We are excited to announce that we now offer additional hours for both childcare and spa services! Spa services are now available, by appointment only, on Sundays. In addition, The Children's Room is now open until 4:30 on Tuesdays and Thursdays, in addition to our regular 10-2 hours Monday through Friday. Please see our business hours for more details.

Holiday Shopping Made Easy! Corporate gifts, family, friends, colleagues...

Get all your holiday shopping done in one easy step! Purchase a minimum of 4 gift cards, totaling $200 or more in value, and receive 10% off the face value. This is a special opportunity, because gift cards do not usually qualify for discounts/special offers. Nothing says "I care about you" like a gift of a spa treatment or product, or a wellness service - and remember, we have services and products for everyone - men, women, parents, grandparents, teenagers and children! Call (503) 238-6262 and mention this offer when you order your gift cards.

Special offer for breastfeeding mothers! Makes a great baby shower or new baby gift!

Purchase a Pump-in-Style original, advanced or limited edition breastpump and receive a free nursing bra or nursing tank - choose from Medela, Blue Canoe, or Glamour Mom.

Have you received an incredible service at Zenana Spa and Wellness Center? The greatest compliment you can give your therapist and our business is a kind referral. We have developed this program as a way of extending our gratitude to all of you, our valued clients.

You will receive a $10.00 credit for every friend you refer. Your friend will receive $15 off their first service valued at $30 or more.

Be sure to tell your friend to mention your name when making her/his reservation.

You may refer as many friends as you like and continue to receive a $10 credit each time your friends mention your name at their first service.

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:

Prenatal Breastfeeding Education

3:30-5:30pm
$40 per couple

Choose the Saturday option most convenient for you - preferably more than a month before your due date:

October 27, December 1st, or February 2nd

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

Mother Tree Mamas Pregnancy Group

Tuesdays 12:00 to 1:30 pm - bag lunch
FREE 1st visit, after that $5 per visit or
pre-purchase 10 visits for $40

Join the circle of mamas-to-be to share your pregnancy journey--the challenges, the joys--make new friends and get first hand resources for your moment-to-moment pregnancy needs. Any stage of pregnancy welcome. Led by Karin, an experienced Mother Tree doula, mama and educator.

Contact Mother Tree for more info. 503-343-9911

Itsy Bitsy Yoga for Tykes ®

Thursdays 9:15am-10:00am
November 29th - December 20th
cost: $40
Taught by Lisa Goldberg
Call for more info or to register: 503-279-1482

Itsy Bitsy Yoga ® offers a fun way to engage your child in physical movement, through a flow of yoga poses, songs, and activities. Designed for children ages 21 months to 4 years with a parent or caregiver, Itsy Bitsy Yoga for Tykes is a 45-minute class that teaches kids yoga in a safe, playful, and developmentally appropriate manner. Itsy Bitsy Yoga builds on your child’s interests and skills to enhance awareness and self-confidence.

Preschoolers have a mind of their own, and trained Itsy Bitsy Yoga facilitators know exactly how to honor and appeal to these independent spirits. Each Tyke IBY class is personalized around the curiosities of the child participants as the children learn yoga through social interactions, repetition, and play. Parent or caregiver does not need yoga experience. You and your tyke will delight in practicing yoga, discovering new movements, and singing together!

Lisa Goldberg is a mom, yoga practitioner, and certified Itsy Bitsy Yoga facilitator delighted to be sharing yoga and song with tykes and parents in Portland

Infant Massage/Touch Communication and Baby Yoga

4 weeks series on Wednesdays, 10:30-11:30

Choose:
November 21 - December 12 OR
January 9 - January 30

$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

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.

Free Talk - 5 Words that Weave Magic

Thursday, December 6th
1:00-2:30 pm

You want to raise capable, confident children and one of the best ways to do that is to master the artful use of language.  In this Free Talk, you will learn five simple words that will create magic in your family life.  These words will increase cooperation and allow for new choices.  You will discover that when you change the way you think, speak, and respond, your children will be changing, too!  Janet Allison is a Parent Educator, Waldorf Consultant and Family Coach. 

Call to register 503-493-7404 or email janet.familycoach@comcast.net.  Limited childcare available on a first-come basis, call 503-238-mama (6262) to reserve a childcare spot.    

The Language of Parenting ~ Words Weave Magic

Five week class series
Thursdays, January 17th - February 14th, 1-3 pm
$195 includes manual
Register before December 31st and save $20

A wise man said, "In the beginning, words and magic, were one and the same." By mastering the artful use of language, increasing our understanding of our child's development and learning style, and understanding ourselves as parents more deeply, we can weave magic in the lives of our children.  This dynamic class includes lecture, story, discussion, self-reflection, and practical skills that you can use immediately.  Janet Allison is a Parent Educator, Waldorf Consultant and Family Coach.  And, best of all, a Mom of 22 years.  She believes that language is magic and its effects are long-lasting and powerful. 

Call Janet to register at 503-493-7404 or email janet.familycoach@comcast.net. Limited childcare available on a first-come basis, call 503-238-mama (6262) to reserve a childcare spot.

Baby Blues Connection Postpartum Partners Workshop

Saturday, November 10 - 3:00-5:00 pm

Informative and supportive discussion for partners of women experiencing depression or anxiety during pregnancy or postpartum.
Workshop to be conducted by Wendy Davis, PhD

Information about depression, anxiety, and recovery, helpful tips and time for your questions.
Please arrange for childcare to obtain maximum benefits of this workshop.
RSVP is kindly requested as there are a maximum number of participants allotted.
There will be a $7 charge payable by cash or check.
RSVP at 503-238-5292 or info@babybluesconnection.org

Baby Blues Connection (BBC) is a mom-to-mom organization providing support, information, and resources to
pregnant and postpartum families since 1994. We are a not-for-profit organization staffed by dedicated and knowledgeable volunteers.

Stroller Strides - Fitness for Moms, Fun for Babies!

Stroller Fitness Introduction - A FREE "How-To" Seminar
January 12th 10:30-11:30 AM

As excited as new moms are about the birth of our babies, we also can't believe the body that's been left behind. Our round, voluptuous body seemed beautiful while pregnant and seems like bread dough after labor. What makes matters worse is that new moms generally don't have time to do traditional exercise and shouldn't be dieting. Our bodies undergo a tremendous amount during pregnancy, so the last thing we should do is deprive it of precious nutrients. But yes, there is hope! Our Stroller Strides program is helping new moms get back their pre pregnancy shape. What's even better is that they get to meet other new moms and spend valuable time with their babies. Classes consist of power walking with intervals of body toning stations using the stroller and the outside environment. Stroller Strides makes it part of their business to support new moms through their parenting experience via playgroups, discussions and a variety of activities for both mom and baby.

Please call Mackenzie for more info: 503.381.0694 or visit www.strollerstrides.com.

Birth Dance

Classes begin on Wednesday, November 28th
4-6 pm
four week session
$12 drop in, $40 for four weeks

Birth dance is an effective and inspiring tool for pain and energy management during labor and childbirth. Dance can help speed labor by moving the baby down and opening the womb. Get your big bellied groove on with erotic and belly dance inspired movement designed to open your hips and stretch your muscles. Increase confidence in your amazing body, and allow your inner dancer to emerge in the company of other expectant mothers. We will trade in the Enya for something a little funkier in order to inspire our bodies and babies to get moving. In class we experience movement that is sexy, daring, raw, and the very spirit of spontaneity. So break out the leg warmers, leave the mirrored ball, and lets dance!

I am an erotic and pole dance instructor with 8 years of sensual movement experience behind me, and training in classical dance. I am also a trained doula and mother with one the way!

Contact Jerushah for more information at:
503.475.8627 or by email at redhotramos@gmail.com

Couples Massage Class

February 16th, 1:00-6:00 pm
$125 per couple

Touch is a powerful way to communicate a deep sense of caring for one another. It is an essential ingredient, a private language, so-to-speak, between two people. This touch intelligence can affect the inner workings and rhythm within any relationship.

In the couples massage class you’ll expand your skills and increase your touch intelligence and tailor-make your approach to meet your partner’s needs. Does one partner seem distracted when massaging you, or going into irritating repetitions, or hurting you by not knowing his or her own strength? Perhaps your partner is touching too superficially to be satisfying, not really reaching you, or even worse…the T-word, tickling you?

In this class we’ll explore how touch is influenced by being present. It can take an ordinary rub-a-dub-dub to a more profound level and create a new level of trust between the two of you. Learn to turn a cranky partner back into your loving partner with some simple techniques.

Please avoid wearing makeup, hair products, or perfume. Please wear comfortable clothing and bring a pillow and blanket.

Within this five hour workshop you will be learning how to give your partner a full body Swedish massage. 

Class limited to six couples. CEU’s are available to L.M.T.’s upon request.

Cost: $125 per couple
Call 503-238-6262 to register.

Betsy Berres has been a practicing massage and healing arts therapist for twenty years in Portland, Oregon. She is certified in Neuro-Linguistic Programming and has studied several body-mind modalities. Betsy has taught a variety of massage courses and healing art classes for the last four years in the Continuing Ed Department of Portland Community College and continues with her private practice in Northeast Portland. Occasionally, she finds herself writing a poem, or two.

Elizabeth G. Berres, L.M.T. #2688

Baby Sign Language Play Classes

(6 - 24 mos)

Series A, Signing with Success - 6 weeks, $89:
(see description below)
Thursdays, 3:00-3:45 pm
November 8th - December 20th (no class 11/22)

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! 

Series A description:  Signing with Success
best for children 6-24mos

-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

Future class descriptions:

Series B:  Signs for Early Learning
best for children 10-24mos. For families who have completed Series A.

-Use signs to facilitate concept development & encourage/clarify early speech
-Learn strategies for expanding your interactions & increasing intimacy
-Signs: outside, sports, opposites, community and more!

Series C:  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 Portland Early Learning

Yoga for Women's Health

Fridays 9:00-10:00 am
beginning January 4th

This engaging, health-enhancing class is designed for women in any and all stages of life—teens through menopause, pregnant or not, seasoned yoginis or first-timers.   Build strength, increase flexibility and enjoy community!  Asanas focus on bringing balance to the various systems in the body, as well as promoting vitality and improving immunity.  Classes end with restorative poses to replenish and recharge body, mind and spirit.

Pre-registration kindly requested, but prepayment not required.

Contact Camille Mülchi of MotherWise YOGA to pre-register: 
503.236.2458 or via MotherWise Yoga

Childcare available on a first-come-first-served basis.  Space is limited so please call early to register for a childcare space - 503.238.6262.

Meditation

Check our web site and the next newsletter for more details soon!

Intro to Meditation Workshop 
Sunday, January 13th 12-2pm

Meditation Drop-in Series 
First Sunday of each month starting in February
12-1pm

These classes are open to everyone, including pregnant moms and new moms and dads

Connected Parenting Class

2 part class - held on consecutive Wednesday mornings:

NOVEMBER CLASS IS FULL - NEXT WORKSHOP: February 6th and 13th.
10 AM - 12:30 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.

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.

Limited childcare available, with advance registration: $15 per child per day. Childcare fills quickly, register now to hold your place!

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.

I would love for them to start an ongoing class like that with new material, that includes some reinforcing of the great info we got at the first one." - Lisa

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