Teaching Babies to Nurse

In this workshop, we will use experiential techniques to break down human physiology and movement into components to help us better understand and resolve complex issues in breastfeeding couplets.

We will learn about how the underlying musculature and bony structures of the face, head, and body can affect the way a baby approaches nursing; how infants recruit muscles from all over their bodies to manage their breastfeeding environment; how to read infant faces to understand what mechanisms they are using both on the breast and off; and how to read a body at rest and in action for areas of tension and muscle overuse.

Lastly, we will learn how to address what we find through a unique set of clinical techniques specific to addressing compensatory muscle use so that we can move babies from dysfunction to function.