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Immunity from 50 Hour Labor: LOS ANGELES, May 14, 2009 - Shocked and devastated by the pain, frustration and trauma of a 50-hour labor with her first birth, professional dancer and fitness instructor Jennifer Jimenez set out on a journey that would ultimately engage and connect her mind and body is ways she hadn’t known before. The result? Her 2nd labor lasted 2 hours and the 3rd just 90 minutes. Now Jimenez shares her dream birth secrets in her latest DVD entitled Prenatal Dance Fitness. “Women have danced to prepare for labor and celebrate birth for centuries,” says the internationally acclaimed modern dancer, “but nobody tells us that. We hear about excruciating labors that end with epidurals and C-sections. But like most dancers, I was convinced of an easy first delivery. Not dilating and enduring two and half days of feeling powerless left me with the baby blues. My birth plan had failed. Why?” The story is not unique. According to American Pregnancy Association, 11% of new mothers are diagnosed with debilitating post partum depression. Determined to find answers, Jimenez decided to reinvent herself by studying with the best in mind-body connection, even earning a certification in pre-natal dance from a Yale instructor. Since then, the Californian has brought dance as a healing art to thousands of people ages pre-birth to 99 worldwide at retreats, yoga centers, prisons, churches and via DVDs under her brand Let’s Dance Together. “When my doctors ruled out a vaginal birth, I stayed with the movements in Jennifer’s video—my ‘pregnancy sanctuary’—and proved them wrong,” smiles second-time mother Nina Brooks. “It gave me an education and experience like nothing else I had seen or heard about having a baby.” Prenatal Dance Fitness is a total wellness program for pregnant woman using full-dimensional fitness: breath work, visualization, yoga, labor prep, graceful dance, energy work, baby bonding and relaxation. •
Awaken your natural capacity for movement that creates the birth of
your dreams Bonus:
documentary-style advice from expectant moms. Prenatal Dance
Fitness DVD retails for $19.99 at www.Target.com.
Review copies available. Please visit www.prenataldancefitness.com. ### |
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