🌸 The Real Postpartum Rehab: What to Do After the Six-Week Visit
Most postpartum checks clear you medically, not functionally. Learn what true recovery means—restoring your breath, core, and pelvic floor, and rebuilding strength gently with Anne Catherine’s evidence-based Safe Return to Exercise Guide.
Summer Safety for Babies: What Colorado Families Need to Know About Heat, Sun, Strollers, and Outdoor Activities
Colorado summers bring unique challenges for families with babies. Learn how heat, sun exposure, strollers, car seats, babywearing, and outdoor activities can affect your baby, plus practical tips to help keep little ones safe and comfortable during warm weather.
Exhausted During Pregnancy? You're Not Lazy, Weak, or Doing It Wrong
Exhaustion is one of the most common symptoms of pregnancy, yet many women wonder if what they're experiencing is normal. From hormonal changes and increased blood volume to iron deficiency, poor sleep, summer heat, and the demands of modern life, there are many reasons you may feel completely drained while pregnant. Learn common causes of pregnancy fatigue, when to talk to your healthcare provider, and practical strategies to support your energy and wellbeing during pregnancy.
Staying Cool During Pregnancy & Postpartum: What More Mothers Deserve to Know About Heat Safety
Practical mom-to-mom guidance for staying cool during pregnancy and postpartum, including baby heat safety, hydration, stroller safety, and signs of overheating.
Hydration During Pregnancy & Postpartum: Why Water Matters More Than You Think
Learn why hydration matters during pregnancy and postpartum, including water needs for lactation, digestion, milk supply, recovery, and nervous system support. A trauma-informed, functional approach to maternal wellness from Anne Catherine Yoga.
Maternal Mental Health Matters: How Yoga, Community, and Postpartum Doula Care Support Better Outcomes
Maternal mental health is about far more than postpartum depression. Learn how trauma-informed yoga, postpartum doula care, nervous system support, and community-centered spaces can improve maternal wellbeing and support healthier postpartum outcomes.
The Pose Is Not the Problem: A Yogic and Biomechanical Reframe for Women’s Health
The pose is not the problem. Yoga injuries are rarely caused by a single posture, but by how we approach our practice. In this article, we explore how asmitā (ego), modern biomechanics, and women’s health reshape the way we understand alignment, offering a more sustainable, trauma-informed approach to yoga rooted in awareness, breath, and self-study.
Do SI Belts, Belly Bands, and Pelvic Supports Actually Help?
If you’ve ever left a workout with low back pain, pelvic pressure, or the sense that something just doesn’t feel right in your body—you’re not alone.
SI belts and belly bands can offer support, but they’re only one piece of the picture. This article explores when they help, where they fall short, and what truly creates lasting relief for women at every stage of life.
Your Calm Shapes Your Baby’s Brain: How Nervous System Regulation Supports Infant Development (and Sleep)
Your baby’s brain and nervous system develop through connection with you. Learn how your calm supports their growth—and why it matters for sleep.
Your nervous system shapes your baby’s development, emotional regulation, and sleep—learn how yoga with baby supports both of you.
How Yoga & Postpartum Doula Care Support Midwives, Birth Workers, and Better Outcomes
Midwives provide essential care—but clients need support between visits. Learn how prenatal yoga and postpartum doula care help clients move intuitively through birth, support Baby-Friendly outcomes, and recover more fully.
Belly Bands, Belts, and Binders, Oh My!
Belly bands, SI belts, postpartum binders, and waist trainers are often marketed as fixes — but what do they actually do? Learn when to use each support tool during pregnancy and postpartum, how they affect pelvic mechanics and core recovery, and why real healing goes beyond compression.
Low Back Pain in Pregnancy: What It Really Means — and What Actually Helps
Low back pain in pregnancy is common—but it is rarely random. In this evidence-informed guide, learn what’s really driving pregnancy back pain, why stretching alone often falls short, and how functional movement, pelvic stability, and tools like SI belts can support real relief during pregnancy and postpartum.
The Only Thing Stronger Than Hate Is Love
After the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show featuring Bad Bunny and Green Day, I found myself reflecting on scarcity, America, and yoga philosophy beyond the mat. What unfolded on that stage was more than entertainment — it was a reminder that love widens where fear contracts, and that awareness is the first step in breaking cycles of division.
You Planned for Birth—Why Not for Postpartum?
Most people plan extensively for birth—but very few are prepared for what comes after.
Postpartum is not a brief recovery period or a return to “normal.” It is a profound physiological, emotional, and relational transition. Your body has been opened—physically and energetically—to bring new life into the world. Your nervous system is tender. Your identity is shifting. And life at home with a newborn can feel far more intense than anyone warned you.
Postpartum doula care exists to support this moment.
Unlike medical care or infant-focused services, postpartum doula care centers the birthing person—offering practical, emotional, and embodied support that helps you recover, bond, and integrate the experience of birth. It’s not about following a rigid protocol. It’s about asking a more important question: What will support you right now?
Whether you have family nearby or are doing this without a village, conscious postpartum care creates structure, calm, and nourishment during a time that is often overwhelming and overlooked.
Imbolc: Hearth Care, Returning Light, and the Quiet Work of Winter
Imbolc is one of the oldest seasonal observances in the Celtic world, marking a quiet turning of winter. Rooted in hearth care, Brigid traditions, and the slow return of light, it honors tending, warmth, and the promise held beneath the surface.
From Pregnancy to Midlife and Beyond
Pelvic floor–aware yoga integrates perinatal core training, balance, and functional movement to support pelvic health from pregnancy through postpartum, midlife, and aging.
Learn how pelvic floor–aware yoga complements pelvic floor PT and strength training by integrating perinatal core function, gait, balance, and daily movement.
Diastasis Recti & Pelvic Floor Healing When Exercise Isn’t Working
Tried ab exercises, yoga, or videos with little improvement? Learn why diastasis recti and pelvic floor symptoms persist—and what a whole-body approach offers instead.
If diastasis recti or pelvic floor symptoms aren’t improving despite exercise, this guide explains why—and how functional, individualized care helps.
Year 1, the Year of the Horse
A grounded, non-dogmatic guide to Year 1, the Year of the Horse, gentle beginnings, seasonal wisdom, and forward movement rooted in clarity.
Year 9, the Year of the Snake
What does a Year 9 really mean? A grounded, non-dogmatic guide to completion, seasonal wisdom, rest, and preparing for new beginnings.
🕉️ When Time Folds: How Quantum Physics Is Catching Up to Vedānta
When Time Folds: Quantum Physics Meets Ancient Yoga Wisdom
Quantum research suggests time may loop and fold — connecting past, present, and future. Vedānta has long taught the same truth: that time is māyā, and all things exist within the eternal now of consciousness.