We will use reflexology to help children through the little health problems that they can suffer during their first days, months and years of life.

Babies are receptive to touch in the corresponding zones of their feet, and the reaction is immediate and positive. In this way we will teach them how to connect with their own feet and help their bodies to cure themselves.

At the end of the workshop, there will be a Q&A on the different problems and doubts raised by families in the workshop, with the possibility of follow-up sessions. In this way participants join with other families.

DATES: Fridays from 10a.m. to 12. From 22nd of March till 3rd of May, 2013

TUTOR: Alba del Cid, mother of 3 children in a British-Catalan family, graduate psychologist and doula. I am trained up to level 2 of Podal Reflexology by the Asociación Española de Reflexología Podal Infantil. Certified Baby Massage Teacher by AEMI. Trained in Reflexology for Pregnancy and Birth by the International Society of Maternity Reflexology. Founder of Xantala (http://www.xantala.es/) as a Democratic Pre-school. I have 5 years of experience with massage and reflexology in practicals and workshops. www.criarencomunitat.com

MORE INFORMATION: Alba del Cid telf.667-875-076/ 93 007 09 87

albadelcid@yahoo.co.uk.

The Chinese were great students of nature, which means more than just the cycling of the seasons.  Nature is within us and around us, in all things. 

Each of the five phases or seasons of ancient Chinese philosophy carries associations with specific things: directions, colors, sounds, organs in the body, fundamental elements such as fire, metal, wood, earth and water.

The season of Autumn is associated with the element Metal in Chinese Medicine, with the color white, the sound of weeping, the emotions of both courage and sadness, the lung organ. It is also connected in Chinese thought with the direction west, which is considered to be the direction of dreams and visions. 

This movement of Metal and Autumn is naturally associated with the emotion grief, and the physical function of elimination.  This time lends itself to letting go of the extra commitments we pack in during the summer, and condensing our socializing to the essence of our inner circle, beginning to conserve our essential energies for the coming winter.

Sadness is part of the autumn season, it is not an emotion to be avoided.  Instead, sadness is simply part of nature.

To celebrate the autumn equinox as the Chinese philosophers did, you might:

Stand facing west, consider the direction of Autumn in Chinese philosophy.  Just stand for a few moments and honor the humidity of autumn.  Consider your dreams and visions, and the path on which you are moving forward through your life.

 Light candles against the growing darkness of the season.  Or place white flowers on your  table. White is the color of autumn.  Allow yourself to weep for things you have lost as this is the sound of this season.

Find the courage to face what is ahead.

This understanding to nature´s cycle seems fanciful, but once you begin to consider the five elements or phases of Chinese philosophy, you see them cycling in and around everything. 

You can recognize these phases in the course of relationships, over a workday, in the progress of a play or novel, in the process of aging, while eating a meal, in the growth of a garden, in a scientific or political or business, while playing a game.  All things sprout, bloom, reach completeness, become brittle and die, then rest.  Then the cycle begins anew.

Once you learn these basic facts of nature, the dry and brittle phase of autumn, when things are dying – or periods of loss in your life as a whole – become easier to bear.

Baby Blues Barcelona presents:

BABY BLUES CAFÉ

For all mothers who are not enjoying the postpartum as they had expected

Come and meet other english-speaking mothers to share experiences. Babies are welcome. Suggested donation: 5 Euros.

SEPTEMBER 26th from 11.00-12.30

At the Well Woman Clinic Calle Casp 80, 1o, 1-3 Barcelona

For more information you can look at www.thebabyblues.org

or call Anna at 657183542 

psychological support during pregnancy and after delivery

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The heart is the seat of the mind and its main function is to pump oxigen-rich blood through the body.  Consciousness, joy, emotional well-being, joy, warmth and memory are attributes of the heart and fire element.  

When the fire element is balanced, the heart circulates the oxygenated blood and insures proper assimilation of the beginning of the breakdown of food in the small intestine. 

Emotionally if imbalanced, we may lack joy (depression) or have an excess of joy (maniac condition).  Exhaustion, heartburn, nervousness and insomnia are indicators of imbalances in this element.

Late Summer

The Five Elements Acupuncture include Late Summer, which is the time of harvest, of nurturing and preparation for autumn and winter.  It is the time of transformation between the seasons.  The days are starting to get shorter and we find ourselves a bit more serious than in summer.  Whether you are preparing for school or for a new business venture or simply going back to work after the holidays. 

Physically and spiritually, this period of late summer is a time for slowing down and gathering in. It is a time when we recognize and hold the fruits of our labor.

The Earth element is active at this time and the organs belonging to this element are Spleen and Stomach.  Someone with balanced earth energy is a well-grounded, nurturing, compassionate person, good mediators or peacemakers and reliable friends.

When the earth energy is imbalance they can be worriers, prone to pensiveness. They are vulnerable to digestive problems and diarrhea. They may gain weight easily and lose it with difficulty. Their bodies have a tendency to make excessive mucus, and they may suffer from cloudy thinking, muzzy-headedness, lack of clarity and need for sympathy.

The earth color is yellow, like the sun, and the ripened crops, and the root vegetables. Meditation is said to strengthen the earth element.

Foods to add for this season:

Organic lightly cooked vegetables, corn, celery, watercress, turnip, pumpkin, alfalfa sprouts, button mushrooms, radish, caper, brown rice, barley, amaranth, rye, oats,  legumes, kidney beans, adzuki beans, lentils, small amount of lean organic meat, poultry and fish, tuna, small amount of whole fruits, lemon, sesame seeds, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, seaweed, kelgreen tea, jasmine tea, raspberry leaf tea

By Uby Muñoz

The element Fire

In Five Elements of Chinese Medicine, Summer belongs to the element Fire, the season of sunshine, long days and Yang energy.  Heart, Pericardium and Small Intestine are the organs belonging to this element.  It is the more Yang energy of the all the seasons of the year, which means the season of moving outward in nature and in our lives as the mind and the spirit are ruled by the Fire element.

The heart is the seat of the mind and its main function is to pump oxigen-rich blood through the body.  Consciousness, joy, emotional well-being, joy, warmth and memory are attributes of the heart and fire element.  

When the fire element is balanced, the heart circulates the oxygenated blood and insures proper assimilation of the beginning of the breakdown of food in the small intestine. 

Emotionally if imbalanced, we may lack joy (depression) or have an excess of joy (maniac condition).  Exhaustion, heartburn, nervousness and insomnia are indicators of imbalances in this element.

Late Summer

The Five Elements Acupuncture include Late Summer, which is the time of harvest, of nurturing and preparation for autumn and winter.  It is the time of transformation between the seasons.  The days are starting to get shorter and we find ourselves a bit more serious than in summer.  Whether you are preparing for school or for a new business venture or simply going back to work after the holidays. 

Physically and spiritually, this period of late summer is a time for slowing down and gathering in. It is a time when we recognize and hold the fruits of our labor.

The Earth element is active at this time and the organs belonging to this element are Spleen and Stomach.  Someone with balanced earth energy is a well-grounded, nurturing, compassionate person, good mediators or peacemakers and reliable friends.

When the earth energy is imbalance they can be worriers, prone to pensiveness. They are vulnerable to digestive problems and diarrhea. They may gain weight easily and lose it with difficulty. Their bodies have a tendency to make excessive mucus, and they may suffer from cloudy thinking, muzzy-headedness, lack of clarity and need for sympathy.

The earth color is yellow, like the sun, and the ripened crops, and the root vegetables. Meditation is said to strengthen the earth element. .

Foods to add for this season: organic lightly cooked vegetables, corn, celery, watercress, turnip, pumpkin, alfalfa sprouts, button mushrooms, radish, caper brown rice, barley, amaranth, rye, oats  legumes, kidney beans, adzuki beans, lentils small amount of lean organic meat, poultry and fish, tuna small amount of whole fruits, lemon sesame seeds, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds seaweed, kelp green tea, jasmine tea, raspberry leaf tea  

By Uby Muñoz

Yoga Course: Introduction and the deepening of the practice of Hatha Vinyasa Yoga, a dynamic and creative style, precise and fluid at the same time. We also include more than just the physical part of yoga, we incorporate pranayama (breathing exercises), meditation and philosophy. Yoga is a powerful tool we can use to live a happier and more peaceful life.

Wednesdays 19.45h to 21h, Barcelona Well Woman Clinic

Small classes where we will cover specific material each month to help us understand and deepen our yoga practice.

September 2012 – Module 1: Foundations. To be able to cultivate and grow a healing yoga practice, we need to understand what it is that we are doing from the ground, up. If the base is not there, the structure does not last.

Also: Pre and Post Natal Yoga: Thursdays 11h a 12h

More details and to sign up: Telf. 622 359 547, cinnamonyoga@gmail com. www.cinnamonyoga.com 

Classes include a mix of techniques borrowed from different cultures, such as Qi Gong, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Kundalini, acupression, auto-massage, pelvic floor exercises, etc. to increase fertility.

Practicing these techniques regularly will increase your fertility, and if you are undergoing reproductive treatment, the exercises work with that to give you more success in conceiving and maintaining a pregnancy.

These exercises are for all women, of all ages, to strengthen them and balance their hormones.

With these exercises, you will have more energy, increase your libido, improve your ovarian reserve, feel young, improve blood circulation to the uterus, and get to know your internal strength. Not only will your health improve, but also your mental clarity and many aspects of your life.

The classes meet twice a week: Tuesday at 10h and Thursday at 18.30h

Cost: 12 € per class. The first class is free!

Space is limited, register now.