This immersive workshop for mamas and mamas-to-be will empower you to connect with their core, stand in your power, and feel stronger in your own skin.
The workshop will offer a space for you to connect with yourself, your body, and a community of women while engaging in an open, honest conversation led by a panel of local perinatal professionals. In a city with one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the country, it is vital for you to be part of the change by learning about the resources available to you and understanding the changes happening in your body. Attendees will also receive exclusive access to a virtual goody bag featuring valuable resources and information.
During this powerful experience, you will also have the opportunity to preview what's possible for you in Dynamic Mama, an intimate group program that combines Pilates, mindful movement and coaching to help you reconnect with your body, reclaim your strength, and gracefully move through the miracles of motherhood from prenatal to postpartum.
Proceeds from this event will be donated to Mamatoto Village, a non-profit organization providing perinatal care in the DC Area.
ABOUT OUR FACILITATOR
The workshop will be facilitated by Fran Darnell, Founder of Dynamic Core, a Pilates and integrated wellness practice focused on empowering women to activate their innate power so that they can live the life they truly desire.
Fran's passion is in helping women revolutionize the legacy they are living and modeling for their children and inspiring women to powerfully choose how they want to feel and what they want to embody both for themselves and their loved ones.
For more information about Dynamic Mama, visit www.dynamicmama.com.
Connect With Your Core:
An Immersive Workshop for Mamas & Mamas-to-Be
SEPTEMBER 22, 2018
1:30PM - 4:30PM
ROOTED PILATES
511 11th Street Southeast
Washington, DC 20003
- $27.00* per person -
*Proceeds will be benefit Mamatoto Village
ABOUT OUR PANELISTS
ANN UDOFIA | BODY CONNECT HEALTH + WELLNESS
Ann Udofia PT, DPT co-founder of Body Connect Health and Wellness – a holistic physical therapy practice located in West End DC. She specializes in prenatal/postpartum health, pelvic health physical therapy, and Myofascial Release for the treatment of chronic pain issues. Ann has found a lot of success treating various musculoskeletal and urogynecological conditions using a hands on, whole body approach. She is particularly committed to community education and empowering her patients in taking active roles in their health and wellness.
DR. RACHEL RUBIN | INTIMMEDICINE SPECIALISTS
Dr. Rachel Rubin is a urologic surgeon who specializes in the treatment of sexual dysfunction in both men and women. Her expertise includes pelvic pain, hormone imbalance, low libido, sexual arousal/orgasm disorders, and urinary incontinence. Dr. Rubin prioritizes taking the time to understand her patient’s individual and unique situation and to develop a highly-personalized, evidence-based treatment plan based on each patient’s goals.
EMILY SMITH | DOULAS OF CAPITOL HILL + DOULAS OF PG COUNTY
Emily Smith is the owner and Chief Operations Officer of Doulas of Capitol Hill and also a sister agency, Doulas of Prince George's County, which she co-founded with Nicole Bruno and Jacquelin Knighton in 2016 and 2018, respectively. She has worked for 10 years serving families in the greater Washington, DC area as a birth doula, hypnodoula, postpartum doula, childbirth educator, placenta encapsulation specialist, and sibling doula.
SAHAR ESFAHANI | WASHINGTON ANXIETY CENTER OF CAPITOL HILL
Dr. Sahar Esfahani is a clinical psychologist at the Washington Anxiety Center of Capitol Hill where she provides Cognitive Behavioral Therapies to children, adolescents and adults. She works with clients with a range of anxiety, mood, and obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, and provides evidence-based treatments including: Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), Mindfulness, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) among others.
ABOUT OUR PARTNERS
JODI BALIS | RED LENTIL CONSULTING
Jodi Balis is a healer, food intuitive and personal chef who creates nourishing food to support women through body shifts. Jodi co-creates a food ritual with mamas that are navigating through transition, and incorporates a nourishing meal, Reiki, meditation and shamanic healing. She holds space for women, intuits what foods uniquely provide support throughout these shifts and incorporates those into a ritual meal.
KATIE WALLS | RED TURTLE PHOTOGRAPHY
Katie Walls is a photographer whose work is very real and immediate. She invites you to embrace the beauty in yourself, your child, your family, and let her capture that for you, in images that will please you for years to come. She comes to you or meets you in real places and photograph not just portraits but also the moments between – you and your family and all the details you want to remember forever. She sees beauty in the spontaneous and can find those magical moments in just about any setting.
SUSAN VAN NOTE | RESTORATIVE MASSAGE ON THE HILL
Susan Van Note is a Massage Therapist (LMT), and a Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist (BCST), licensed in DC and Colorado. She is certified in Prenatal and Thai massage and currently pursuing a four year professional training in The Feldenkrais Method. Through 23 years as a mother of three children, Susan has found that the most effective and authentic way to positively influence her family has been to focus on nurturing her own body, mind and spirit.
RANDI MOORE | ROOTED PILATES
Randi Moore's vision for Rooted Pilates is a welcoming and focused space for students of all backgrounds, at any skill level, and in every stage of life to learn and practice the Pilates method. Her work is rooted in the desire to translate the Pilates method to be efficient and responsive to the ways that individual bodies function best. At Rooted Pilates our mission is simple: to challenge our students with a practice rooted in Joseph Pilates’ method and informed by a modern understanding of the body, movement, and wellness.