Honoring The Mother
Sheryl Grunde, certified yoga instructor, massage therapist, and doula helps guide women smoothly through pregnancy, labor, and postpartum. 
Through yoga and massage women deeply connect with their bodies and babies during pregnancy; finding their breath, releasing tension, and learning to trust their body signals. Emotions and experiences stored in the body are brought to the surface and released. This connection to the physical body is integral for the birthing process, which is a woman's ultimate challenge in remaining present and trusting nature and her body.
As a doula, I offer women dependable, continuous support, reminding them that they are safe and powerful. A doula is like a mother or sister in labor, a reassuring presence who offers calm words and soothing hands. She also has experience with the natural process of labor and well as the medical interventions available in a hospital setting.
I also offer a wonderful selection of ERGO Baby Carriers and ERGO Baby accessories. When my daughter was 1 year old, I tried one on, and I immediately wanted every mom I knew had to have one. This is the most supportive, comfortable, and convenient baby carrier out there. I am in support of parents holding their babies close enough to respond to their subtle cues, but not at the expense of their own physical comfort. In this carrier, mom or dad can keep a new baby close, just as nature intended, while allowing their arms to be free and their body to be comfortable.
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"Sheryl's intuitive sense and calming nature make her a wonderful doula and yoga teacher. Many of my patients have worked with her and love her. I am so grateful to have her in our community!"
Jani Rollins M.D.
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Most Recent Blogs
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trekking 12-30-11, near Chiang Mai
Before leaving Chiang Mai, we took a “Jungle Trek,” which included a visit to an orchid farm and a “Karen long neck village,” where most of the women wear rings around their necks, to slowly stretch them. The guide said that they consider themselves descendants of fairies. Yes, I think he really meant little flying sprites, although sometimes things get lost in translation for us here. It was set up like a village gift shop for the tourists, with rows of little huts where women with long ... by Sheryl Grunde
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Elephant Nature Park
12-24-11 Elephant Nature Park, Thailand I knew that an elephant’s skin would feel rough to the touch, but never expected that it would have course hair of varying lengths, thick and almost spiky. We caressed the elephants today at Lek Chailert’s Elephant Nature Park. We spent the whole day with them, feeding them bananas, pumpkins and watermelon. We went down to the river with them and threw buckets full of water all over them, bathing them, as some leaned in and rolled around in the coo ... by Sheryl Grunde
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Ben grabs the crocodile by the tail...
12-21-11 Snacking on a freshly sliced, dripping with sweet nectar pineapple, straight from Lampang, I am tucking my kiddos in for the night. They had an exciting day riding all over the outskirts of Chiang Mai in a tuk tuk, visiting monkey, snake, and crocodile shows. with Ben. They were very impressed by the monkey’s hilarious card tricks and the amazing guy who put his head in a crocodile’s mouth. Yesterday, when I got home from my class at Sunshine Massage School, they had spent the af ... by Sheryl Grunde
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Chiang Mai, Sunday Market
Chiang Mai 12-19-11 Shopping’s not usually my favorite activity, but I could spend weeks haggling at the Sunday Market in Chiang Mai. The streets are packed with vendors selling colorful flowing pants and swanky decorative lights, handmade leather bags, and artistic jewelry, everything I would ever want to wear or eat or give to a friend at a fraction of what I would pay at home. There are bands of blind musicians and a temple courtyard crowded with numerous stalls of spicy noodles, deep fried ... by Sheryl Grunde
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Bangkok 12-15-11
Bangkok 12/16/11 I am still trying to figure out what day it is. I awoke in the dark with fluorescent light gleaming in through the window, thinking it must be close to sunrise, and turned on my ipod to look at the time. 10:30am? Obviously it hasn’t acclimated to local time, but what time is it, really? I felt pretty awake, so rolled out my mat quietly so as not to disturb my sleeping children and husband, and I put on some music to inspire my morning yoga practice. I worked my way up t ... by Sheryl Grunde
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