The Blissful Mama

11/04/2024

✨✨💜✨✨Hey Mamas!!✨✨💜✨✨

✨Now is the time to get on Calista’s Schedule!

✨She is offering late afternoon/evening sessions, as well as Sundays!

👉🏼Head to our website & book your next session!!

11/01/2024

💜Calista, a life-long student, has always had an interest in a w-holistic approach to health and well-being. A health crisis in 2012 served as a major shifting point in her life and guided her to work with a wide-spectrum of healing modalities and a new dream: to support others in finding a soft place to land & return home in their mental, physical & subtle, energetic bodies.

It truly sets her soul on fire to work with women in all stages of life & health! From her past experiences & witnessing those of the women in her life, Calista dreams of being a part of a community dedicated to serving and nurturing along each milestone, especially preparing for, crossing into & embodying the stage of mothering. She is honored to have the opportunity to support you on your journey, with a massage experience personalized to what you are needing at that moment!

Calista is a 500-hour & prenatal-certified yoga teacher with the Pranakriya School of Yoga Healing Arts with over 5 years experience and graduated from the Cayce/Reilly School of Massage in 2023.

✨✨✨✨✨Her Experience✨✨✨✨✨✨

✨Massage Therapy Certifications✨
Cayce/Reilly School of Massage 700 Hours
Commonwealth of Virginia Board of Nursing & Department of Health Professions Certified Licensed Massage Therapist
Fuller Prenatal Massage 25 Hours
Certifications: Hot Stone Massage, Reflexology

✨Yoga Certifications✨
Pranakriya School of Yoga Healing Arts 500 Hour Registered Yoga Teacher
Pranakriya School of Yoga Healing Arts Advanced Prenatal & Postnatal Yoga Certificate
Allie Van Fossen: Kosha Course

10/21/2024

💗The Blissful Mama is excited to be at this Wednesday for an informative talk about my personal experience with Chiropractic during and after my pregnancies and to share about The Blissful Mama experience!

💜 comment below if you want to join and I’ll send the sign up link!

10/17/2024

Hey Mamas!!! 🫶🏼 the schedule is open & ready to be filled! Check out the rest of this month and ALL of November is available for you to self schedule!
💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
See YOU soon at The Blissful Mama Studio!! 🤟🏼

09/04/2024

09/04/2024

✨Happy Blissful Mama Day✨

🎂🌟4 Years 🌟🎂

{My Mission at The Blissful Mama is to support, empower and serve women through the healing therapy of massage and promoting a holistic lifestyle.

At all times, my constant goal in working with you is to facilitate stress reduction physically & mentally so you can enjoy your perinatal journey more!}

✨It has been a very full 4 YEARS of learning & growing together!

✨Getting to live my passion & purpose to serve & support women, of all ages & experiences, has been truly priceless!

💜 Thank You for trusting me to support & care for You!

💜 Thank You for your patience as I learn & grow while also navigating motherhood myself!

💜 Thank You for all the levels of support from my friends, family & clients from the very start! It means more than you will ever know!

A few things my heart leaned into these 4 years..
✨Work Hard & Serve Well
✨We were never meant to do this alone
✨Believe In Yourself Fiercely
✨Your Breath is Your Most Faithful Friend.
✨When Your Body tells You to Rest, Listen!

05/31/2024

🪻May is For Mamas: Postpartum Care & Awareness🪻

✨✨{Craniosacral Therapy}✨✨

✨Learning and sharing about how our nervous system re-wires during pregnancy and in postpartum, has become a primary focus for me. The main reason is because a Mama with a grounded, balanced & cared for nervous system is going to be able to show up differently for herself, her family & the world.

☀️Her nervous system is the central one of the family, so it deserves & requires special care and Craniosacral is a modality that supports it deeply.

Courtney shared with me..
“One of my favorite outcomes of a CST session is when clients feel the most relaxedThat they can remember feeling. That deep embodied feeling of relaxation and peace can be so powerful, during a time that can feel quite the opposite. I also believe that when our bodies are deeply cared for and supported through bodywork and CST, it is so much easier to carry that sense of connection, support, and nurturing into our day to day, and Postpartum is one of those times when we need that most. ”

Please follow her .kneads and connect with her soon, she goes on maternity leave July 1st!

05/28/2024

🎉Hey Mamas.. today I celebrated my first born turning 11! 🫶🏼 I also celebrated becoming his Mama 🤟🏼

💙He is one of my greatest teachers and the most special love I’ll ever have. His entry into the world revealed to me how strong & resilient I really was.. how magical & miraculous becoming a mother is meant to be. So much of my passion to support other mamas through motherhood stems from my own journey becoming a mama to August. Im so thankful to him for picking me to be his portal to earth & changing my life forever. ✨🤟🏼✨

🎉🎈✨1️⃣1️⃣✨🎈🎉

✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

Eleven years ago, August Benjamin was making his way earthside.. as we neared 24 hrs of labor,
He was birthed at home in the water, inside a birthing tub in our bedroom. The lighting was low, the air was warm and my mama was there. I had two midwives and my doula was 💙

never left my side and caught our first born weighing in at 5lbs 11oz.
At 11:11pm, he was born on Memorial Day 5/27/13♥️

05/12/2024

🌼Self Love on Mother’s Day🌸

🌺Happiest Mother’s Day to you, Mama!

🪻I hope that you celebrate {YOU} today. You’re the backbone of your family, the nurturer, the one your child looks to and needs so much. You’re incredible.

🌷Especially those mamas who are doing it alone; I salute you! I see you. You show up everyday. You deserve to be loved on and I hope this list helps you take that time to yourself (or with your babies), whichever makes {YOU} the happiest today.

🌹Remember, you have the hardest job and you’re doing great, mama! Keep showing up and showing your babies what love looks like.

05/11/2024

✨🌙✨ Sending lots of love out to ALL the Moms in the world!

💜Every Woman’s Journey is different, unique & important..

💜I promise you’re seen & loved deeply no matter your path!

05/11/2024

Share this with your spouse and tell them to text or call today! (757) 395-9038.. will be all around VB today making deliveries!! 💝💝💝

05/11/2024

🪻May is For Mamas: Postpartum Care & Awareness🪻

✨✨{Postpartum Nutrition}✨✨

Nutrition, food, diet, meal planning… THIS LOOKS VERY SPECIFIC for Postpartum Mamas & is here for YOU on this journey!

She is a seasoned mama of 3 who knows exactly what it’s like to be in those early days, weeks, months & years of Postpartum & somewhat unsure of how to nurture yourself while caring for your newborn around the clock.

🍲 Step One: FEED YOURSELF WELL & FIRST!

🤱🏽Step Two: Nourish those around you from a full cup.

will guide you with more than good insight & awareness.. she will provide tools for you to find nutrition in many other ways in life like movement, nature, rest and more.

Be sure to follow her and connect to get the support that every new mama needs!

05/10/2024

🪷May is For Mamas: Postpartum Care & Awareness

✨✨{Integrative Postpartum Program}✨✨

What if I told you there is a path to wellness in Postpartum that can bridge both Eastern & Western Medicine to give you the optimal support, wisdom & healing your body needs more than ever.. so that you can show up for life & your precious baby even more..?

✨✨Well, HERE IT IS!✨✨

If You’re Pregnant or up to 5 years post- delivery.. Reach out to her about enrollment in her program cohort. Each class, She will go through the modules LIVE with you!

Oh how I wish I had had access to a program like this when I was preparing for Postpartum or even in the thick of it after I had my boys!

I personally have had beautiful success with regaining my health & homeostasis internally after working with Dr. Gantous the last 3 years!

I know that I wouldn’t be able to be my best for my boys, as a single mama.. and to pour into clients like I do, without her as my Integrative Heath Provider!

05/10/2024

✨✨✨✨✨EVENT UPDATES✨✨✨✨✨

➡️ Swipe for ALL the details!! ➡️➡️➡️

sure is ready to hit the market scene with and ☀️

💜 Magnesium & Meditation Soundbath Experience is Monday May 20th! Text or call me to sign up!
📲(757) 395-9038