I'm published!

...in the newspaper, that is! I was interviewed a couple of weeks ago for a great story in the Star Tribune about Blooma, Sarah Longacre's (my lovely doula & friend) yoga studio and center for all things related to birth. The article is fantastic. Hopefully it will bring a ton of exposure to Blooma and help more women become aware of many healthy, natural pregnancy and birthing options that are available to them. Here's my fifteen minutes of fame:

Kerri Rivers used massage, acupuncture, prenatal yoga and education classes at Blooma before her son Eliot was born nine months ago, with Longacre assisting. "It completely prepared me to give birth in the way that I wanted to," the Minneapolis resident said. "My goal was to have a natural, unmedicated birth, and the yoga was a huge help in that."

Check out the whole story in today's Star Tribune. If you're a regular reader of my blog, you'll know how much prenatal yoga helped me in my pregnancy and how much both prenatal yoga and Sarah, my doula, helped me during labor. If you're a first time reader, check out some older posts related to pregnancy and birth for more info about my experiences with Blooma, prenatal yoga and our birth story.

Namaste!

YES WE DID!

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

~ Barack Obama

YES WE CAN!

I have tons of updates from October, but all I can think about tonight is the election tomorrow... so today's post will be short and sweet. VOTE!!! If you're still undecided, head on over to Obama's website and spend some time reading - I believe you will be easily convinced that he is the right choice - our only choice to move forward and fulfill the promise of this country. Peace and love!