From Newborn Stroke to Healing Body Work, with Alina Komnatnaya

After her 40 days old first born had a stroke, Alina developed a growing understanding of brain growth and function, and the part that movement plays in this. She now helps people to move without pain and discomfort, including in pregnancy or after giving birth, using her Feldenkrais® training, and the additional skills she developed from the Explain Pain course she did with the Neuro-Orthopaedic Institute Australasia.

For the last two years, Alina has been collaborating with a local Waikato OBGYN and a pelvic health physio, Bev Hampton, so that her clients can be sure that nothing important is missed. Alina believes that chronic pain can be significantly reduced, pregnancy can be more comfortable, and a lot can be done to solve our health issues before resorting to surgery.

In this episode of the podcast, we hear about Alina’s home birth history, where she gave birth in three different countries; about the horrors of her newborn’s stroke and the surgery and recovery that followed; and about the journey this has taken Alina on with regards to the work that she now does.

Want to know more about Alina and her work?

Here's her website: www.korumovement.co.nz

Her Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/KoruMovement

Her Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/korumovement_nz/

Alina's current offerings are:

• Downloadable postpartum care guide: https://www.facebook.com/KoruMovement/posts/pfbid0qLbmQtTfMfBg6CCuLr56NR6vpe7Rka53vWQ6i1cF3FozfKyEmoFR4eDPWQcXGc9zl

•  Online classes: Lengthening Without Stretching - Mondays 7-8 pm

•  Movement for Pregnancy and Labour - 6 weeks course at River Ridge - Thursday nights, next round starting on August 3 https://www.korumovement.co.nz/events

•   Individual sessions in-person / online, read more on initial consultation here: https://www.korumovement.co.nz/initial-consultation

People Alina mentions in the podcast:

•   Claire Eccleston's video on somatic consent: https://www.instagram.com/p/Ct9siGQKOK1/

•   Genevieve Simperingham & Peaceful Parent Institute: https://www.peacefulparent.com/about-peaceful-parent-institute/

•   Pelvic Health Physiotherapist, Bev Hampton: https://www.pelvicphysiotherapy.co.nz/

•   Feldonkrais method: https://www.feldenkrais.org.nz/