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Musings on women's health, sexuality, and empowerment.
I trust we have all had all sorts of ups and downs in our romantic relationships. I know I have! On some level, I think we all need to go through relationships that are clearly what we DO NOT want, before we can know what we DO want. Through my own relationship journey, I have…
It’s one of those days, the kind where you have been noticing your beloveds sending their children to college the last week, and thinking, “I can’t imagine, that must be so HARD!” The kind of day when you drop off your baby, your big boy at kindergarten for the first time ever. The kind of…
I feel the tenderness and fragility of life right now. My son just turned 5. We had a beautiful celebration of his life. It is a gift to witness him grow and evolve into who he is. About a week ago at bedtime, Birch said, “You know one of the reasons I love you mom?”…
This is the first bellydance performance I have offered in over a year and a half to a song called From the Ground Up by Ayla Nereo. Performing bellydance for me has always been a pathway to offer my heart and passion. This piece is about the vulnerability it takes to work towards creating the…
Get your tail out from between your legs! I do not say this in crassness or to instill shame! I am truly talking about the anatomical tail between our legs, our tailbones, otherwise known as our coccyx. How many of us have had a serious fall to the sacrum or tailbone?! Many of us have…
What is a cystocele? A cystocele is when the bladder drops and presses into the front wall of the vagina, which many women feel as heaviness, a bulge, or leaking. I am Chaya Leia Aronson, RN, BSN, and at my practice in Haydenville, MA, near Northampton, I offer gentle Maya Abdominal Therapy and Holistic Pelvic…
What are root causes of chronic pelvic pain and how do we heal and reconnect with our bodies? Ongoing pelvic pain can come from many places, including the bladder, uterus, muscles, scar tissue and a nervous system that has been on high alert for a long time. In my Haydenville, MA practice near Northampton, and…
I have been thinking about two rites of passage I experienced as a pre-teen and teenager. Becoming a Bat Mitzvah and driving. At 13 I became a Bat Mitzvah. Leading up to this ceremony, I had weekly or biweekly lessons with the Cantor at my synagogue. In these lessons, every single girl experienced inappropriate touch…
Interstitial Cystitis is an extremely painful bladder condition. The condition is so painful, that two people who were afflicted with it had Jack Kavorkian assist them in suicide. It is not a life-threatening condition, but the symptoms are so debilitating that one’s quality of life is quite low. I was diagnosed with Interstitial Cystitis while…
If we want to do the real work of dismantling rape culture, we must address our birthing culture. How we treat women during pregnancy, throughout labor and postpartum says everything about everything in this world. How we do anything, is how we do everything. Disclaimer: I do believe that medical interventions throughout pregnancy, labor and…