Charlotte Sternkind Del Toro, CD (DONA), LMT, CIMI

 

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“Love Current”

Beloved, be loved.
Be lover.
Be Love.
Be.
Love.

-Charlotte Sternkind
©1999

 

“Born of Storm”

Babies are born
During miraculous storm
When forces are strong
And urges are swift
The push and the surge
To refresh the world.

-Charlotte Sternkind Del Toro
©2005


Baby Grace and her mom a half an hour after birth. (Photo used by permission.)

 

Classes/Calendar


For dates/times and locations of public classes please visit http://calendar.yahoo.com/ayurdoulacalendar.


Breast Self Care through Massage and Lymphdrainage
$10 per person



Breast Self Care is an important aspect of female health and it's so easy to do. Bring your friends and daughters!

We start with an overview of the structure of the breast and its physical structures. I follow this with a simple series of lymphdrainage moves combined with massage, compression and manual expression to move the fluids-lymph and blood- out of the breast. This is detoxifying, promotes ligament support and reduces sag due to accumulated fluids.

Info on bras and how they contribute to and/or reduce breast health will be shared. My handouts include where to get a good fitting, supportive one locally and by internet order (if you choose to wear one).


Infant Massage Instruction
Public classes are $20 per family; private in-home classes may also be arranged for $75
which includes an 8 ounce bottle of Bindi Ayurvedic Baby Massage Oil and a copy of Vimala McClure Schneider’s book Infant Massage: A Handbook for Loving Parents.

This is an interactive class; so, please bring your non-crawling baby, and a blanket, pillow or boppie. If you are awaiting your precious arrival, please bring a doll. Handouts and small bottle of Ayurvedic infant massage oil will be provided for use in class and then to take home.

The class overview covers the benefits of infant massage to your baby and you, types of oils/lotions that are good for baby, infant cues, massage strokes and hand positions to remove stress. Then we move into the interactive portion. By following the instructor's cues and motions with the demo doll, you get hands-on experience with your baby. We finish with Q & A and time for new families to chat.


Surya Ram™ Meditation
Join us Wednesday evenings from 5:30-6:15 pm for a group meditation at my office at Infinity Wellness Center, 205 S. Wild Basin Road, Ste. 2B, Austin, TX 78746. Donations to Center of Rational Spirituality accepted.

General benefits of including meditation as a daily practice are many. Some of these benefits are: increased health and vitality; a sharp, focused mind; abundant creativity; inner peace and harmony and greater happiness.

The Surya Ram™ Meditation is easy to learn and extremely effective. You can learn it online at www.michaelmamas.com. This powerful and effortless meditation brings a profound rest to the physiology. Unlike other meditations that impose a conditioning upon the physiology or mind, the Surya RamTM Meditation frees you from programming in general.