Online Acupressure Services
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Virtual Labour Prep Acupressure and Virtual Breech Protocol Instruction appointments available online by our registered Acupuncturist. Secure and HIPAA-compliant online sessions in the comfort of your home. Yoga Mamas' virtual wellness appointments are built within a secure infrastructure and are designed from the ground up to be secure. All data is encrypted in transit, and nothing is ever recorded or stored. All Toronto Yoga Mamas Acupressure Services are performed by a Registered Acupuncturist, which may be eligible for coverage under your health care benefits. |
Online Acupressure Appointments with Registered Acupuncturist Heather Rule
About Virtual Acupressure Appointments
- Your privacy is important to us. We use encrypted software to keep your acupressure appointments confidential.
- Your online acupressure appointments are done though video utilizing a seamless secure platform.
- You can connect to your online acupressure appointment via desktop. Mobile and tablet use not yet supported.
- You can schedule your online acupressure appointments with the same ease and convenience that you schedule your in-clinic appointments.
Why You Should Make An Online Acupressure Appointment
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Turning A Breech Baby - Breech Position Protocol
Traditional Chinese Medicine has a reliable and non-invasive approach to helping turn breech babies starting from 32 weeks of pregnancy. During this virtual appointment you will be guided on how to do a simple technique using moxibustion, which is a Chinese herb that is burned over a specific acupuncture point, to encourage your baby to turn.
This appointment will also include instruction on supplementary acupressure points suited to your individual constitution. You will be sent an instructional handout and linked to where you can purchase the moxibustion sticks you will need for this protocol. |
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Labour Preparation
Acupressure is an easy to use, non-invasive way to prepare the body for labour and promote natural pain management during childbirth.
In this virtual appointment our registered acupuncturist will guide you and your partner through acupressure points to support you in in the last weeks of your pregnancy to help prepare your body for labour. You and your partner will learn how to use acupressure points for helping baby get into a good position, soften the cervix, and gradually stimulate the uterus in simple daily routines you can do from the comfort of your own home. |
Instruction on supplementary points to calm the mind will be included as well points to address any other specific concerns you may have. Dietary suggestions will be made based on your individual constitution to support you in your last weeks of pregnancy and aid with postpartum recovery. This virtual appointment is best suited for people who are 36 weeks or later in their pregnancies. Mamas can attend themselves or include and a support person or partner who will be doing the acupressure.
ONLINE Free Workshop: Acupressure For Labour
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Friday April 5, 2020 5PM - 6PM
Acupressure is an easy to use, non-invasive way to promote natural pain management during childbirth. During this virtual workshop you (and your birth support person) will learn simple and very effective techniques to help manage labour. Acupressure can help with induction, dilation, pain relief, retained placenta and milk' let down'. Points assist in calming the mind during labour, encourage regular and effective contractions, helping labour to progress if slowed or stopped. No previous experience required, acupressure is simply applying pressure to a specific point location. You don’t need to know any anatomy or be an accomplished massage therapist to be effective. In this online workshop you will learn how to find and activate specific acupressure points to literally halve the intensity of your partner's contractions and will feel empowered to support your partner through labour. Digital handouts will be provided. This workshop led by Yoga Mamas Acupuncturist Heather Rule. With a background in Gender Studies, and a love of hands-on, practical, and creative work, Heather Rule R.Ac has been focused on the study of reproductive health and pregnancy throughout her education in Traditional Chinese Medicine. |
OUR REGISTERED ACUPUNCTURIST
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Heather Rule, R.Ac.
With a background in Gender Studies, and a love of hands-on, practical, and creative work, Heather Rule R.Ac has been focused on the study of reproductive health and pregnancy throughout her education in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Completing two clinical intensives in the labour and delivery ward at Lutheran Medical Centre in Brooklyn NY with Claudia Citkovitz L.Ac PhD, and taking courses with experts in the field of obstetric acupuncture such as Debra Betts PhD, Heather has been inspired by how acupuncture and traditional Chinese Medicine can benefit pregnancy and labour outcomes. She is excited to continue to learn, grow, and collaborate with Toronto’s birthing community to make acupuncture for pregnancy and birth a common and accessible practice. |
