Get ready to embrace massage, touch, and pleasure! In this episode, certified prenatal massage therapist Melissa Hailemelekot shares the profound benefits of bodywork before, during, and after birth. Listen in as Melissa guides us through practical techniques to find comfort, empowerment, and bliss in pregnancy and new motherhood.
Melissa draws from her own inspiring birth stories as well as decades of experience supporting women as a massage therapist, doula, and educator. She discusses the importance of building community, customizing care, and moving from healing to pleasure. Whether you love massage
or have never tried it, Melissa will inspire you to honor your body and embrace touch on your sensual journey to motherhood.
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“Connecting to your body, raising those levels of oxytocin…having your partner massage you and connecting before is just having that pleasurable experience.” – Melissa Hailemelekot
“There’s this aspect that we carry that surrounds us … this ethereal body of stress that sometimes we carry and to be able to lift that up and to be able to help mothers feel like those goddesses and feel empowered and to feel in their power is what I do.” – Melissa Hailemelekot
Connect with Melissa!
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moss_north_therapy/
Website: https://www.mossnorththerapy.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ-T-j_l0sfwrX5o_eqGh9g
Pleasurable Birth Essentials: Transform Pain to Power provides a unique blend of sexy scientific knowledge, engaging activities, birth stories, and expert guidance to lead you to unlocking your inner power and your innate pleasure.
