Her Issue Was Blood Ft. Queen Afua

Tomorrow @9pm Et on Conversations With The Queen. Most of our womb issues are related to our blood. The things we invest blood, sweat and tears into, our blood relatives who mistreat us, and toxic foods that turn to poison in our blood. So join Queen Afua as she discusses how we can address these issues and begin to heal. The call in number is 917.932.8881 http://www.blogtalkradio.com/109-9penstation/2013/04/16/her-issue-was-blood-ft-queen-afua

Monthly Yoga Pose for March: Seated Forward Bend

Step by Step

Sit on the floor with your buttocks supported on a folded blanket and your legs straight in front of you. Press actively through your heels. Rock slightly onto your left buttock, and pull your right sitting bone away from the heel with your right hand. Repeat on the other side. Turn the top thighs in slightly and press them down into the floor. Press through your palms or finger tips on the floor beside your hips and lift the top of the sternum toward the ceiling as the top thighs descend.

Draw the inner groins deep into the pelvis. Inhale, and keeping the front torso long, lean forward from the hip joints, not the waist. Lengthen the tailbone away from the back of your pelvis. If possible take the sides of the feet with your hands, thumbs on the soles, elbows fully extended; if this isn't possible, loop a strap around the foot soles, and hold the strap firmly. Be sure your elbows are straight, not bent.

When you are ready to go further, don't forcefully pull yourself into the forward bend, whether your hands are on the feet or holding the strap. Always lengthen the front torso into the pose, keeping your head raised. If you are holding the feet, bend the elbows out to the sides and lift them away from the floor; if holding the strap, lighten your grip and walk the hands forward, keeping the arms long. The lower belly should touch the thighs first, then the upper belly, then the ribs, and the head last.

With each inhalation, lift and lengthen the front torso just slightly; with each exhalation release a little more fully into the forward bend. In this way the torso oscillates and lengthens almost imperceptibly with the breath. Eventually you may be able to stretch the arms out beyond the feet on the floor.

Stay in the pose anywhere from 1 to 3 minutes. To come up, first lift the torso away from the thighs and straighten the elbows again if they are bent. Then inhale and lift the torso up by pulling the tailbone down and into the pelvis.

Benefits

• Calms the brain and helps relieve stress and mild depression
• Stretches the spine, shoulders, hamstrings
• Stimulates the liver, kidneys, ovaries, and uterus
• Improves digestion
• Helps relieve the symptoms of menopause and menstrual discomfort
• Soothes headache and anxiety and reduces fatigue
• Therapeutic for high blood pressure, infertility, insomnia, and sinusitis
• Traditional texts say that Paschimottanasana increases appetite, reduces obesity, and cures diseases.

http://www.yogajournal.com/poses/477

Womb Health Ft. Tina Mama Moon, Safiyah, & Divine

Join Conversations With The Queen Mon. Feb. 11 @9pm Et  for this powerful discussion the health issues of the modern day WOMBman, featuring our powerful guest panel and Queen Mama Moon herself. This is sure to be a show all will not want to miss! The call in number is 917.932.8881.

Tina Mooney, lovingly known as Queen Mama Moon, is a natural and holistic wellness consultant whose main interest is women's health issues. She began her career in the area of maternal and infant health as early as 1997, and transitioned into other areas of women's wellness as recently as 2007.

She is a mother, writer and coach who draws heavily on her own personal experiences with feminine challenges and successes in order to help inform her clients about the choices available to them.

Mama Moon's fibroid journey began 15 years ago when she was first diagnosed with Breast Fibroadenomas. Over the years, she's lived with them and studied their movements and reactions in her own body. In early 2012, she finally rid herself of her fibroids for good. Since then she has been helping other women with information and support surrounding this issue, most notably with her blog, "We Can Be Fibroid Free!"

Queen Mama Moon also consults with women on other wellness topics such as sexuality, pregnancy, birth, and breastfeeding, as well as general consulting about plant-based and self-guided wellness modalities such as flower essences, herbs and essential oils. She is also a Reiki Master and Tantra Practitioner.

Safiyah Naemah is a spiritual healer and cross-genre author. While on a spiritual journey, she gained an understanding of universal laws and healing modalities of the wisdom traditions. Safiyahheals.com was birthed out of her transformation. It's an oasis of blog post, books, videos, and resources to guide women in their evolution, transformation, and ascension. Since kindergarten, Safiyah wanted to be a writer. That dream came true when she published her first work, under her birth name, Sherrice Thomas. She writes to tell inspirational stories with elements of love, deception, and a twist of taboo. Safiyah is also a motivational speaker and workshop facilitator. 

Divine Bailey-Nicholas is a Traditional Healer/Rootworker, Prenatal Health Coach, ICTC Trained Full Circle Doula, Student-Catcher, Director and Founder of Community Birth Companion and Mother of 2 daughters.  Originally from Chicago, IL, Divine makes her home in Opelousas, LA where she enjoys gardening, homeschooling and working in the family herbal business--Supreme Wellness--with her husband Knowledge.