Me and my BabyMoon Inspiration
Kerstin Keber Smith
Is the founder of BabyMoon Retreats. She also offers natural parenting classes is a HypnoBirthing Practitioner and facilitates Reiki Healing sessions.
She has degrees in Music Education, Pastoral Ministry, and an MA in Theology from the Franciscan School of Theology at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA. She uses her background in sacred ritual and spiritual retreat work to create a unique experience that honors the emotional and spiritual life of the mother and the child, while still addressing the very physical nature of pregnancy and birth.
Kerstin is the mother of two children, both born gently and naturally. Her second child, Kyran, was born at home in the water using HypnoBirthing® techniques.
Kerstin is an advocate for natural parenting and is passionate about empowering parents to make informed decisions regarding all aspects of parenting, especially birth-related decisions.
Prenatal and Postpartum Reiki
Kerstin specializes in private Prenatal and Postpartum Reiki sessions. This is a wonderful way to connect energetically with the baby as well as to integrate the birth experience, promote postpartum healing and bonding. Postpartum visits are done in the home with baby and mom wherever they feel comfortable. The flexibility of Reiki makes it a wonderful healing treat for mom while still keeping baby close. This is wonderful bodywork to be done in the first six weeks and then continued throughout the postpartum period.
HypnoBirthing®
Kerstin is a certified HypnoBirthing Practitioner as well as offering natural parenting classes. Kerstin was trained by the founder of HypnoBirthing®, Marie Mongan, and has been teaching classes in the Madison area since 2008. She has found the natural family-centered approach of HypnoBirthing to be one of the most holistic birth methods out there. For more information please visit her other website: www.gentlesurge.com