Class Schedule

Yoga for Low Back Health with Lynda Jo Shlaes (click here for bio)

Tuesdays 6:00-7:15pm

April 8 - May 13

Lynda Jo will guide your gentle movement through a series of poses specifically chosen to support the flexibility, strength, and mobility of the low back. This class may be particularly appealing to those who are looking for a slower approach to the yoga practice or who feel uncomfortable in traditional yoga classes.

Yoga for Low Back Health is a 6-class series, open to people of all levels and ages who have low back challenges and/or want to strengthen their low back.

Please call White Lotus Chiropractic at 708-383-1200 to register. Space is limited. Payment is due at time of registration to reserve your spot.

Fee: $175 for session of 6 classes

*Please inquire about discount for students, seniors, military, and veterans

The Blooming Lotus Natural Child-Birthing Preparation Course

with Dr. Tara Gerou (click here for bio)

New Classes Now Forming

The Blooming Lotus is a comprehensive child-birthing preparation course designed to best support birthers achieve the most ideal, natural, transcendent, peaceful and pleasurable birthing experience possible for themselves and their newborns. This novel approach to child-birthing is rooted in the belief that low to non-interventional childbirth provides babies the best beginnings in life and the birther the most fulfilling and profound life memories.

This We Believe:

You CAN have a home-birth feel to a hospital birth. 

You CAN progress through a natural birthing experience without medicalizing the experience, while still in the safety-net of the hospital.

You CAN soothe the intense sensations during baby's arrival from within.

You CAN learn techniques (and have a space and time to practice and explore the techniques) of meditation, self-hypnotic practices, psychosomatic-impactful movements/rhythms that have been specifically crafted for the child-birthing experience.

You CAN control anxiety and fears during (and surrounding) birthing using these tangible exercises and practices, harnessing the power of our breath, our parasympathetic, and our thoughts.

Who is this class designed for?

• This course is specifically designed for birthers who are choosing a low or non-interventional birth in a hospital or birthing center setting, and one main support person (spouse, partner, etc). 

• This course is specifically beneficial for first-time birthers, but even experienced birthers can benefit from the meditation, self-hypnosis and psychosomatic rhythms and patterns.  The education that comes with our teachings can assist birthers of all experience levels to deepen the levels to which they have enjoyment and pleasure in one of life's most magical of experiences.

What birthers can expect

• In-person educational series consisting of 4 2-hour classes held about 2 weeks apart

• Access to guided meditation and self-hypnotic practice audio recordings and education on their implementation

• Prenatal education and preparation for natural birthing in the safety of a hospital setting, from packing a hospital-bag, writing a birth plan, to 4th trimester preparations and breastfeeding information/guidance

• Guided meditation & self-hypnotic practices

• Somatopsychic rhythms, movements, patterns and practices to support the natural child-birthing experience

• Breathwork techniques to up-regulate the parasympathetic nervous system and increase calm

Participants will complete this course best prepared to achieve their desired natural childbirth (discomfort soothing and progress while still within the safety net of our wonderfully advanced modern hospital systems).

What support persons can expect

• Guidance and support as you best support your birthing partner physically, psychologically and emotionally during birthing and beyond

• Petal Soft Touch techniques for deepening your partner's hypnotic-state during the birthing 

• Sacral-Press technique for easing pressure and discomfort in the birther's physical body during opening/thinning (contractions)

• Education and hands-on practice to gain confidence in your hand placements, pressure and touch

We believe that doing so can, and will, make an impactful change on the quality of your birthing experience. Preparation and practice of the techniques and practices in this class will put the powers in your hands to achieve the birth that you envision. 

What you'll need

• Loose clothing (exercise-type clothing)

• Exercise ball (this is optional only if you have one)

What you'll receive

• Paper class notes for all modules

• Online electronic access to copies of meditation recordings

• Community resource guide for local Oak Park child-birthing, breastfeeding groups and fourth trimester supports

• Support from Dr. Gerou throughout your birthing experience and beyond

Images of birthing will be shown, please alert our staff if you are uncomfortable viewing human birthing videos.

Pricing per pair (birther and 1 support person): $400 (This is an introductory Pricing, the class will be $900 in the future)

Contact the staff at White Lotus Chiropractic at drgerou@whitelotuschiropractic.com or 708-383-1200 about registering for your spot today!