The Human Attachment Project

by Rachel Yellin | Apr 16, 2018 | Childbirth Preparation, Childbirth Resources

Suzanne Arms created a free series of 6 Master Classes called The Human Attachment Project and it broadly address the issue of attachment, stress, the special vulnerability of boys and men, babies and their development, the human brain, how our body speak (if we will...

Interview with Doula Classroom

by Rachel Yellin | Jan 26, 2018 | Childbirth Preparation, Media Interviews

I had such a great time talking with Liz who runs an amazing website The Doula Classroom. The Doula Classroom is a site dedicated to teaching the art and craft of birth doula work. In this interview, I talk about how I came to this work, how the mind-body work...

Use a balloon and ping pong ball to show how the cervix thins and dilates during labor

by Rachel Yellin | Jan 19, 2018 | Childbirth Preparation, Childbirth Resources

This is one of the best demonstrations of how the uterus works during labor to birth your baby. Mind you… consider the ping-pong ball is just representing the baby’s head!

Rachel Yellin Helps People To Access Their Innate Peace During Pregnancy – By S. Mathur

by Rachel Yellin | Oct 16, 2017 | Childbirth Preparation, Childbirth Resources

Rachel Yellin has a purpose in life, and that is to bring joy to people giving birth in the Bay Area. She does this through childbirth classes, depth hypnosis therapy sessions and an audio relaxation program, all of which help women to feel a calmer and more able to...

Change Your Food, Change Your Life

by Rachel Yellin | Sep 5, 2017 | Childbirth Preparation, Childbirth Resources

When I was a kid, there was a commercial with a man in a blue-sequence martian suit, walking up to a model spaceship. In a funny space-man voice, he said: “Hi. I’m Robolar. I’m from Mars. And I eat all kinds of candy bars. (He walks over to the spaceship, and opens...