by Kate Jesuele | Jun 24, 2020 | fertility, holistic health, Mental Health, Preconception, Pregnancy, Prenatal Anxiety, Prenatal Fitness, prenatal workout, prenatal yoga, Preparing for Motherhood, Trying to Conceive, Workout, Workout Video, yoga
Over the years of being in service to expectant mothers at every stage of pregnancy (which now includes myself!), it has consistently been my mission to empower students, clients and members to be the experts of their own experiences in body, mind and spirit through...
by Kate Jesuele | May 15, 2020 | Core Strength, Postpartum Fitness, Pregnancy, Prenatal Fitness, prenatal workout, Workout, Workout Video
As the classic Maze lyric (which I admittedly remember more from my childhood as a Rob Base-sampled jam) goes: “Joy and pain are like sunshine and rain.” Don’t we all know it! And, for those of us who are feeling it all in pregnancy and motherhood, may I add this:...
by Kate Jesuele | Apr 1, 2020 | Mental Health, Postpartum Fitness, Prenatal Fitness, prenatal workout, Workout, Workout Video
These days of social distancing, sheltering-in-place and uncertainty about the future can feel long and heavy. If you are struggling to move your body enough to sustain a strong foundation of positive energy, mood and perspective you are not alone. I feel you,...
by Kate Jesuele | Mar 19, 2020 | Mental Health, Pregnancy, Prenatal Anxiety, Prenatal Fitness, Prenatal Nutrition, prenatal workout, prenatal yoga, Preparing for Motherhood
This is about the most personal I’ve ever been with you, my fellow BodyWiseMama. But, as we say, the times they are a-changing. I’ve never once taken a viable, healthy pregnancy for granted. My husband and I navigated a 4+ year road of family planning paved with...
by Kate Jesuele | Feb 25, 2020 | Labor, Prenatal Fitness, prenatal workout, Preparing for Motherhood, Uncategorized, Workout
Active birth is the embodiment of trusting and allowing Mother Nature to lead the way – moving through some or all of the stages of labor with positions, decisions and actions that follow the innate rhythms, urges and signals of your body. It entails...
by Kate Jesuele | Jan 7, 2020 | Core Strength, holistic health, Mental Health, Postpartum Fitness, Preconception, Pregnancy, Prenatal Fitness, prenatal workout, Preparing for Motherhood, Workout, Workout Video
Join me in the challenge to commit to 20 MINUTES of strength training daily for 20 DAYS in a row to positively POWER UP 2020! Here’s how to do it: Shuffle around the following 3 prenatal/postpartum workouts (scroll down to view) however you want to for 20 days...
by Kate Jesuele | Oct 22, 2019 | Core Strength, holistic health, Mental Health, Postpartum Fitness, Pregnancy, Prenatal Anxiety, Prenatal Fitness, prenatal workout, Trying to Conceive, Workout
We can’t help ourselves. We all strive for a solid core. But, as it turns out, this common fitness goal goes beyond a six-pack and deeper than rock hard abs. I believe you don’t need to target your abs to get to that solid core. Curious? Read on. I spent...
by Kate Jesuele | Sep 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
This fourth and final part of the BodyWiseMama Guide to Gearing Up for Every Stage of Pregnancy takes us immediately beyond labor and birth into the 4th trimesters (1-13 weeks postpartum). In reality, though, the transformation of new motherhood often occupies the...
by Kate Jesuele | Sep 23, 2019 | acupuncture, essential oils, holistic health, Labor, Prenatal Fitness, prenatal workout, Preparing for Motherhood, Uncategorized, Workout, yoga
This edition of the BodyWiseMama Guide to Gearing Up is BOLD! I consider it “bold” to curate a guide for labor + birth because, across the board, delivering a baby is an amazingly variable and unpredictable experience on the path of motherhood. When all...
by Kate Jesuele | Sep 16, 2019 | acupuncture, essential oils, holistic health, Mental Health, nutrition, Pregnancy, Prenatal Fitness, Prenatal Nutrition, prenatal workout, prenatal yoga, Workout, yoga
This second installation of the BodyWiseMama guide to gearing up for feeling your best at every stage of pregnancy covers “prenatal wellness” – trimesters 1, 2 and 3. All the products, services and practices below are not intended to be...
