Podcasts about magamama

Join Banyen Books & Sound in conversation with Stephen Jenkinson and Kimberly Ann Johnson on their forthcoming co-written book, Reckoning. Stephen Jenkinson, MTS, MSW, is a spiritual activist, author, ceremonialist and farmer. Stephen teaches internationally and is the creator and principal instructor of the Orphan Wisdom School, founded in 2010. With Master's degrees from Harvard University (Theology) and the University of Toronto (Social Work), he is the author of several books including the award-winning Die Wise: A Manifesto for Sanity and Soul, Come of Age: The Case for Elderhood in a Time of Trouble and A Generation's Worth. Stephen is the subject of the National Film Board of Canada feature length film documentary, Griefwalker. Kimberly Ann Johnson is a Sexological Bodyworker, Somatic Experiencing trauma resolution practitioner, birth doula, and single mom. She specializes in helping women prepare for birth, recover from birth injuries and birth trauma, and heal from sexual trauma. She is the founder of Magamama.com, an international holistic women's health care resource for expectant and new mothers. She is the author of The Fourth Trimester and Call of the Wild.

Join this live conversation around the new book 'Reckonin' with Stephen Jenkinson and Kimberly Johnson. Find the book here https://orphanwisdom.com/reckoning Reckoning is an unguarded, sober meeting with Spirit Work, Conspiracies, Elderhood, Grief and Plague and Building Culture in a Me First Era. Try this at home. With Companions. Stephen Jenkinson, MTS, MSW, is a spiritual activist, author, ceremonialist and farmer. Stephen teaches internationally and is the creator and principal instructor of the Orphan Wisdom School, founded in 2010. With Master's degrees from Harvard University (Theology) and the University of Toronto (Social Work), he is the author of several books including the award-winning Die Wise: A Manifesto for Sanity and Soul, Come of Age: The Case for Elderhood in a Time of Trouble and A Generation's Worth. Stephen is the subject of the National Film Board of Canada feature length film documentary, Griefwalker. Kimberly Ann Johnson is a Sexological Bodyworker, Somatic Experiencing trauma resolution practitioner, birth doula, and single mom. She specializes in helping women prepare for birth, recover from birth injuries and birth trauma, and heal from sexual trauma. She is the founder of Magamama.com, an international holistic women's health care resource for expectant and new mothers. She is the author of The Fourth Trimester and Call of the Wild.

Our bodies have so much to tell us. Why aren’t we listening? Today, I talk to Kimberly Ann Johnson, a Somatic Experiencing trauma resolution practitioner and author of the newly released book, Call of the Wild: How We Heal Trauma, Awaken Our Power, and Use It for Good. We have a fascinating discussion about how tuning into our bodies is the starting point for understanding our needs, improving communication, and finding our inner jaguar. *New!* Watch video clips from this episode on the Mindful Mama Youtube channel! If you enjoyed this episode, and it inspired you in some way, I’d love to hear about it and know your biggest takeaway. Take a screenshot of you listening on your device, post it to your Instagram stories, and tag me @mindfulmamamentor. Have you left a review yet? All you have to do is go to  Apple Podcasts or  Stitcher (or wherever you listen), and thanks for your support of the show! Takeaways: Our bodies have a register of everything that we’ve been through. How our social nervous system influences our behaviors and actions. Removing the judgment from our view of predator and prey energies. Kimberly Ann Johnson is a Somatic Experiencing trauma resolution practitioner, Sexological Bodyworker, yoga teacher trainer, birth doula, and single mom. She is the author of the upcoming Call of the Wild: How We Heal Trauma, Awaken Our Power, and Use It for Good as well as the early mothering classic, the Fourth Trimester. Formerly known as Magamama, she is the host of the Sex, Birth, and Trauma podcast. Get Hunter's book, Raising Good Humans now! Click here to order and get book bonuses! ABOUT HUNTER CLARKE-FIELDS: Hunter Clarke-Fields is a mindful mama mentor. She coaches smart, thoughtful parents on how to create calm and cooperation in their daily lives. Hunter has over 20 years of experience in mindfulness practices. She has taught thousands worldwide. Be a part of the tribe—we’re over 25 thousand strong!  Take your learning further! Get my Top 2 Best Tools to Stop Yelling AND the Mindful Parenting Roadmap for FREE at: mindfulmamamentor.com/stopyelling/ Find more podcasts, blog posts, free resources, and how to work with Hunter at MindfulMamaMentor.com.   Be sure to check out these deals from this week’s sponsors: Visit Gemmist.com to get your personalized recommendation and enter HUNTER at checkout for 20% off and free 2-day shipping. Get the world’s smartest litter without leaving home by visiting PrettyLitter.com and use promo code hunter for 20% off your first order. Visit ThriveCausemetics.com/HUNTER for 15% off your first order!

I got my hands on an early copy of Kimberly Johnson's new book, Call of the Wild, and basically lost my mind. So much insight into the cultural impacts on women and their bodies, why the most intense solution isn't the best, and why trauma is even *more* normal than we think… and may be very much in the way of understanding what we're really craving.   Kimberly Johnson is a Sexological Bodyworker, Somatic Experiencing practitioner, yoga teacher trainer, postpartum advocate and single mom. She helps women heal from birth injuries, gynecological surgeries and sexual boundary violations. She is the author of early mothering classic The Fourth Trimester, as well as Call of the Wild: How We Heal Trauma, Awaken Our Own Power, and Use It for Good.   If you want to know more about Kimberly, you can follow her on Instagram and Facebook, you can find her on her website, and listen to her podcast Magamama.   I'm also obsessed with knowing all about you, so please follow (and DM!)  me on Instagram, Facebook and my website. We're in this together and the journey is going to be so awesome. Produced by Dear Media

Kimberly (known online as "MagaMama") combines her skills as a yoga teacher, sexological bodyworker, Rolfer and somatic experiencing trauma resolution practitioner, helping people heal from birth trauma and sexual trauma so that they can live more authentically in their bodies. She is also a writer and a mother. Our conversation dives deep into the nervous system and Polyvagal theory; We discuss “fitting in” as a nervous system response, how c-sections affect both mothers and children, and how equality for the sexes should not be misunderstood as "sameness". We also talk about birth control and delve into some unconventional ideas around when and how women should be having children. Find Kimberly at magamama.com and on Instagram @magamamas Kimberly's Book Recommendations: Women's Anatomy of Arousal by Sheri Winston and The Fourth Trimester by Kimberly Ann Johnson  Songs featured: "Nectar Drop" by DJ Drez and "In the Blood" by John Mayer How to support the show: Rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes! Support my work on Patreon and get access to perks like an exclusive WhatsApp group chat & book club just for patrons! Visit my website - AnyaKaats.com & Find me on Instagram Get full access to A Millennial's Guide to Saving the World at anyakaats.substack.com/subscribe

What Bethany Shares: Bethany discusses her new book, “Strange Situation”, and why understanding attachment is so helpful Her personal journey as a mother and the re-evaluation and renegotiation of her own narrative Bethany gives her thoughts on modern attachment parenting   What You’ll Hear: Bethany tells us about her book, “Strange Situation: A Mother’s Journey into the Science of Attachment” The difference between research and me-search  Classical Attachment and Modern Attachment Styles Bethany’s journey of renegotiating her past and her narrative through the lens of Mary Ainsworth’s research and writings The power of leaving your kids alone Attachment parenting Dr. Sears is public enemy #1 Reflective functioning/ mentalization The struggle to understand the world as a third being when raising your child How being your best and worst self can ultimately benefit your child The secret window of time Being comfortable is key to comforting your child Why attachment is nothing to be afraid of, because we can always move ourselves into more security   Summary:  Bethany Saltman joins the Magamama podcast once again, this time to discuss her new book “Strange Situation: A Mother’s Journey into the Science of Attachment. We talk about how insecurities can devastate your ability to function as an independent adult, and Bethany shares her own story of how she’s overcome these difficulties.    Bio:  Bethany Saltman humbly describes herself as a long-time Zen student who lives in a small town in the Catskills with her husband, daughter, and two dogs. Moreover, she is a renowned author, researcher, and editor whose work can be found in publications such as New Yorker, New York Magazine, Atlantic Monthly, Parents. Bethany has spent years studying the many emotions we feel that make us human. Amongst those emotions, attachment is one that stuck with Bethany, leading her to write her first book “Strange Situation: A Mother’s Journey into the Science of Attachment”.    Resources: https://www.bethanysaltman.com/strange-situation Twitter - @BethanySaltman

“The body just keeps talking louder and louder because it’s trying to get us to listen to a more fundamental message.” - Kimberly Ann Johnson We're wrapping up the first season of TRANSFORMED with Kimberly Ann Johnson aka MAGAMAMA. Her book, The Fourth Trimester, should be required reading for most birthing women. Her courses guide participants to an embodied understanding of the nervous system and how this body wisdom matters for those of us pursuing a well-lived life. In this episode, Kimberly shares personal stories as well as deep wisdom, starting with her experience and knowledge of the postpartum period and taking us through parenting teenagers, big life changes, and fundamental nervous system know-how. In this episode, Kimberly and I discuss: Kimberly’s personal postpartum journey Depression after birth Understanding the nervous system as Life 101 Moving away from your parents as an adult Jaguar parenting Parenting as an unequal relationship Writing her new book Read more about Kimberly and her work: About MAGAMAMA Some of Kimberly’s offerings: The Fourth Trimester https://www.amazon.com/Fourth-Trimester-Postpartum-Balancing-Restoring/dp/1611804000/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=the+fourth+trimester&qid=1593449665&sr=8-2 The Fourth Trimester Cards https://www.amazon.com/Fourth-Trimester-Cards-Support-Inspiration/dp/1611807646/ref=sxts_sxwds-bia-wc-p13n1_0?cv_ct_cx=the+fourth+trimester+cards&dchild=1&keywords=the+fourth+trimester+cards&pd_rd_i=1611807646&pd_rd_r=10ba9be6-e375-49ad-8163-807723ec89af&pd_rd_w=AIQsm&pd_rd_wg=ipKox&pf_rd_p=1da5beeb-8f71-435c-b5c5-3279a6171294&pf_rd_r=Z3VTKMKMS6XC7BR888S8&psc=1&qid=1593449697&sr=1-1-70f7c15d-07d8-466a-b325-4be35d7258cc Activate Your Inner Jaguar (online course) https://www.magamama.com/jaguar Tending the Collective Nervous System https://www.magamama.com/collective

Keli Garza has a Masters degree in International Development graduating cum laude. Garza is the owner of Steamy Chick the largest distributor of vaginal steam supplies in the United States. To further vaginal steam education Garza founded a branch of her company called the Peristeam Hydrotherapy Institute to train practitioners in the use of vaginal steam for menstrual and reproductive health and to further research on the gynecological benefits reported by hundreds of customer case studies. Kimberly Ann Johnson is a Sexological Bodyworker, Somatic Experiencing trauma resolution practitioner, birth doula, and single mom. She specializes in helping women prepare for birth, recover from birth injuries and birth trauma, and heal from sexual trauma. She is the founder of Magamama.com, an international holistic women’s health care resource for expectant and new mothers. She is the co-founder of the STREAM School for Pelvic Care, where she trained birth professionals, yoga teachers, somatic therapists, and bodyworkers to help women prepare for birth and recover from birth. She is the author of the bestselling book The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions and Restoring Your Vitality. In today’s episode we’re talking about the Fourth Trimester Vaginal Steam Study conducted and published through a joint effort between Keli Garza and Kimberly Ann Johnson. We talk about the benefits of vaginal steaming postpartum, and the implications of implementing vaginal steaming as a standard healthcare protocol for new mothers. Today’s episode is sponsored by the Fertility Awareness Mastery LIVE 8 week group coaching program! Click here  to register now!   Topics discussed in today's episode: Vaginal Steaming is a controversial subject Why it was necessary for Keli and Kimberly to take the reins and conduct The Vaginal Steam Study Challenges of having vaginal steaming looked at as a legitimate way to heal women post-partum The goal of the study was to craft questions for post-partum recovery Perimeters of post-partum heeling and how steaming impacts it The study compared women who vaginal steamed and women who did not steam days after giving birth and compared multiple health related measurements such as blood pressure, pulse, funda size, waist size, weight, labia damage, lochia, hemorrhoids, uterine contractions and breast pain Fourth Trimester Vaginal Steam Study could only use vaginal birth and not cesarean birth Limitations that impacted Keli and Kimberly's Steam Study Unexpected and expected results of vaginal steaming Connect with Keli Garza and Kimberly Ann Johnson: You can connect with Keli Garza on her Website, and Instagram. You can connect with Kimberly Ann Johnson on her Website, Facebook, Instagram and Email. Resources mentioned: Fourth Trimester Vaginal Steam Study The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions and Restoring Your Vitality The Fifth Vital Sign: Master Your Cycles & Optimize Your Fertility (Book) | Lisa Hendrickson-Jack Fertility Awareness Mastery Charting Workbook Fertility Awareness Mastery Online Self-Study Program Related podcasts & blog posts: FFP 268 | Postpartum Planning | What Really Happens After Birth | Adriana Lozada FFP 243 | The Fourth Trimester | Postpartum Care with Maga Mama | Kimberly Ann Johnson FFP 202 | Vaginal Steaming for Period Problems | Steamy Chick | Keli Garza FFP 195 | Ayurvedic Medicine | Managing The Postpartum Period | Stacy Claxton FFP 087 | Managing the Postpartum Period | Creating a Support System for New Moms | How to Transition Back to Work After Baby | Arianna Taboada FFP 043 | The Role of Birth and Postpartum Doulas in the Birthing Process | Placenta Encapsulation | Fertility Awareness | Sarah Moloney FFP 018 | Arvigo Abdominal Therapy | Vaginal Steaming | Traditional Maya healing for Fertility and Menstrual Cycle Irregularities| Dr Rosita Arvigo Join the community! Find us in the Fertility Friday Facebook Group. Subscribe to the Fertility Friday Podcast in Apple Podcasts! Music Credit: Intro/Outro music Produced by J-Gantic A Special Thank You to Our Show Sponsors: The Fertility Awareness Charting Workbook This episode is sponsored by my new book the Fertility Awareness Mastery Charting. Click here to buy now. Fertility Friday | Fertility Awareness Programs This episode is sponsored by my Fertility Awareness Programs! Master Fertility Awareness and take a deep dive into your cycles and how they relate to your overall health! Click here to apply now!

Join me for a packed conversation with Kimberly Johnson: Vaginapractor, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, Sexological Bodywork and author of The Fourth Trimester.BRAIN JUICE coming your way. We talk about:Her new book that is in the worksHow the trauma recovery world leaves out (re)building healthy sexual expressionHer work in facilitating pelvic mapping sessionsParenting teenagers during COVID19Authenticity in social mediaKimberly is a Sexological Bodyworker, Somatic Experiencing trauma resolution practitioner, Structural Integration bodyworker, yoga teacher trainer, birth doula, and single mom. She specializes in helping women prepare for birth, recover from birth injuries and birth trauma, and heal from sexual trauma. She is the author of The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions and Restoring Your Vitality. Kimberly specializes in helping women heal from birth injuries, birth trauma, and sexual boundary violations. She is the creator of Activate your Inner Jaguar, an online course ushering thousands of women into their full voices and sexual expression and the founder of Magamama.com.Instagram @magamamasSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=21191833&fan_landing=true)

You'll want to take notes during this powerful conversation between Gwen & Kimberly Johnson, founder of the Magamama tribe. In this episode the women dive deep on issues regarding the many facets of women's pelvic health and open the floor to discuss what it means to be a Jaguar, a term that Kimberly has coined to represents a full completion of a healing journey to wholeness as a human. Kimberly is the creator and practitioner of Jaguar Work that guides women to a place beyond where conventional therapy often leads...past the victim stage (where we recognize our trauma) and the survivor stage (where we use our trauma to our benefit)... to a fully embodied and empowered life where our trauma is not the reference point for all that we do. You'll learn how trauma narrows our vision and can lead to a misinterpretation of the world around us and how our bodies are often more trustworthy companions than our minds. You'll also hear how unhealthy use of social media and "over-therapizing" can be detrimental to our social nervous systems. Discover new perspectives that value personal activism as a more effective practice than "self care" and how our culture oversimplifies the vast spectrum of trauma and healing. Be inspired by this vulnerable and eye opening conversation and leave with a future vision of wholeness for ourselves and our children. This discussed this week include: - Women's pelvic health and traumas - The spectrum of trauma that our current culture over-simplifies - How our trauma narrows our vision and delivers un-truths - How our bodies are more trustworthy than our minds - Effects of vaginal steaming/anesthesia/surgery - Benefits of midwives over gynecologists/doctors - Working willingly with menstrual cycles - What it means to have a healthy social nervous system and how it differs for women - The micro-worlds we exist in through social media and their effect on our psyches - How to fully close a healing cycle through body work - Unique rites of passage for men and women Find Kimberly on Instagram at https://instagram.com/magamamas/ Pick up Kimberly's book, The Fourth Trimester, at https://www.magamama.com/the-book Visit Kimberly's website at https://www.magamama.com/ Follow Gwen on Instagram: http://instagram.com/gwendittmar To learn more about Gwen or to be coached on a future podcast episode, go to http://gwendittmar.com Download Gwen's Your Lunar Wisdom guide at https://www.dropbox.com/s/84qdqdp8az4t6g9/Your%20Lunar%20Wisdom-3.pdf?dl=0

As entrepreneurs, we’re often put under pressure to replicate our peers, but that can compromise our focus, authenticity and it can force us into needlessly chasing perfectionism. How do we escape this trap? What is positive polarization, and how can it work to our favor? How can we stay in alignment as our businesses grow? On this episode, founder of Magamama and author of The Fourth Trimester, Kimberly Johnson, shares on running a successful business while staying true to herself.   3 Things We Learned From This Episode Positive polarization  In order for people to resonate with us, we need to be okay with a healthy level of differentiation. This means we will say things some people won’t like, but the things that make us different are what make us stand out to our desired audience.    The specificity of the details we share pulls people in  A lot of people don’t know what specific help they need - they know what they’re feeling but they can’t identify the problem. It is through our content and what we share that they can resonate with us and also identify the areas they need help with.    Don’t be too focused on the perfect routine Life is cyclical, it ebbs and flows and we won’t always be able to have or uphold the same routine. As spiritual entrepreneurs, we’re led by energy, and that often means dealing with chaos. But it is possible to build and run a successful business without being a person with strict routines.   Guest Bio  Kimberly is a birth doula, Sexological Bodyworker and Somatic Experiencing trauma resolution practitioner. She is the founder of Magamama and author of The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions & Restoring Your Vitality.   For more information, and to listen to the podcast, visit https://www.magamama.com/ and find @Magamamas on Facebook and Instagram.  

Join me for an episode full of information profoundly important for all women to hear. I have the privilege of sitting down with Kimberly Ann Johnson, bestselling author and creator of the MagaMama Revolution. Kimberly is a birth doula, a certified Sexological Bodyworker, and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner who specializes in birth injuries, birth trauma, and sexual health . In this episode, we discuss sexual and vaginal health, the results of her latest research study on yoni steaming, nervous system regulation along with orientation towards pleasure in the environment, and the necessary changing roles of sexual education for young women. Links for more information about Kimberly: https://www.magamama.com/ https://www.instagram.com/magamamas/

Keli Garza, Steamy Chick, and Kimberly Johnson, Magamama discuss the results of The Fourth Trimester Vaginal Steam Study results.  We are defining what postpartum recovery looks like. In this podcast we will walk you through the study design- what we did, how we did it, what the results are and what we think the groundbreaking implications of those results mean for future postpartum health and future studies.   

Kimberly is a Sexological Bodyworker, Somatic Experiencing trauma resolution practitioner, birth doula, and single mom. She specializes in helping women prepare for birth, recover from birth injuries and birth trauma, and heal from sexual trauma. She is the founder of Magamama.com, an international holistic women’s health care resource for expectant and new mothers. She is the co-founder of the STREAM School for Pelvic Care, where she trained birth professionals, yoga teachers, somatic therapists, and bodyworkers to help women prepare for birth and recover from birth. She is the author of bestselling The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions and Restoring Your Vitality. In today’s episode we talk about the fourth trimester, and why postpartum care is essential for both mother and baby. Today’s episode is sponsored by The Fifth Vital Sign: Master Your Cycles & Optimize Your Fertility. The Fifth Vital Sign is available for purchase on Amazon, and you can head over to thefifthvitalsignbook.com to download the first chapter for free.

#094 — Trauma, Sex, and Somatic Experiencing: How to Better Understand Birth and the Postpartum Periods It seems obvious that sustaining a wound the size of a dinner plate would merit extensive physical therapy and a long period of rest and healing. But because new mom wounds are unseen, we push ourselves to ‘get back to it’ as soon as possible. And foundational postpartum care (like having someone cook healthy meals or getting regular bodywork) is seen as an unnecessary luxury.  Kimberly Ann Johnson contends that the first six weeks after childbirth are critical to a woman’s long-term health, and the work we do recover from the physical and emotional trauma and connect with our bodies is a necessity—not an indulgence.  Today, Kimberly Ann joins me to talk about the experience of childbirth and the crucial postpartum period. We discuss the online imagery of childbirth and how it differs wildly from the experience itself. Kimberly explains the separation of body and mind in our culture and what we can do to reintegrate the two by getting to know the ‘language of sensation.’ I ask Kimberly Ann about her work as a somatic practitioner and birth doula, and she shares her take on childbirth as the domain of women. Listen in for Kimberly Ann’s insight around how to communicate your needs during childbirth and learn how to get the support you need in the fourth trimester!   FULL SHOW NOTES Get the complete show notes with episode quotes, photos, and time stamps at http://www.startuppregnant.com/094. EPISODE SPONSOR & SPECIAL OFFER  Thank you to the sponsor of this episode: Aeroflow Breastpumps. They are dedicated to making the hassle of getting your breast pump a little bit easier—actually, a lot easier! Head to www.aeroflowbreastpumps.com/startup to have them help you qualify for a free breast pump through insurance. All of our sponsor offers are available on our website for you to grab the perks and discounts offered to podcast listeners: http://startuppregnant.com/sponsors.   LEARN MORE ABOUT KIMBERLY ANN JOHNSON Kimberly Ann Johnson is a birth doula, Sexological Bodyworker, Somatic Experiencing practitioner and postpartum care advocate. She is also the founder of MAGAMAMA, an online community and resource for new moms who want natural empowering solutions to the physical and emotional pain that can accompany childbirth. Kimberly is the cofounder of the STREAM School for Postpartum Care and the author of the groundbreaking book, The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions, and Restoring Your Vitality.  MAGAMAMA Kimberly Ann’s Podcast RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions, and Restoring Your Vitality by Kimberly Ann Johnson Activate Your Inner Jaguar Moshé Feldenkrais Dr. Ida Rolf Institute Wilhelm Reich Dr. Peter Levine Dr. Levine’s Animal Study

Kimberly is a birth doula, sexological bodyworker, somatic experiencing practitioner, postpartum care advocate, and single mom. She is the co-founder of the STREAM School for Postpartum Care, where they train birth professionals, yoga teachers, massage therapists, somatic therapists, midwives, doulas and acupuncturists to help women prepare for and recover from birth. She wrote her first book, The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions, and Restoring Your Vitality, so that new moms don’t have to go through what she went through and instead can have the most radiant and whole postpartum period possible. Follow Kim's journey at Magamama and on Instagram Visit journal.kyoapp.com for full show notes Take our daily reflection app KYŌ for a spin Music: Clouds - Joakim Karud https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9O13PpAoVdI

If you've been thinking about working with a coach around your desire, relationship, body, or shame, I am now accepting new clients and my rates are increasing January 2019. Learn more at dawnserra.com/work-with-me. The Fourth Trimester with Kimberly Ann Johnson Kimberly Ann Johnson is here this week to talk about birth injury and birth trauma, postpartum healing and nurturing, what cultures from around the world do to tend to folks after giving birth, and so much more. We explore changing bodies, cultural myths about "pre-baby body", and sex after baby. We also dive into her work around activating your inner jaguar - which is all about tapping into both prey and predator energy, healthy aggression, and shifting your relationship with anger. As I note in the intro to the episode, most of Kimberly's work is with cis women in heterosexual relationships, so you will hear that in the language she uses throughout. To help supplement that, I want to offer this article in the Advocate, "I'm Pregnant and I'm Not a Woman". Plus, Patreon supporters, this week's bonus chat with Kimberly is FANTASTIC. She talks about sexological bodywork training and how to find a practitioner who meets your needs. We also talk about the myth of the tight vagina and why tightness is actually the last thing we want. We explore sexual pain, why it takes most folks with a vulva 35-45 minutes to become fully aroused, and a few other tidbits. TUNE IN if you support the show at $3/month and above. Hear it all at patreon.com/sgrpodcast Follow Sex Gets Real on Twitter and Facebook. It's true. Oh! And Dawn is on Instagram. About Kimberly Ann Johnson: Kimberly Ann Johnson is a Sexological Bodyworker, Somatic Experiencing trauma resolution practitioner, birth doula, postpartum care revolutionary and single mom. She specializes in helping women hands-on, hands-in prepare for birth, recover from birth injuries and birth trauma, and heal from sexual trauma. She is the author of The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions and Restoring Your Vitality.  You can read more about her work and become a part of the Magamama movement at www.Magamama.com.   Check out the Activate Your Inner Jaguar Course here and follow along on Instagram.  Listen and subscribe to Sex Gets Real Listen and subscribe on iTunes Check us out on Stitcher Don't forget about I Heart Radio's Spreaker Pop over to Google Play Use the player at the top of this page. Now available on Spotify. Search for "sex gets real". Find the Sex Gets Real channel on IHeartRadio. Hearing from you is the best Contact form: Click here (and it's anonymous)

In this special episode of the Magamama podcast, my right-hand woman Lynn Wolfbrandt interviews four women who have taken my course Activate Your Inner Jaguar. They share their experiences in the course, from decreased social anxiety, increased intuition and inner knowing, a more comfortable mindset around chronic illness, more congruence between what they desire and what they experience, and a newfound ability to shift from freeze during sex to a more fulfilling intimate relationship with their partner. We also interviewed the partner of one participant, to hear from him around what changed for him during the course. He experienced a profound shift in relationship and intimacy due to his wife’s experience in Jaguar. Thank you to Alysse and Dan Doty, Susie Connerley, Stephanie Sandleben and Dorie Silverman for your intimate shares. The next round of Activate Your Inner Jaguar begins Tuesday, October 9th. Register at magamama.com/jaguar

Learn about world changing sex and reawakening feminine pleasure with author and 'vaginapractor' Kimberly Ann Johnson. “Get out of the therapy office and get into your bedroom and get really honest and real moment by moment about what’s going on.” - Kimberly Ann Johnson In this episode of #moonwisepodcast, author and ‘vaginapractor’ Kimberly Ann Johnson talks about about the intention and purpose of sex and how we can move beyond physical sex into embodied spiritual sex. Kimberly Ann Johnson is the founder of the holistic women's health collective MagaMama. She serves as a birth doula, a certified sexological bodyworker and somatic experiencing practitioner. After her own birth injury and difficult post-partum period, she studied women’s pelvic health and developed a private practice that has helped hundreds of women around the world to heal from trauma around sex and birth. We talk about the role that shame and guilt play in our cultural programming around sexuality and how we can begin to free ourselves from those harmful messages. Kimberly encourages everyone to slow down during sex. She says that slow sex is radical sex because it allows us to access our transformative potential. She explains, “slowing down is where new possibilities live.” She reminds us that “arousal energy is activation energy. So we have to build our capacity to hold energy.” Instead of focusing on a specific goal around sexual experiences, she urges us to ask, “what am I exploring? What parts of myself do I get to know better through erotic energy?” We also talk about: Alchemical sexual power Authentic communication during sex Self-generated feminine energy Toxic masculinity in men and women Infertility and low libido The #metoo movement Exploratory sex as preparation for childbirth

What Kimberly Shares Her work with sexuality, birth, and the postpartum time How these often misunderstood parts of our lives can lead to our healing and our soul work Practical tools to start exploring these topics in your own life today What You’ll Hear: Kimberly’s perspective on what helps heal us the most The importance of reestablishing connection and trust The fears that can come up around healing and living a life without feeling your trauma Kimberly describes her unique, multifaceted approach to helping women How often the pelvis and genitals go unattended while the rest of our body is cared for How Kimberly models how a great interaction can happen – slowly, narrated, explicitly consensual, and much more Kimberly’s three rules for intimacy How sharing your sexual “code” can build trust What are your absolute no’s and your absolute yes’s? “If meeting someone is A, kissing them is B and D, and penetration is R…what happens between D and R?” Most people are looking for “great sex” but don’t realize that this typical lack in creative, internally generated sexual inquiry is keeping them in their routines Rachael shares a few of her own yes’s and no’s “The reason we come to connection is to heal, that’s the repair.” What Kimberly wished the world knew about the postpartum window The “42 days for 42 years” rule that exists in many cultures and the important standards it sets for postpartum care How Kimberly’s rules for intimacy relate to the postpartum time How the window of time after birth is an entry point into our soul work, and every birth story has wisdom to offer Kimberly’s definition of a physiological birth “If we reclaim birth, as women, the world will change.” The body that comes with you into birth affects the way you give birth – your physical injury history, sexual history, family history, etc How practicing exploratory sex can prepare your body for birth How and why Kimberly and Rachael are cultivating the “108 women” in the world Kimberly shares some of the events, mentors, and teachers in her life that shaped her road toward full sexual expression “It takes the smallest step.” Start simple, start small. How do you know what to ask for? How do you explore your own interoception? Think of a simple checklist of things you like and want to feel Even when it’s heavy, bring some light and joy into your healing process!

Find Evryman on: Website | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter When asked what one thing would she like men to know, author Kimberly Johnson shared "...your arousal is not a problem."  Kimberly Ann Johnson is a Sexological Bodyworker, Somatic Experiencing trauma resolution practitioner, birth doula, and single mom. She specializes in helping women prepare for birth, recover from birth injuries and birth trauma, and heal from sexual trauma.  She is the founder of Magamama.com, an international holistic women's health care resource for expectant and new mothers. She is the author of The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions and Restoring Your Vitality published by Shambhala Press in December 2017. She is the creator of Activate your Inner Jaguar, an online course ushering women into their full voices and self-expression. On this episode Dan and Kimberly discuss how to be better translators of another person, being honest with yourself and your own system, and how sex can benefit your relationship further than the physical aspect.  You can find Kimberly on her website magamama.com, on her Facebook, and on Instagram. Also if you want more of Kimberly in your life she has a MagaMama podcast! Want to give back?  We have a generous donation that we are raffling off to raise money for the Veteran Integration Expedition (August 19 through 26). Help us get these Vets to the City of Bozeman and buy a raffle ticket for a 2018 Kawasaki KLX 140L. You can find all the information and buy a raffle ticket here. All rallied proceeds go toward getting these Veterans here and making sure their experience is impacting and profound. Want to get in a room with us and change your life?  We're returning to the Berkshires December 7-9 for another Open Source Retreat and hosting a MELT Training in Petaluma, California October 5-7. We're almost sold out of spots for the MELT Training. The sign ups are live on our website so get in while you can! Also be sure to subscribe to the Evryman Podcast to stay up to date on our weekly episode. You can find us on most podcast listening sites such as Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, iHeartRadio, and more.

Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Sex. Scar Tissue. Orgasm. Pelvic Floor. Shame. Birth. Vulva. Do these words have any charge for you? If you are like most women, these topics can hold a loaded mix of curiosity, pain, and delight. Kimberly Ann Johnson, author of the recently published book The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions and Restoring Your Vitality, has an incredible gift of breaking down these topics with a wealth of expertise, grace, and grounded-ness that is truly unparalleled . They way Kimberly speaks to all things sex, birth, and women’s health is a breath of real talk fresh air - dialogue that makes you feel safe, enlivened, and deeply relieved all at the same time. It was truly an honor to have Kimberly on the show. She speaks to this important terrain of embodiment for women that is often overlooked, yet incredibly essential.  I hope you enjoy this episode - it’s a life changer. In this episode we discussed: The meaning of the word “Maga” & a new archetype of women How and why sexuality is an integral part of embodiment Why only spiritual framing of sexual trauma doesn’t actually lead us to full healing, integration, & embodiment The normalcy of emotion in orgasm What uninhibited sexuality and birth can look like & give us Why post birth injuries & sexual challenges aren’t a life sentence First step to unraveling shame with our sexuality The polarization of the vagina as the mundane, most normal human experience AND also the most powerful sacred part of life. Kimberly’s journey of healing her postpartum scar tissue & prolapse after the birth of her daughter The role of scar tissue in postpartum health & healing The important role of predator energy in our nervous system Kimberly’s response to the metoo movement RESOURCES website: http://www.magamama.com instagram: @magamamas Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kimberly.johnson.796   ABOUT KIMBERLY Kimberly Ann Johnson is the founder of Magamama.com, an international holistic women’s health care resource for expectant and new mothers. She is the co-founder of the STREAM School for Postpartum Care, where she trains birth professionals, yoga teachers, somatic therapists, and bodyworkers to help women prepare for birth and recover from birth. She conducts workshops and trainings internationally and online, teaching thousands of women and birth professionals about postpartum care, self-care for new mothers, and sexual health. She is the author of The Fourth Trimester, A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions and Restoring Your Vitality.   +++ SHARE THE MEDICINE WITH YOUR SISTERS +++ If you were served by this episode, please share with your tribe, subscribe, and leave a rating or review by clicking HERE   +++ CONTRIBUTE +++ Embodied Empowered Engaged is a one woman show. Yup, every part of the process from the recording, editing, building, and uploading is a free offering & labor of love directly from my heart. If you feel inspired to support the cause, you can send a financial contribution HERE  

In this episode, Dr. Elana interviews Kimberly Ann Johnson who is a sexological bodyworker and somatic experience practitioner. Kimberly shares how she helps her clients transform and redefine the meaning of sex. She discusses female orgasm and the benefits of slowing down, strategies for overcoming emotional and physical blocks from past traumas, and so much more!  Topics Discussed: What a sexological bodyworker and somatic experience practitioner does Scar tissue remediation Healing after sexual trauma Understanding vaginal anatomy Why slower sex is better Female orgasms Redefining the meaning of sex And more! Kimberly Ann Johnson's Bio  Kimberly Ann Johnson is the founder of Magamama.com, an international holistic women’s health care resource for expectant and new mothers. She is the co-founder of the STREAM School for Postpartum Care, where she trains birth professionals, yoga teachers, somatic therapists, and bodyworkers to help women prepare for birth and recover from birth. She conducts workshops and trainings internationally and online, teaching thousands of women and birth professionals about postpartum care, self-care for new mothers, and sexual health. She is the author of The Fourth Trimester, A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions and Restoring Your Vitality. Enjoy the listen! Click here to listen or find the podcast on iTunes or Stitcher! Shownotes: Kimberly's Website Magamama  The Fourth Trimester - Kimberly's Book on Postpartum Healing The Fourth Trimester Book Video Trailer Scar Tissue Remediation Women's Anatomy of Power by Sheri Winston Nourish Kids Medicine Kit and Ebook Steph’s Healthy Mama, Happy Baby Virtual Pregnancy Handbook Dr. Elana’s Medical Center: Nourish Medical Center   Disclaimer Please remember that the views on this podcast and website are not meant to be substituted for medical advice, shouldn’t be used to diagnose, treat or cure any conditions, and are intended for general information purposes only.

I serendipitously met Kimberly Johnson founder of Magamama at an event this fall in NYC where she was speaking. Her talk was brief yet I walked away massively inspired and her content stuck with me long after that interaction. I instantly knew I wanted to work with her one-on-one and have her on the podcast. On her recent trip to New York this winter I had a session with her, which was eye opening. After experiencing her work first hand, I sat down with her the next day to record this conversation where we spoke about everything from how she got into this work as a “Vagina proctor,” to the Me Too Movement to slowing down sex, painful sex, communication in sex, to pregnancy, birth healing, and her new book The Fourth Trimester, and much more. Notes from the Show:- Kimberly on The Web | Facebook | Instagram- her book "The Fourth Trimester"Cool Things to Check-Out:-Interested in learning how to launch your own podcast? I'm gaging interest for podcast advising + perhaps eventually an online course down the line. Email us to let us know if you're interested.-Sign-up for my newsletter to get updates on where I'll be and what I'm loving!-Join the listener Facebook Group-Get my book Let It Out: A Journey Through Journaling — Show Sponsors — Have you ever tried on a million bras and still haven’t found the perfect fit? Third Love is your solution! ThirdLove offers a personalized online bra service that is simple and easy to use and ships you bras directly to your home that are the perfect fit and super comfortable to wear (they are also super sleek and beautiful). It starts with a quick online quiz that helps define what fit and style match exactly what you need and are looking for. After that they will ship your bras to you so you can try them on in the comfort of your own home (you know how much I hate fitting rooms). And, if you don’t love the bras they sent, returns and exchanges are always easy and free. They are the only company that has half cup sizes and they have over 60 sizes they’ve formulated from thousands of real women’s measurements. I love them, and I know you will too!Head over to www.ThirdLove.com/LetItOut for 15% off your first purchase. You guys know what time of year it is. Tax time. Not my favorite things to do. Which is why I love Freshbooks.  Of all the things I've tried out there I've found that using Freshbooks is the simplest way to be more productive and organized with business accounting and finances.  Plus, they have tons of new features they've recently added to the software and customer support is always available and friendly when I need it.  Getting started with Freshbooks is extremely simple, even if you’re not a numbers person... actually especially​ if you’re not a numbers person. Remember guys: keeping on top of finances creates more room for abundance!Get a 30 day, unrestricted free trial by going to www.FreshBooks.com/LetItOut ​and entering LET IT OUT ​in the “How Did You Hear About Us?” section.

Today’s show is super juicy, super uncomfortable to talk about yet super important to talk about! We are talking about post-partum. More specifically postpartum sex! Remember yourself in the bedroom (or anywhere else for that matter) before having kids? Remember how wild and free you were? How you always found the time and energy to be intimate, how quickly and easily you got turned on? Remember the smell of your partner and how madly in love you felt after being intimate? I get goosebumps thinking back and recalling how different things were before kids came into the picture. For me, after three vaginal births (and three extra mouths to feed) things are much different now. Now we pretty much have to schedule a time in our calendars to make it happen, otherwise, there is just no time! With three young kids, sex is sort of like a chore or a to do. Now by the time kids go to bed we are exhausted and prioritize sleep over sex. After kids, I feel like we, women, sort of feel like we do our partners a HUGE favor for being intimate? Now your desire and passion for sex are not as acute as it used to be. Your hormones have changed, you have changed, your partner have changed and now is the time to go through the process, I call “adulting” which is when you realize that, although things are different now, you can still experience joy, ecstasy, pleasure and yes orgasm like a virgin! You probably won’t be able to scream like a virgin, so go ahead put a hand on your mouth, do it in the basement, laundry room or simply wait for kids to be at school, but for the love of God do not give up on sex! It is such an important and crucial piece of your mental, emotional and physical health! Today on the show I am talking with Kimberly Johnson, who is a certified Sexological Bodyworker, Somatic Experiencing practitioner, doula, post-partum recovery specialist and retired yoga teacher. She has taught workshops on the intersection of women’s sexuality and spirituality throughout Brazil, Portugal, and the United States. She is the author of the book “The Fourth Trimester: A post parturm guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions and Restoring Your Vitality.” She specializes in birth injury, birth trauma, and sexual healing and currently works in private practice in Solana Beach, California. Here’s what we covered on the show: Kimberly’s story and how she healed herself from a pelvic prolapse after birthing her daughter The definition of ‘sexological bodywork’ and why is it helpful for women who have experienced birth trauma The definition of a ‘somatic experiencing’ and how she uses her training to help women post-partum How to prepare for sex postpartum so both sides don’t feel disappointment? The importance of learning to orgasm from a place of connection. Nutrients and supplements to support healing post-partum. Show Notes magamama.com The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions, and Restoring Your Vitality Forging a Feminine Path: Women’s Sexuality and Spirituality Get Your Free Audio Guide for Truly Effective Kegels  

In this episode, we explore healing our bodies and our minds through the uncharted territory that is a woman’s vagina. Guest, Kimberly Johnson, shares how she empowers herself and others to become physically, spiritually, emotionally, and sexually aware of their wants and needs during postpartum and offers empowerment tips for women who want to gain intimacy in their sexual relationships. After giving birth, Kimberly was told she would need full surgical pelvic reconstruction to heal her pelvic floor. In addition, she had vaginal soreness, hemorrhoids, and lower back pain. Her attempts to gather information about healing herself by way of search engines and forums led her to unfriendly places. A turning point in her healing process came when she met a woman who practiced sexological bodywork. After three sessions of an integrated practice of hands-on work and nervous system tracking Kimberly started to heal in both body and mind. The positive experience led her to investigate and study a mother’s physiological and emotional needs after birth and Somatic Experience Trauma Resolution Therapy.   In This Episode: ● Having conversations to create trust ● How to say what you want ● Removing blame and shame from intimacy ● What can trigger trauma ● How to reclaim your sex life after birth ● Being responsible for your own orgasm ● Finding a safe and supportive place to share anxieties ● The universal postpartum needs of every mother ● Bringing power back to your body   Show Notes: MAGAMAMA The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions and Restoring your Vitality, by Kimberly Ann Johnson Scar Tissue Remediation Wild Feminine Trauma Healing Pam England Birth Story Course  

Guest: Kimberly Johnson is a Somatic Experiencing trauma resolution practitioner, Certified Sexological Bodyworker, doula, postpartum care advocate and single mom. She is also the author of The Fourth Trimester: A New Mother’s Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions, and Restoring Your Vitality. In this episode, we will cover: The common misconceptions of how the postpartum period should be for a new mom and what the reality is What the "elephant in the room" is for new parents and how to handle it best How to set yourself up for a postpartum time that is healing, supportive and enjoyable Resources mentioned in the conversation: Kimberly's website: www.MagaMama.com  to get her book, The Fourth Trimester on Amazon About Kimberly Johnson: Kimberly Ann Johnson is a Somatic Experiencing trauma resolution practitioner, Certified Sexological Bodyworker, doula, postpartum care advocate and single mom. She works at the intersection of birth, sex, and trauma, specializing in birth injuries, birth trauma, and sexual healing. She created a process called the Birth Rehearsal to help women somatically prepare for birth. She is the author of the from Shambhala Publications: The Fourth Trimester: A New Mother’s Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions, and Restoring Your Vitality. Through Sexological Bodywork, hands-on hands-in work, together with SE and Birth Story medicine, she helps women find full health and recovery during postpartum in body, mind, emotions, sexuality and spirituality. She helps women discover their new identities as mothers.

Hunter talks to Kimberly Johnson about healing, balancing and restoring post-childbirth. Hunter's big takeaways from this episode: There are big problems with the way we handle birth and the post-partum period that are leading to long-term problems for moms. We have unrealistic expectations about 4th trimester; healing is slow. We treat it like it's any other time. We don't understand that there are specific needs. There are 5 universal needs and these are necessities not luxuries: Rest - deep, extended rest 30-45 days lying in period Nourishing food Loving touch Companionship of wise women Contact with nature Click here to see the show notes and leave your comments! Kimberly Johnson is a birth doula, Somatic Experiencing practitioner, Sexological Bodyworker, postpartum advocate and single mom. She is the author of the new book, The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions, and Restoring your Vitality. Find out more about Kim at WildFeminine.com and Magamama.com ABOUT HUNTER CLARKE-FIELDS: Hunter Clarke-Fields is a mindfulness mama mentor. She coaches overstressed moms on how to cultivate mindfulness in their daily lives. Hunter is a certified Parent Effectiveness Training teacher and has over 20 years of experience in yoga & mindfulness practices. She has taught thousands worldwide. Hunter is the creator of the Mindful Parenting course. Download the audio training, Mindfulness For Moms (The Superpower You Need) for free! It's at mindfulmomguide.com. Find more podcasts, blog posts, free resources, and how to work with Hunter at MindfulMamaMentor.com.

Tema Mercado is a Xicana mother of five children, wife and licensed midwife. I asked her to be on the Magamama podcast because I have had the privilege of watching her practice midwifery. I wanted to ask her about her dual practice in Tijuana and San Diego, to hear about how the birth center project in Tijuana is going, and also to talk about cultural appropriation in the birth community. I wanted to open dialogue for her concerns and desires for how we use the ancient technology in modern times, while being respectful.   In this episode Tema shares: The differences between doulas, homebirth midwives, and certified nurse midwives How she found creative ways to provide health care to Haitian migrants in Mexico Thoughts on using ancient technology in modern culture Tema shares what adequate postpartum care looks like   What you’ll hear: The realization of what Tema witnessed daily as a rape advocate and midwife (3:45) What midwives take on that doulas don’t (8:00) The three different types of midwives (13:00) The “Casa de La Salud” birth center (16:00) Tema’s main goals of helping the Haitian migrants (20:00) Getting creative to provide prenatal care for Haitian migrants (25:00) The paradigm shift in Mexican birth culture throughout the years (30:00) The hypocrisy of the ancient technology being used today (37:00) Tema shares how she creates her postpartum practices and courses for new moms (43:00) Casa de la Salud birth center in Tijuana and the need for midwives in Mexico (50:00)   To contribute to the Birth Center: https://www.youcaring.com/biancatemamercado-949385?fb_action_ids=10155176992783068&fb_action_types=youcaringcom%3Adonate To contribute to the Amazon wish list: http://www.lamatrizbirth.com/parteras-fronterizas/

Could opening up a conversation about sex after birth be the first step towards healing? Kimberly Johnson believes so and is on a mission to help women reconnect with their sexuality and heal themselves after giving birth. Over nine years ago, Kimberly gave birth and was left with severe tearing in her pelvic floor, constant low ... The post Sex & Healing After Birth with Magamama founder Kimberly Johnson appeared first on Expectful.

In this Magamama episode, Kristen Hauser we talk about the choices she made in her recent birth experience and why she trusted her instinct to choose this route; how it truly takes a village and how important the healing experience is. We also discuss Chinese medicine and postpartum care. She also shares her own unexpected difficulty with breastfeeding after an ecstatic birth experience. Kristin is a Licensed Acupuncturist, herbalist, birth doula, sex educator and yoga teacher. She offers holistic healthcare and mentoring for women at various stages of life to understand and partner with their fertility cycle, improve their hormonal health and own their unique, intuitive expression. She is passionate about guiding women through the transformational period surrounding childbirth and supporting women to revive the sacred connection between the heart and the womb. Kristin Hauser is devoted to helping women awaken to their inner resources, embodied wisdom and creative potential. Weaving ancient wisdom and modern understanding, she helps women address physical health challenges, while integrating deeper layers for spiritual growth and emotional well-being. Her work is inspired by years of self-inquiry, rigorous study and practice. She has traversed many common women's health challenges and traveled to various corners of the world as an avid seeker of new ways of being wild, embodied and wise. Kristin believes that together we can shift the paradigm around women’s health care, feminine sexuality and empowered expression. In this episode Kristin shares: About how the fertlized egg was influenced by experiences and nutrition prior to conception primarily in the three months leading up to it, and why conscious conception is important Birthing out of the medical model She shares her personal birth experience How Chinese medicine views birth Hiring a Doula postpartum What you’ll hear: Conscious conception - (2:30) Trusting your own decisions - Midwives, Doulas, Western Medicine and personal preference (7:30) Kristen shares her personal birth experience – (12:00) Feelings and transitions after labor (24:00) Life force energy and Chi (29:00) Recovering jing and chi in Chinese medicine (35:00) Opportunity to reset and rebuild and creating something new in your constitution (38:00) The first 40 days postpartum (40:00) You can never have enough support (52:00) The breastfeeding journey (56:00) Compassionate decisions for you, family and baby (1:00.00)   Find Kristin here: Websites: www.healingiswithin.us, www.wombmedicine.com FB page: https://www.facebook.com/healingiswithinus/ Instagram @kristinhauser

Magamama interviews Layla Centorrino-- a teacher and practitioner for over thirty years including work such as transformational bodywork, counselor, yoga, colon hydrotherapy, shamanism, energy medicine, and psychic clairvoyance.  She is the owner of The Artemis Woman. She is the creator of Conscious Coupling and Uncoupling process, creator and doula of conscious baby-making. Layla Centorrino is a seasoned wise-woman guide who tracks and accesses information and understanding, helps open blocked channels, heals unseen wounds, and clears or leverages epigenetic and ancestral influences.  As an Artemis Woman, she honors and embraces the deeper mysteries and cycles as a natural part of her intuitive brilliance, wisdom and connection.  Her work illuminates and empowers you to navigate life’s transformational transitions with ease. It cultivates lasting alignment with your internal rhythm, compass and divine callings so you can live life on your terms.  In her decades of personal training, cultivation, private practice and group work she has gathered an amazing magical bag of tools and modalities on all levels: physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and energetic.  She holds a sacred container for your safety and growth.  She remains conscious of your and with you as you work together, whether it is within a group setting or a long-term relationship as your private mentor.  The presence and support she brings serves as a reminder and reflection of your greatness.   What You'll Hear: Are the energetic systems of men and women distinct? (1:00) What happens on an energetic level when women become mothers? (2:00) How does my energy now look after childbirth- what happens to the energy system when birth interventions happen? (4:00) How to understand the difference between the root chakra and pelvis, and how they work together (5:00) Preparing your psyche for the baby to be outside of you (9:00) How do you prepare your home, your relationship, finances, and food for the transition of your psyche to become a mother? (11:20) Allowing yourself to close the chakras and re-setting in a new place (20:00) How long does the postpartum experience last on an energetic level? (31:00) Why staying connected energetically is so important to babies’ health (33:00) What can women as new moms do for themselves to reseal their energy and create sovereignty? (39:00) Connect with Layla Centorrino at www.theartemiswoman.com

EP2: Tobin Zivon on Relationship and Intimacy Games Tobin Zivon is a longtime friend and soul ally of mine. He is also an accomplished spiritual teacher and counselor, and a man I trust to share the masculine perspective with the Magamama community.  He authored the Art of Mindful Living: You Can’t Stop the Waves, But You Can Learn To Surf, and has been teaching groups, couples and individuals for over 18 years. His brilliance shines most brightly when working with men, women and couples in the realms of love, intimacy and sacred sexuality. For over two-and-a-half decades, Tobin has been wholeheartedly dedicated to spiritual awakening and to serving others in the flowering of their highest potential. His extensive training includes 6 years in a Zen Center, 12 years in the Ridhwan School (under the direction of AH Almaas), a three-year apprenticeship one of the most transpersonal psychotherapists in America, five years with Adyashanti, and a teacher training program with the South African Tantra teacher Shakti Malan. This episode is for those of you who are in a rut, who are bored with the sex you are having, who feel like things have become boring or routine. You love your partner. It may have been great at some point, or maybe you married someone that you never had amazing chemistry with, but you are just not sure how to get things more spicy and interesting. I have to say that as deep and wise as Tobin is, these kind of intimacy hacks might be his untapped specialty. What You’ll Hear: What do you do when you’re not having the sex that you want to have? (3:30) Separate requests from judgment or shaming (7:00) What happens if you don’t know what you want? (19:00) Organismic field of present desire (24:00) “Small audio problem (26:30)” Great lovers know how to ask great questions (27:00) Habitual patterns and playfulness and curiosity (29:00) What does a man really need from a woman? (33:00) www.Tobinzivon.com

In this inaugural episode of the Magamama podcast, Kimberly Ann Johnson is joined by Christiane Pelmas who shares her wisdom as a psychotherapist, Sexological Bodyworker, wise woman, author and mother. She tells me just before the episode that she is not interested in being interviewed. She's interested in co-created conversation. Nevertheless, she is a truth teller and culture maker.  She elucidates the difference between codependence and interdependence, and how care-taking can be a form of violence. She describes herself as an "essentialist" and how she sees gendering as a coexisting part of that. She talks about the forgotten role of mother as a soul guide.  What you’ll hear: The difference of co dependence and interdependence (1:30) How do you feel that difference between codependence or interdependence (6:30) Compulsory discomfort! (12:00) Culture and codependence (15:00) Masculine vs. feminine, modern culture and essentials (26:30) Thoughts and personal vision on modern culture and the impact on mothering (41:00) Worrying about children and emotional intelligence (45:00) A different role for mothers which is not taught in this culture – Soul Guide (50:00) Her website is www.TheReWilding.com You can find her books here: Women’s Wisdom Guidebook & Card Deck Trauma, A Practical Guide to Working with Body and Soul Somatic Sexwork Anthology

Guest: Kimberly Johnson is a Somatic Experiencing trauma resolution practitioner, Certified Sexological Bodyworker, doula, postpartum care advocate and single mom. In this episode, we will cover: Why sex changes so much after baby arrives and how to redefine it for yourself and for partner so you're both happy the relationship between sex, connection and intimacy - how they are related and how they are different and what it means to your new sex life the 3 components that any conversation with your partner about sex must have in order for it to go the way you want it Resources mentioned in the conversation: Kimberly's website: www.MagaMama.com  About Kimberly Johnson: Kimberly Ann Johnson is a Somatic Experiencing trauma resolution practitioner, Certified Sexological Bodyworker, doula, postpartum care advocate and single mom. She works at the intersection of birth, sex, and trauma, specializing in birth injuries, birth trauma, and sexual healing. She created a process called the Birth Rehearsal to help women somatically prepare for birth. She is the author of the upcoming book from Shambhala Publications: The Fourth Trimester: A New Mother’s Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions, and Restoring Your Vitality, that will be released in November 2017. Through Sexological Bodywork, hands-on hands-in work, together with SE and Birth Story medicine, she helps women find full health and recovery during postpartum in body, mind, emotions, sexuality and spirituality. She helps women discover their new identities as mothers.

Today was such a great conversation with Kimberly Johnson of Magamama.  I had heard Kimberly speak on another podcast and I loved her shared passion for helping and supporting new moms, so I knew I had to have her on!  Kimberly is a yogini nomad, bodyworker, doula, postpartum women's health specialist, and single mom to 8 year old, Cecilia. She is the creator of Magamama. Magamama is a community and resource hub for new moms who want natural, empowering solutions to the physical pain and emotional madness that can accompany childbirth.  In her episode we chat about: Her experience giving birth to her daughter in Rio de janeiro Her experience with a severe birth injury and how hard it was to find the help she needed How she traveled the world to find out how other cultures approached postpartum The meaning of "Magamama" How we need to flip the script on the idea of women having "low libido"  How we as women never seem to put ourselves first How trauma is "too big of an experience for your nervous system to digest" The importance of a Postpartum Plan How to find practitioners that specialize in this sort of postpartum recovery help. Check out Bellies Inc, Wild Feminine. The Closing of the Bones ceremony within Mexican culture And more! This episode of the postpartum Podcast is sponsored by ICON UNDIES. Did you know that 1 in 3 women experience little bladder leaks when they run, jump, sneeze, or laugh? This is especially true for new moms. But because of Icon, You don't have to worry!  Their undies feel like a regular, beautiful pair of underwear, but can hold up to 6 teaspoons of liquid without the bulky, bunchy plasticy feel of a pantyliner.  Icon is also offering listeners of the podcast $5 off your order with code postpartum at checkout.  *** As always, please consider subscribing and leaving a review on iTunes here. Your reviews really help the show out because they allow it to be more visible so that we can reach more moms.  Do you shop on Amazon?  Use this link and do your shopping as you always would and the show will get a teeny tiny kickback.  The podcast is also sponsored by Audible.com.  To get your FREE audiobook and 30-day trial, please go tohttp://www.audibletrial.com/postpartum    You can also support the show by becoming a patron on Patreon.  No donation is too small, for as little as $1 per episode, you can make a huge difference for the show.  Click here to learn more.  Thank you SO much for your support!  

Guest: Kimberly Johnson, certified Sexological Bodyworker, Somatic Experiencing practitioner, mother, doula, Rolfer and yoga teacher. In this episode, we will cover: What Moms really say about their desire for sex after the baby is born How understanding what Mom needs in the post-partum window helps Dad get what he needs More than making "Date Night" happen - simple ways to reestablish intimacy in your relationship now that you're parents together Resources mentioned in the conversation: Kimberly's website: www.MagaMama.com  Bio: About Kimberly Johnson Kimberly Johnson is a Certified Sexological Bodyworker and near-certified Somatic Experiencing practitioner. She is also a single mom, doula, Rolfer and yoga teacher. She leads workshops internationally and virtually on the intersection of women's sexuality and spirituality as well as holistic post-partum healing. After living in Brazil for eight years, she now resides in San Diego, CA where she has a private practice, specializing in birth injury, birth trauma, and sexual healing.

Guest: Kimberly Johnson, certified Sexological Bodyworker, Somatic Experiencing practitioner, mother, doula, Rolfer and yoga teacher. In this episode, we will cover: What the common post partum symptoms you might be experiencing that are due to unhealthy scar tissue in your abdomen or pelvic floor What the difference is between scars and adhesions and why it's so important to post partum recovery What "vaginal mapping" is and how it can help prevent birth injury and accelerate post partum recovery Resources mentioned in the conversation: www.MagaMama.com www.ScarTissueRemediation.com  So You Have Prolapse...Now What? - step-by-step guide by Kimberly Trail Guide to the Pelvic Floor - opt in at the bottom of her webpage Bio: About Kimberly Johnson Kimberly Johnson is a Certified Sexological Bodyworker and near-certified Somatic Experiencing practitioner. She is also a single mom, doula, Rolfer and yoga teacher. She leads workshops internationally and virtually on the intersection of women's sexuality and spirituality as well as holistic post-partum healing. After living in Brazil for eight years, she now resides in San Diego, CA where she has a private practice, specializing in birth injury, birth trauma, and sexual healing.

Today we talk about the role of motherhood on the spiritual path with Kimberly Ann Johnson, founder of Magamama, a community and resource hub for new moms who want natural empowering solutions to the challenges that can accompany childbirth. Kimberly speaks with immense passion about motherhood and the importance of ritual along the path. What are some of the biggest challenges that face new mothers? What is circle practice and how can it help shift how we experience parenthood, personally and as a community? How can we support new mothers? We'll explore these questions and a lot more... Special Guest: Kimberly Ann Johnson www.magamama.com Hosted by: Ashton Szabo Sound Engineer: Zach Cooper Produced by: Benn Mendelson www.sivanaspirit.com

Kimberly Johnson is a yoga teacher trainer, Rolfer, women's health care advocate, mother, and doula. Much of her most recent work focuses on postpartum care. She's the author of the soon-to-be released book, The Fourth Trimester: A New Mother's Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions, and Restoring Your Vitality. Motherhood is more complex than ever with women attempting to juggle career, family, and their own health often without the support of family or community that has been so much a part of the human experience up until recent times. To make things more challenging, pop-health images of pregnant moms with their baby bumps dead-lifting huge weight or doing handstands on the beach only add to the pressures on moms to try to be everything. On this week's Yoga Talk Show, Kimberly Johnson shares her personal and professional experience working with both expecting moms and new moms on their own health. ---------------- Listen & Learn: Why WHO research suggests a 8-12% C-section rate to be appropriate while USA has 32% rate and countries like China and Brazil have rates as high as 80% Why postpartum care is practically non-existent How rest is the secret ingredient missing from pre- and post-partum care How it came to be that non-mothers have become authorities on yoga for pregnancy Simple self-care and mindset shifts for mums-to-be and moms today Yoga Practice Tip of the Week: How to: Box Splits Links & References from the Show: You can find her work online at: www.KajYoga.com or www.Magamama.com Got Questions? Write to us podcast@yogabody.com Thanks to our sponsor: Yoga Trapeze Teachers Course, Yoga Teachers College and New Year's Retreat: Your Best Year Ever! First Ever Yoga Trapeze Teachers Training Course in Barcelona! The Yoga Teachers College combines new technology and age-old apprenticeship to deliver a level of education previously unavailable anywhere. We train students not just teach, but to become local business leaders in the mind-body wellness industry Now accepting applications: www.YogaTeachersCollege.com

Kimberly Ann Johnson is a dear friend and colleague, and she has been an expander and inspiration for me ever since inviting me to be on her podcast! I joined her just four days before I gave birth to Goldy Wolf, and I was in the “birth zone” so I loved sharing what it was like to be in that portal and what my hopes and dreams were for my birth (spoiler: they came true!). That was my first ever podcast interview, so really, you can think of Kimberly as my “podcast mom!” Kimberly is a Sexological Bodyworker, a Somatic Experiencing trauma resolution practitioner, a birth doula, and a single mom. She specializes in helping women prepare for birth, recover from birth injuries and birth trauma, and heal from sexual trauma. She is the author of the bestselling book The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions and Restoring Your Vitality, an incredible book that I recommend to any new mom or mom-to-be! She is also the creator of Activate Your Inner Jaguar, an online course ushering women into their full voices and sexual expression. To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit: http://motherthemother.com Resources: Learn more at (https://www.magamama.com/) IG : @magamamas Podcast: MagaMama with Kimberly Ann Johnson Read: The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions and Restoring Your Vitality Mother the Mother is a production of Crate Media