How does a Stanford graduate get into alternative medicine? It's a story, a good story, my story. My husband and I were married for nearly four years without any children. We had numerous infertility treatments and tried numerous doctors. Nothing seemed to work. I'll never forget the longing, the tears, the frustration. The running around, the ups and the downs. The moments of pain and the moments of growth. The hormones and pills. The ultrasounds and waiting. I never went to a doctor who spent more than five minutes with us, who really listened to us or asked us how we were handling all this. I wanted to give up. It was a journey. It still is.
A friend suggested that we look into different alternative methods. I am from Northern California and grew up in the land of granola, tofu and vegetarians. It wasn't such a foreign or crazy idea. We agreed and decided to give it a try. We changed our diet (eating as much organic as economically and spiritually possible), went to a homeopath, drank herbs and saw an acupuncturist. Instead of feeling drained, I felt energized. The person that I saw was humble and honest. I felt like a person and not an object. Soon after I became pregnant with my eldest son. I had a beautiful pregnancy and a beautiful birth. I told my husband, "I want to learn and I want to help. Maybe this is why we had the test of infertility?"
I went back to school (where I live and practice, in the holy city of Jerusalem) and began to study. One class at a time. Massage-touch and a general approach. Why first massage? Touch in itself is healing, relaxing, and comforting. I moved on to reflexology, Su Jok and became a doula. From conception to birth the process is miraculous and fascinating. In the meantime we were blessed with another child. I went to see a wonderful old woman who gave me a massage on my belly. Something stirred inside and I knew that this was going to be the next thing that I had to learn-an abdominal massage that works on the digestive and reproductive organs. I continue to learn and to grow, adding techniques and methods as I go.
Now, thank G-d we have six children.
Everything I do, whether it be just a relaxing massage, a balancing reflexology session, stress management, life coaching, parenting coaching, labor preparation classes or fertility treatment, is done with a lot of love, a lot of prayer and a lot of faith.
Click on the link below to see some of my articles and to get to know me more...
An Interview in Mishpacha Magazine
Articles
Weekly Blog
A friend suggested that we look into different alternative methods. I am from Northern California and grew up in the land of granola, tofu and vegetarians. It wasn't such a foreign or crazy idea. We agreed and decided to give it a try. We changed our diet (eating as much organic as economically and spiritually possible), went to a homeopath, drank herbs and saw an acupuncturist. Instead of feeling drained, I felt energized. The person that I saw was humble and honest. I felt like a person and not an object. Soon after I became pregnant with my eldest son. I had a beautiful pregnancy and a beautiful birth. I told my husband, "I want to learn and I want to help. Maybe this is why we had the test of infertility?"
I went back to school (where I live and practice, in the holy city of Jerusalem) and began to study. One class at a time. Massage-touch and a general approach. Why first massage? Touch in itself is healing, relaxing, and comforting. I moved on to reflexology, Su Jok and became a doula. From conception to birth the process is miraculous and fascinating. In the meantime we were blessed with another child. I went to see a wonderful old woman who gave me a massage on my belly. Something stirred inside and I knew that this was going to be the next thing that I had to learn-an abdominal massage that works on the digestive and reproductive organs. I continue to learn and to grow, adding techniques and methods as I go.
Now, thank G-d we have six children.
Everything I do, whether it be just a relaxing massage, a balancing reflexology session, stress management, life coaching, parenting coaching, labor preparation classes or fertility treatment, is done with a lot of love, a lot of prayer and a lot of faith.
Click on the link below to see some of my articles and to get to know me more...
An Interview in Mishpacha Magazine
Articles
Weekly Blog
With one of my teachers, Rosita Arvigo
