Anna Urbanski - Opening to Life

Bodywork - Counselling - Birth Hypnosis - Birth Preparation

Giving birth and preparing to give birth is about opening. Opening to new life, opening to new feelings, opening to new challenges and opening physically. The more relaxed you are, the easier it is to trust and open.

The approach of relaxing and opening in preparation for and during birth is a powerful and liberating approach to life in general. Being open to whatever is happening now, enables all the information, power and healing to become available now and allows for a freer and more fulfilling life.

Working with birth is working with life in a hightened state, everything becomes amplified, underlying issues are brought to light. This has given me insight and understanding to work with people to address all aspects of life.

I offer:

Bodywork
learning how to connect with and understand your body, to breathe deeply with intense body sensations and releasing held or stuck emotions through deep tissue bodywork. Find out more...

What to Expect in a Bodywork Sessions

"Bodywork sessions are conducted on a low massage table and are 2 hours long. There is time for talking/counselling before and integration after the bodywork. Slow strokes are used to open up the energy channels in the body. These strokes are done at the body's pace, listening for where the body is open, and where the body has some information to explore, release, integrate.

As a bodyworker I am listening through my hands and my body, I am listening with an attitude of no pressure, there is no rush, it goes at the body's own time and pace. It can be very still and slow. I may do one stroke or 20 strokes in a session.

The person receiving the bodywork gets to listen at the same time, it is like meditation. They listen by noticing the sensations they are feeling. I may be working on your neck and you may have sensations in your leg, as the energy channels connect the whole body. We may be silent or we may be talking about the sensations we are both experiencing.

When there is some stored material that is ready to heal, this can occur through sensations, emotions, visions and insights.

Each session is completely unique.

Each session leaves the person feeling deeply connected with yourself, relaxed and with deeper understandings."

Anna Urbanski - Bodywork Practitioner

 

Birth Hypnosis
Learning how to let go of the mind so that the body can simply relax and birth. This process includes one on one sessions and the tools to practice at home Find out more...

 

Session Times and Costs

Individual Sessions are 2 hours and cost $150, concessions available

 

Childbirth Preparation Classes
for body mind and spirit. My aim is to have you complete the classes feeling truly prepared. Teaming the knowledge you need with the wisdom your body already knows. Find out more...

 

What women have said about Anna

“Anna supported me during a 12 hour labour with my first child in 2003. She was born to be a doula and has such a gift for making birth a positive event. Our visits pre the birth helped me work out how to approach the birth realistically. Her support helped me be present to the amazing experience that birth is and also allowed my partner to enjoy the birth too. Anna's strengths are her ability to read a situation and offer alternatives to keep the labour progressing, to know when to be close and when to allow some space and to be such a shining spirit that is willing the baby safely into the world. We asked Anna to be present at the birth of our second child recently and have recommended her to our friends. She is an exceptional doula". Sandy Killick

"We chose Anna to be our doula because of her knowledge, passion and trust with women and birth. Her confidence and knowledge was reassuring when we were considering a home waterbirth for our 4th child, and also a lotus birth, which was an idea relatively new to us. She trusted me and what I wanted for my pregnancy and birth and helped me find my challenges during the pregnancy and face them. She nourished me with a blessingway ceremony, massages and long chats during my pregnancy and held the space like a true birthkeeper at the birth. After the birth she made sure that all 6 of us in my family were well fed and content. Anna was fantastic to have around. Anna, with the trust and love she has for the women she is with is really heartfelt and empowering. " Sheree Stewart

 

"Thank you again for your valuable support in helping me find my inner strength and achieve the birth I wanted. I am still in awe of the precious little miracle next to me. Love from Jo."

Jo-anne Gear 10/10/08 day of the birth of Daughter Daisy Adelaide