Andrea Dixon, Yoga Instructor, Doula, & Health Coach

22/01/2016

Do you want to expand your offerings to pregnant women? My preantal yoga teacher training starts in less than a month! Spread the word, there are still a few spaces left!

11/09/2015

I am always in awe of how babies grow - and fit! - inside their mamas. Our bodies - and our babies - are amazing!!

A birth photographer has captured photos of newborns in the foetal position just moments after they have entered the world. Marry Fermont, 35, from Holland, said the photos give new parents an insi

31/08/2015

I'm focusing a lot on reducing my cortisol (stress hormone) levels these days! Here's a great pose, and a startling fact about women and their stress hormones!! Check it out....

19/08/2015

This is a beautiful illustration of how our breath effects health throughout our whole body. Check it out, its short and just lovely! Thanks to Winter Brown for sharing, so excited for her workshop on TLC for the Pelvic Floor at Blue Point Yoga this weekend!

La Respiration Totale, nous la connaissons pour lavoir pratiquée de zéro à deux ans. Le diaphragme thoracique descend lors de linspiration et remonte lors de...

17/08/2015

My friend and colleague Elizabeth Johnson still has a spot or 2 left in this group, which starts Thursday! She is amazing and this group is a fantastic opportunity!!

Do you live ? I help busy women feel and act more confident in the large and small moments of their life.

28/05/2015

Just Breathe, whatever your age :)

We all live, first and foremost, on the inside of our human bodies. But that doesn't mean that rich inner life we all have doesn't project itself outward into the everyday world. Quite the opposite: our emotional responses are hard to navigate at any age. Figuring out how and what you are physically…

01/05/2015

Spreading the word about this awesome event... a scrumptious day of yoga and exciting prizes! All in aid of protecting human rights and comprehensive reproductive healthcare access for all! What more could you want from a Sunday?

See the Eventbrite page for details and tickets:

*If you are not able to attend but still would like to support the Yogathon and reproductive justice, please consider making a donation on the Eventbrite page. Our beneficiary is NARAL pro-choice NC Foundation. This is a not-for-profit event.*

http://www.eventbrite.com/e/flow-for-choice-yogathon-a-celebration-of-bodily-autonomy-tickets-16151429360?aff=es2

ABOUT FLOW-FOR-CHOICE YOGATHON What is Vinyasa Yoga? Vinyasa yoga is the whole-body equivalent of chocolate. This highly versatile form of yoga focuses on fluid pose sequences and linking movement to breath. Depending on what your body desires, a Vinyasa sequence can be revved up into a powerful wor…

23/04/2015

Interested in birth or postpartum doulas? Here's a great list of questions to ask, by way of the amazing Ashley Collins of Little Bee Birth Partner (and a fellow Bull City Doula Collective member!) We're hosting a Doula Speed Dating event on Sunday, I'll post that info next!

Hiring a doula is a decision that comes from your gut. You'll be spending very intimate time with this person, so be sure you're comfortable around them.

21/04/2015

Check out my colleague and fellow Bull City Doula in the news! Suzanne Lee is amazing!

Most people are familiar with birth doulas, who help an expecting mom before, during and just after the labor and delivery period. Postpartum doulas focus on the first three months after the birth.

07/04/2015

YES! "People are discovering again that yoga is not necessarily something you do to yourself so much as something you do with yourself."

On the outskirts of the last decade, a small and humble minority has been pushing back against the pumped up power craze that swept through the nineties, and still largely has a hold on modern postural yoga. Now that the longstanding kingdoms that once guarded yoga's legacies have fallen, and indi…

17/03/2015

Love these pictures! "The chemistry in the room is so amazing. It’s crackling with the energy from the woman. In that first 24 hours that energy is all encompassing, they're drowning in love and their eyes are bursting with excitement. I wanted to capture that moment before any of the day-to-day worries of their lives crept back in."

A powerful photo project depicting mothers and their day-old babies aims to reassure pregnant women that childbirth is nothing to fear. "When I became a mum, I felt a real responsibility to go up to pregnant women and say you’re going ...

14/03/2015

Your body is amazing!

Ponderings on Eating Disorder Recovery and the Journey of Motherhood