Perinatal Keri

06/20/2025

I love you and hope that you do, too 💛

09/20/2024

06/15/2024

(Calen)dula and (Mari)gold ~ my two loves that have drawn me deeper into life and my life’s work 💛

Since 2010 I’ve been walking a winding path of supporting kids and families. It’s taken me to every neighborhood along the Southcoast, into countless libraries, parks and playgrounds. From early intervention to yoga for preschoolers, their teachers and parents.. I’ve landed here. Offering therapy for those that cross the threshold of parenthood, physical and emotional support through yoga & mindfulness and coaching through pregnancy and postpartum to support hopes, desires and the inevitable challenges that arise.

2 babies, 2 very different pregnancies/births and postpartum journeys have given me such a broader perspective of motherhood and the ever evolving changes and needs of growing families.

You’ve been asking me about yoga classes and therapy and while I don’t have a return date yet, I am very much looking forward to supporting you through your new chapters while I navigate mine!

06/13/2024

We are excited for Perinatal Keri to be at our climb again this year!

https://perinatalkeri.com/

05/06/2024

Life with two 🏵️🌼✨The sweetest 11 days that have made me realize how inquisitive my son is and how many questions I field in a day 😅

All jokes aside, my body feels strong, my mind is a little scattered but much less anxious than with my first newborn and the sleep shock isn’t as intense, but sleeping 2 hours at a time still isn’t easy.

My village is delivering all the support for us and I am so grateful.

05/03/2024

*2nd photo = baby p**p 💩

And the EC (elimination communication) journey begins again! Zero expectations, just a practice in communicating with my babe. + Keeping this lil bum clean whenever I can.

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05/02/2024

One week with Mari Z. 🌼 Born at home 8.8lbs, 20 inches under an almost full pink moon.

Still reveling in the power of the birth I dreamed of and the sweetness of a newborn. And that we blessed the exact spot where she was born ✨

My midwives .birth .body.midwife and husband led me through the portal during what was truly a golden afternoon (and so many of you serendipitously reached out having felt I was there!)

It’s been such a healing week. Thank you to everyone who has reached out 🥰

05/01/2024

It’s World Maternal Mental Health Day 🌎

Everyone is impacted by maternal mental health, not just mothers and birthing people. Birth - the most basic of human behaviors and yet our country unfortunately does the worse at protecting and supporting US.

Along with MANY others I’m hoping to shift the tides for our future generations. There is help and hope for anyone struggling with PMADS and the overall transitions/adjustments of fertility, child bearing, birth and parenting.

Keep conversations going and make it known that you’re a safe person to talk to, guiding family and friends to seek help because they are not in this alone.

04/27/2024

Officially on maternity leave!

Any questions regarding yoga, therapy or consulting will be answered via email at a very slow pace sometime this summer: perinatalkeri@gmail:com

03/16/2024

Yoga Poses as Labor (or pre-labor) Positions✨✨art by from their digital stickers for birth workers pack ✨

Supta Badha Konasana or Bound Angle Pose or Butterfly 🦋

Early labor is all about relaxing!! Start connecting with your breath, and let your body prepare to bring your baby earth side. The external rotation can help baby find their way down into the pelvis by opening the upper pelvis.

In pregnancy, this inclined supine position can be a nice alternative to lying flat on your back (if your not comfortable there), plus the bolster adds an extra layer of heart opening, and who doesn’t need that?!

02/29/2024

So this was a blog post, a workshop idea, then a video and now a simple IG post that is shareable and a conversation starter!

How is this related to yoga or mental health?!

When I first started practicing yoga, I met lots of new people and was introduced to new (to me) ways of living. I started understanding how to purge the junk in my mind which led to me wanting to take better care of my body and my home 🌎+🏠

My sister was selling Ava Anderson products (anyone remember?!) and honestly their education for consumers was incredible. It was my intro into why I might be headache prone, have skin issues, hormones all over the place etc..

The countless chemicals in body and home products is 🤯 They can disrupt your entire system which leads to real physical symptoms and naturally, mental dis-ease. When you don’t feel your best, your mood is impacted 💯

So anyway, I’ve found alternatives to all these things that humans JUST THROW AWAY 💸 and haven’t looked back since. I’ll make a post for that, too!

What’s something you want to stop buying/throwing away?

02/20/2024

Small but big moments with my big boy and this big belly 💞

As we’re growing, I keep reflecting.
The joy and ache of motherhood… everything changes, tears and laughter as medicine, moving slow yet time still passes so quickly, spreading yourself so thin sometimes you feel you’ve disappeared, yet feeling so full you could explode (with love or overwhelm or anything else) at any moment.

My lessons today are to live big, take up space, do what feels best for me and my family, let the changes come and go, soften into it instead of toughening up, talk about it.