Hungarian Cocoa Body Wrap                        70 minutes / $110
This luxuriously scented wrap combines Hungarian Cocoa and Cocoa Butter to refine your skin and seal in the moisture. Naturally high in anti-oxidants, cocoa hydrates and tones your skin, offering soothing repair. This is exactly what you need for those winter skin blahs! Relaxing scalp, face and neck massage is done during your wrap, and top it all off with your choice of Eminence body lotion.

Detoxifying Body Wrap                                 70 minutes / $110
This regenerating wrap delivers trace minerals and anti-free radicals while refining and toning your skin. We begin with a light brushing for your lymphatic system, then a warm and aromatic body mask is applied, you arewrapped in heatedlayers while relaxing with a scalp, face and neck massage. Featuring Eminence Organic Hungarian Herbal Mud, this service will leave you feeling refreshed and energized,and the body brush is yours to keep!

Cranberry Pomegranate Sugar Scrub          60 minutes / $90
A full body exfoliation treatment featuring Eminence Organics nourishing and re-circulating scrub with an intoxicating anddelicious aroma! This is a rich mixture of anti-oxidants to feed your skin; you will emerge feeling relaxed withsmooth and well hydrated skin.

Foot Treatment                                             30 minutes / $35
A relaxing foot treatment for those who do not want or need the nail care that is included in a pedicure.  This treatment begins with a warm foot bath followed by a salt scrub applied to the lower legs and feet.  A therapeutic hot stone massage will finish the service, leaving you relaxed and rejuvenated.  

Side-by-Side Massage
Come in with your loved one for a side-by-side massage of your choice.  Price based on our regular massage rates. 

Threading
eyebrows or cheeks $20
lip or chin $15
whole face $40

Threading is a delicate hair removal procedure that is more effective and less painful than tweezing.  This ancient technique uses cotton thread that is gently twisted and rolled along the surface of the skin whereby the thread catches fine facial hair and removes it by the root. You might choose this alternative to waxing or tweezing if you have delicate or sensitive skin, even if you are using Accutane, RetinA  or similar products.

• Prepurchase five of any spa service and receive the sixth of the same service FREE!

• Prebook three spa facials or ultimate facials and receive $10 off each facial.

• Purchase three waxing services and receive 10% off all three services

Zenana Spa and Wellness Center has an exciting lineup of classes and groups, and more are being added all the time! Read about the latest class additions:

Mamalates Prenatal Pilates

Thursdays, starting May 29th
5:30 pm - 6:40 pm
8 week series $125
Limited to 10 participants.

Celebrate your Pregnancy through conscious movement. Enter into your labor feeling fit and strong!

Prenatal Pilates Circuit is an intimate 75 minute class designed to promote good posture and spinal alignment, movement awareness and overall conditioning. This eight-week class will teach the principles developed by Joseph Pilates with proper modifications to accommodate all stages of pregnancy and levels of fitness. Some prenatal Yoga is incorportaed into the class and we will use resistance bands and stability balls to maximize results.
Benefits may include:

• Increased deep abdominal strength which provides support for the weight of the baby and takes pressure off the spine
• Increased pelvic floor strength and greater awareness of the muscles used during childbirth
• Improved muscle endurance especially in the "core" region including the abdomen, back, pelvic and shoulder girdle
• Deeper relaxation supported by flowing movements and focus on the breath.

Taught by Wendy Foster of Divine Pilates.

TO REGISTER FOR THE CLASS: Please call Wendy Foster at 503-459-8936.

Prenatal Breastfeeding Education

Choose the Saturday option most convenient for you - preferably more than a month before your due date:
next class: June 7
3:00-5:30 pm
$45 per couple

Would you like to know more about:

• How to avoid almost all common breastfeeding problems?
• How partners can help with breastfeeding?
• How to know your baby is getting enough milk?
• How often to feed your baby?
• What to do if you are in pain?
• Where to go with questions?

Classes taught by Adrienne Fuson, Lactation Specialist, Certified Doula, LMT, BA

Adrienne Fuson has worked with pregnant families for over fourteen years.  She is a Lactation Specialist and has worked extensively with breastfeeding issues.  She is a labor doula and teaches the labor doula certification course at the Birthingway School of Midwifery.  She is also a nursing mother.

• Be prepared and confident
• Meet other expectant parents
• Have fun in a relaxed atmosphere
• Bring any and all questions

Connected Parenting Class

Wednesday, May 14th
10:00 am - 2:00 pm

This workshop is focused on the primacy of connection in parenting children of all ages and on parenting without punishments or rewards. Look deeply past difficult behaviors to discover the underlying needs of our children (and ourselves), and begin to use concrete tools to respond effectively to parenting challenges. Incorporates concepts from the work of Alfie Kohn, Lawrence J. Cohen, Dr. Gordon Nuefeld, and Mary Sheedy Kurchinka as well as the professional and personal experience of Lyla and Emily.

Cost: $49 per person, $79 per couple for both days combined - SLIDING SCALE AVAILABLE - for sliding scale, contact Lyla@zenana-spa.com.

Due to physical space limitations, quiet babies in arms may attend, but we ask that you make other arrangements for your crawling and older children.

Registration fee includes the option to participate in an online email group for continued support for connected parenting. Participants also go home with the class syllabus, which includes many valuable articles and resources for continued enrichment (or sharing with partners) at home.

To register: Reserve your space - register now! Call (503) 754-2718 to register or email Lyla@zenana-spa.com with questions.

Cancellation policy: 2 weeks for full refund, otherwise registration fees can be applied to subsequent workshop.

Facilitated by:
Lyla Wolfenstein, B.S., IBCLC, RLC
Parent Educator, Lactation Consultant and Mother of 2 and
Emily Troper, ECE
Early Childhood Educator and Mother of 4

"Connected Parenting with Lyla and Emily is phenomenal. We just did that workshop last weekend and while we came away feeling a little concerned about our current parenting, we also got motivated, energized, supported and became far more positive in our approach with our 3 year old. We immediately saw some results. - L.

“I really loved the fact that both Lyla and Emily are in the trenches so to speak and it felt very community oriented.” – A.

“Lyla and Emily have so much experience and it shows.” – N.

“These are ladies who know their stuff and are clearly passionate about sharing it with others.” –P

Intro to Reiki: A gift for yourself and your family

Workshop Presentation: Saturday, May 17th
1:30-3:30 pm
Please pre-register
Contact Darlene at (503) 473-9069 or reikilite@gmail.com

$17 Adult; $7 Children. Booklet with energy games and exercises will be provided.

This class is designed to provide you with information about the unique form of gentle hands-on energy healing called Reiki and the magical story of how it came to America. You will discover the benefits Reiki can offer as we present to you how to guide this life force energy to enhance all areas of your life including the food you eat, the health of your pets, and the overall wellbeing of your physical and emotional body. It compliments traditional and alternative medicine and is often used in hospital settings to help prepare patients for surgery, giving birth, speeding up the recovery process, and decreasing the side-effects of medicine.

We will experiment with our own energy fields and participate in fun, interactive activities to develop a sense of just how powerful that energy is that exists in and around us.

Reiki can be incorporated into every aspect of your life, bringing to you and your family a feeling of peace, balance, love, and joy. It is simple to learn so that even children find it easy and fun to use as a healing tool for when they, a friend, or a family member, needs comforting. Reiki energy offers adults and children a sense of calmness and support when it’s needed most. You can provide your family with an empowering gift that they can share with others that lasts a lifetime.

Join us in this journey of discovering our energy fields and how to use that energy for promoting our very own healing process. Bring a family member or friend as we explore Reiki and how it can change your life for the better.

Darlene Sochin has a Master’s Degree in Family Support and Parenting Education, has been a teacher for over 20 years, and is a certified Reiki Master. She found Reiki after being diagnosed with a form of cancer two years ago and experienced first hand the power of Reiki in preparing her for two surgeries, recovery, and a year of treatments. She was able to work full time and amazed and baffled her doctors whenever her blood results were calculated. She believes sincerely that Reiki assisted her physical and emotional body to fully recover and heal more quickly than anyone had ever expected. She now lives a healthy, well-balanced life guided daily by the healing and loving power of Reiki.

The Language of Parenting - Words Weave Magic (Class Series)

Tuesday afternoons, May 13th - June 10th
12:15 - 2:15 pm

In this five-week class series we will acknowledge the wisdom you already have in your parenting and add to it through story, discussion, lecture and self-reflection. You'll learn positive language that increases confidence and deepens family connections. Understanding learning styles, temperaments, and the importance of body language and rapport will increase your effectiveness as a parent. Learn practical skills you can use immediately. $195 includes manual.

To register contact: 503-493-7404 or email Janet.
Limited child care available by calling 503-238-6262

Infant Massage - Touch Communication & Baby Yoga

For pre-crawling infants and their parent(s) / caregiver(s)
4 week series on Wednesdays, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

2008 Series:
5/21 - 6/11
8/6 - 8/27
10/8 - 10/29
11/12 - 12/3

$80 (or sliding scale as needed); includes handouts and resources

10% discount for repeat students for January class.
Space is limited to 8 families, so please register early.

To register: Call (503) 238-mama (6262)

Are you looking for something new and fun and loving to share with yourself and your baby?

I invite you to learn the ancient arts of infant massage and yoga through respectful touch and movement interactions with your baby. Nurturing touch in the early months is vital to health and wellbeing and is an important component in brain development. You will learn methods for connecting with your baby through touch with strokes and movements for legs/feet, tummy/chest, arms/hands, back and face while respecting baby pacing and cues. You will also learn to weave baby yoga “poses” and activities into the massage interaction, which support your baby’s natural development. The yoga poses and movements are based on Itsy Bitsy Yoga®, which include unique “sing and do” methods to help baby (and parent) calm and relax.

This class setting provides a supportive environment for moms/dads/caregivers to connect with peers and allows them to slow down and hang out with baby. You will learn to keenly observe and be present with your precious child to enhance and deepen your relationship through touch and gentle movements. This relationship deepening will last a lifetime.

Some of the main benefits are:

• New ways of communicating are learned
  
• It is relaxing and fun for parent/caregiver and baby
  
• Baby sleeps better and releases daily stress
• Baby has an improved sense of his/her body in relationship to the world around himself/herself
• Supports baby’s developing digestive system and can provide relief from gastric discomfort
• Parents have greater confidence in their parenting abilities
• Group classes provide the opportunity to connect with other families and time to be in a slower paced environment
• The bond/attachment and attunement are deepened

taught by Carol River, LMT
503-280-0238
carol@riverhealing.com
www.riverhealing.com

Carol has worked with hundreds of families over the past ten years, serving in a variety of roles: doula, instructor, massage therapist. Carol specializes in prenatal and postpartum massage as well as gentle, family-centered bodywork including CranioSacral Therapy for newborns and infants. Carol has shared massage, yoga, movement and song with her own child for the past three years.

Money Management - Making the Most of Your Financial Future

Thursday, May 22   5:30-6:30pm
$5-10 suggested donation will go to Nursing Mother’s Counsel of Oregon
Workbook included, Snacks provided.

To register, please call Diane at 503-238-6036 x203 or email to dsehnes@wradvisors.com

Please join me for a holistic overview of how to manage your money now and into the future. 

We will discuss:

• What’s Important about money to you?  Has anyone asked you this question before?
• Where does your money go?

Have you ever looked at how you spend your money? Do you have a spending plan?

• Your cash reserves:  Do you have any?  How much should you have?
• The “what if” question: Are you protected if the “what if” actually happens?
• How money works: Hmm?
• Taxes & how to win: Federal Income Taxes, other Taxes, Tax savings, Pre-tax investing
• Retirement: Types of Retirement Plans, Time Line, Planning, Social Security
• Sending your children to college: How do you plan for this? Funding strategies.
• Estate planning: Wills, family beneficiaries, charitable gift, etc.
• The next steps: Your financial goals & Financial Planning

*Taught by Diane Sague Ehnes, Financial Advisor with Waddell & Reed, www.dsehnes.wradvisors.com.  Diane is a mom, wife, sister and friend living in SE Portland with her husband, two young boys, and dog Reilly.  She is also a childbirth instructor and is involved in her community.  Diane has a passion to teach those who are in the midst of important life transitions helping to make the sometimes overwhelming and scary more simple and comfortable.

Financial Planning - A Comprehensive Financial Roadmap

Monday, June 16   5:30-6:30pm
$5-10 suggested donation will go to Nursing Mother’s Counsel of Oregon

Snacks provided.

To register, please call Diane at 503-238-6036 x203 or email to dsehnes@wradvisors.com

Please join me to discover the importance of and the components involved in creating a comprehensive financial roadmap that will help you plan for your family’s personal and financial goals.  You may discover if you are already on the right track or what you need to get there.

We will be discussing:

• What is Financial Planning?
• How Does it Work?
• What Tools Are Involved?
• Why is it Important for My Family?

Taught by Diane Sague Ehnes, Financial Advisor with Waddell & Reed, www.dsehnes.wradvisors.com.  Diane is a mom, wife, sister and friend  living in SE Portland with her husband, two young boys, and dog Reilly.  She is also a childbirth instructor and is involved in her community.  Diane has a passion to teach those who are in the midst of important life transitions helping to make the sometimes overwhelming and scary more simple and comfortable. 

Baby Sign Language Play Class

6 week session, $89
Increase the intimacy between you and your child by empowering her to communicate her needs, wants and thoughts with you!

Our baby sign language classes take communication to the next level.  In our engaging classes, you will sign, sing, play and learn about your baby's development!  Learn how to sign easily during your day, increase the intimacy of your interactions, enhance concept development, decrease tantrums and understand how your baby sees & enjoys his world! 

Thursdays, 5/15-6/19

• Series A -best for children 6-24mos
  2:00 pm- 2:45 pm
• Series C - best for children 12-24mos
  3:15 pm - 4:00 pm

Series A description:  Sign for Success
best for children 10-24mos. For families who have completed Series A.

- Learn how many & what types of signs are essential for success
- Use signs to recognize & foster your child's individual interests
- Signs: meal time, fun-time, daily routine, early animals and more


Series C description:  Advanced/Abstract Concepts
best for children 12-24mos. For families who have completed Series A & B.

-Facilitate comprehension of abstract ideas
-Use signs to enhance 2-way conversations
-Signs: transportation, emotions, colors and more!

Offered by Portland Early Learning Project
For more information and to register online visit us at www.portlandearlylearning.com

Working Mothers' Support Group

Meets monthly on the 3rd Sunday of each month
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm.

first visit is free, after that $5 per visit
pre-purchase 10 visits for $40

Motherhood is a balancing act, particularly when you throw working into the mix. How can we "do it all" and keep our sanity.  Come get support for those issues that come with trying to juggle motherhood, work and breastfeeding.  

No need to pre-register, just come when you can! Contact Beyond Birth Lactation Services for more info, (503) 232-baby.

Mothertree Birth Preparation Seminars

All seminars presented by Mothertree Birth

Cost: $40/couple open attendance
RSVP: 503-238-mama (6262)

2nd Sunday of the Month, 3 to 5 pm (except for December - Dec 21 3-5 pm Mother Tree 9th Moon Blessingway

Natural Pain Coping Techniques for Labor
Aug 10

Discover your natural coping style and techniques for reducing pain sensations in labor. Includes relaxation, breathing and comfort massage. Please bring pillows.

Natural Pain Coping Techniques for Labor II
Sep 14

Build on your own unique coping style by creating a mindset for pain coping using tools of intention, meditation and other visualization techniques.

Sit Baby Sit! Good Baby
May 11, Oct 12

Learn simple and effective techniques for connecting with your baby prenatally and encouraging baby into the most optimal position for birth. Learn how to avoid the dreaded back labor, encourage breech babies to turn and how to work with your baby in labor for a faster, more efficient birth.

Yummy Mummies: nutrition for pregnancy and birth
Jun 8

Did you know that what you eat during pregnancy can have a direct effect on your birth process as well as your babies life-long health? Come learn how your choices establish your babies preferences early and how you can contribute to creating an easy birth and happy baby through specific food choices. A baby is made of what you eat--literally!

Postpartum Recovery for Mama
Nov 9

Come explore the early weeks of mamahood and how you can ease the recovery period for both you and baby through knowing what to expect from your body and your baby. Learn about exercises, nutrition and resources that can assist your journey into motherhood. This class works well for pregnant or postpartum mamas.

Attachment Parenting International (API) Group

Meets the fourth Friday of each month at 10:30 am

The East Portland, Oregon Chapter of Attachment Parenting International offers fellowship and support in the practice of attachment parenting.  Anyone interested in any aspect of AP is welcome—we recognize that not all facets of attachment parenting work for every family.  Adults and children of any age are invited to this free meeting to share our experiences and learn from each other.

The Eight Principles of attachment parenting, as set out by API, are:

• Prepare for Pregnancy, Birth, and Parenting
• Feed with Love and Respect
• Respond with Sensitivity
• Use Nurturing Touch
• Engage in Nighttime Parenting
• Provide Consistent and Loving Care
• Practice Positive Discipline
• Strive for Balance in Personal and Family Life

Please call or visit our classroom page for more information about any of our classes.