve. And that needs to change!

Endometriosis is also a common barrier to conception and pregnancy - and that’s why we’re talking about this today.

In today’s episode, I interviewed my first guest! Health Smidt of Wanderwell Acupuncture. She is an acupuncturist, massage therapist, reiki master, cranial sacral therapist, and fertility expert.

Heather is also an endowarrior and has extensively researched, treated herself and others with acupuncture, and is an advocate for endometriosis awareness.

This episode is for EVERYONE -  especially helpful for those with unexplained infertility, multiple losses, or multiple failed IVF rounds. Plus - perhaps you have been minimizing the pain and suffering you go through during your period and could possibly have endo.

Here’s what we talk about in this episode:

I loved having Heather on the podcast! She really is one of my favorite humans in the world - so full of knowledge and compassion for this community. If you live in the Boston area - go get a total reset!

Resources:

https://wanderwellacupuncture.com/

https://nancysnookendo.com/

https://www.mountauburnhospital.org/care-treatment/womens-health/gynecology/endometriosis-treatment/

This podcast is brought to you by Kerry Hinds and Fertile Body Yoga - a virtual yoga studio dedicated to supporting the body, mind, and soul of those navigating their fertility journeys.

Infertility, pregnancy loss, and IVF can be extremely overwhelming - on so many levels. I get it because I have my own story. Here’s my fertility story.

Not knowing you’re alone in your struggles provides a sense of relief and a decrease in isolation. This provides the body with a little exhale - releasing a little bit of stress, allowing your body, mind, and soul to be a little lighter - a little more receptive.

Providing listeners with a tools to become their most fertile selves is why I do this!

In this episode, I talk about:

+ Doing IVF in a foreign country

+ My experience with pregnancy loss and a D&C

+ Coming to the point of surrender

+ Becoming pregnancy with no intervention - twice

+ How yoga supported my through the journey

Even listening to this episode returns me to a place of great turmoil, internally and externally. Like you may be feeling now, dealing with infertility, fertility treatments, and all the things it comes with, is exhausting and leads us on a journey of self discovery. 

Let’s do some yoga together - check out what’s coming up in the virtual studio.

Follow me on Instagram @fertilebodyyoga

Here’s the original blog post! Kerry’s Fertility Story

Taking care of yourself to benefit your fertility and reproductive health can be overwhelming. There is so much on the internet to explore, it’s hard to know what is right for you. You may also wonder why something worked for one person and not another.

Even though much of fertility can be a shared experience, an individual’s fertility is - well - highly individual. We’re all different, and so are our fertility factors, lifestyles, cultures, beliefs, and experiences. That’s why one all-encompassing “perfect” program for fertility doesn’t exist. Not even IVF is perfect.

So…where should one focus? 

Luckily, yoga and ayurveda have offered us a framework for working with individual differences - while also simplifying them into categories. 

In this episode of Fringe Fertility, Kerry talks about the different Doshas (Kapha, Pitta, Vata) and how to determine what your predominant dosha is. 

Once you figure this out you can begin to approach your fertility through a doshic lens so that you can better understand what will serve YOU the best.

That there is a perfect fertility program out there for you!

Take a listen to begin to understand your dosha and how it will affect your fertility - physically, emotionally, and energetically.

What we cover:

Ayurveda is an ancient and wise healing and life modality - and definitely worth your time to learn about. 

RESOURCES:

The Fringe Fertility Podcast is brought to you by Kerry Hinds and Fertile Body Yoga - a virtual yoga studio dedicated to supporting the mind, body, and soul those on their fertility journey.

If you do hot yoga, you may be wondering…Is hot yoga bad for my fertility?

You may have a hot yoga practice and are also trying to conceive and curious about whether you should put your hot practice on hold. Or maybe you’re doing IVF and really want to improve your chances of a successful cycle.

You might hear some conflicted advice on this one. And Kerr is here to give you a yogic perspective - since of course we are talking about yoga.

In this episode Kerry unpacks hot yoga and fertility and how you can approach your yoga practice to truly boost your fertility.

This is a question that I get so often when I have hot yoga students arrive in a fertility yoga class. It’s a great question and one that needs to be addressed as more and more hot yoga classes are being offered and more and more people are doing it! 

If you’re ready to make a mindset shift into yoga for fertility benefits - then check out what’s coming up in the studio. 

Resources:

Take the Dosha Quiz

The Science of Stress and Fertility

Stress & Fertility with Dr. Alison Zimon of CCRM

This episode is brought to you from Kerry Hinds of Fertile Body Yoga - a virtual yoga studio dedicated to support the mind, body, and spirit of those going through their fertility journeys.

Fertility Treatment and people offering fertility support has recently become more and more widespread, available, and state of the art.

Having different avenues to boosting fertility is excellent. But there’s no denying that having all that information can be a little… overwhelming. 

We’re all different and that’s why one all-encompassing “perfect” fertility routine doesn’t exist. 

That being said, there are some basic guidelines we can follow when we dive into the world of fertility and all the options out there.

Supporting those who are trying to conceive holistically is what I’m all about here at Fertile Body Yoga. Especially when it comes to your energetic and subtle body!

And so today, I begin to unpack feminine energy and why it’s so important to embrace during your fertility journey.

I had fun revisiting and bringing some life to this popular past blog post! I know that sometimes embracing the subtler sides of existence is seen to many as ‘out there’ or ‘too woo hoo’ - but really, we are constantly connecting with energy, why not be purposeful on the energy we put around us! Especially when we are trying to conceive and doing fertility treatment.

If you’re feeling overwhelmed with all the things to do, then this is the perfect episode for you! Tune in, and don’t forget to share your thoughts with us on Instagram @fertilebodyyoga and don’t forget to follow or comment on this podcast!

RESOURCES:

https://fertilebodyyoga.com/blog/fertility-yoga-feminine-energy/