Doula Services:
Overview
Birth Year Services
| Packages & Rates
Overview
Founder of Gentle Wind Healing, Jane LaBelle, was already
practicing medical qigong when a
conception
client delivered happy news, and asked
Jane to be her doula.
Attending the next available doula
classes, it became immediately clear that qigong and medical
qigong skills in movement, meditation and energy flows lent
themselves beautifully to supporting women in pregnancy and
labor. The doula work quickly became a joyous and natural
extension of Jane’s healing work, creating more space to
empower and encourage women, and to bring qigong into the
birth year. A doula since January 2005, she has attended
hospital, home, and water births.
While “the smooth and easy flow of chi” promotes balanced
health and natural conception, it also promotes natural labor
and delivery, reducing the need for medical interventions. In
her role as a doula, Jane seeks to enhance mothers’
experiences by offering qigong solutions to reduce discomforts
of pregnancy, massage and pre-labor acupressure (body). She
devotes necessary time to prenatal consultations, holistically
exploring the mothers/partners’ beliefs, goals and
expectations surrounding birth (mind). Jane also learns
mothers’ existing prayer, meditative or deep relaxation
practices, and if none, will help mother create a practice or
visualization that suits, and offers
prenatal
qigong for
deep relaxation (spirit).
During labor, Jane blends traditional comfort measures,
positions, doula training and experience, with acupressure,
channel brushing, massage, and qigong chi emission. Along the
way she offers plenty of encouragement, and listens closely
to mother throughout labor. Her clients describe her presence
as warm, calm, and confident.
Jane welcomes partners at all appointments, and supports the
partners during labor, working to enhance their experiences
and being aware of their comfort levels of participation.
Partners are also welcome to schedule qigong/acupressure
sessions, and to attend qigong instruction, at discounted
rates.
