Postpartum

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It is so important to nurture your body after your birth! As you transition into your new role — whether this is your first baby or your tenth — come rejuvenate in a family-friendly space. Postpartum bodywork can help you heal after labor and birth, adjust to your body’s changing center of gravity and reconnect to your core muscular strength. We can also work out stiffness and tenderness that comes with holding and feeding your newborn(s).

“Making the decision to have a child — it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking outside your body.”
— Elizabeth Stone, Author, Literature Teacher and Mother of 16

Is it too soon to take your eyes off of your little one(s)? Newborns are welcome to come along and rest in your arms, eat and nap. We can also schedule a home visit if you live within 12 miles of the studio space for a $25.00 fee. A mama-baby massage is a wonderful bonding experience, and just like you, babies often love continuing their massage routine after they leave the womb. However, many parents find it more relaxing to sink into the massage table for an hour all to themselves. I encourage you to check in with yourself before your massage, as I am flexible in supporting an option that puts you at ease.

I also offer in-depth care to clients healing after surgical and traumatic births. Through collecting extensive case studies and the invaluable stories of nearly 100 women, I have a deep understanding of and effectiveness in this healing process. I partner with you to heal your tissues, reconnect you to your pelvic space, release energetic blocks and integrate your birth story into your body. In addition, myofascial treatments can break up scar tissue after a surgical or physically traumatic birth, allowing your tissues to move freely and decreasing pain.

Please feel free to share challenges or questions that come up as you care for your newborn. As a trained postpartum doula, I help parents with breastfeeding, pumping and bottle feeding, soothing a fussy baby, getting sleep, postpartum nutrition, coping with baby blues or postpartum depression/anxiety, swaddling, bathing, etc. If I can’t help you, I will find someone who can!

Do you treat partners and adoptive parents too?

Of course! Being a parent is (hopefully) the hardest job you’ll ever do, and the physical strain of caring for children goes far beyond labor and birth. Queer parents, dads and/or adoptive parents need a space where they can unwind from the emotional and physical stresses of raising kids. I look forward to facilitating your relaxation and healing.

"At the beginning of my second pregnancy, I was introduced to an amazing massage therapist, Kristy Geffen. I was working on healing from the traumatic birth of my first child via Cesarean section. Although we gained a beautiful, healthy daughter from the experience, I felt depressed, uncertain and scared about my body's ability to function both in my day-to-day life and when giving birth. Kristy helped me to relax in my daily life, to work through my past birth experience, and to prepare for whatever might come my way during my next birth experience. She worked with me and helped me find even more support by referring me to a team of amazing female practitioners. I felt emotionally and physically strong and ready to give birth the second time around. And even though it sounds cliché, the experience of working with Kristy completely changed my life. I did have a VBAC, which was amazing in and of itself, but the process of preparation was also extremely profound for me. I am now in massage school hoping to support and help other mamas the way that Kristy supported and helped me. Thank you Kristy!"
— Calli